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Date:   Mon, 20 Sep 2021 12:06:32 +0100
From:   Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
Cc:     Igor Skalkin <igor.skalkin@...nsynergy.com>,
        Peter Hilber <peter.hilber@...nsynergy.com>,
        Cristian Marussi <cristian.marussi@....com>,
        Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] firmware: arm_scmi: remove __exit annotation

On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 12:02:52PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
>
> virtio_scmi_exit() is only called from __exit function, so the annotation
> is correct, but when the driver is built-in, the section gets discarded
> and the reference from a callback pointer causes a link-time error:
>
> `virtio_scmi_exit' referenced in section `.rodata' of drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/virtio.o: defined in discarded section `.exit.text' of drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/virtio.o
>
> I could not figure out a better workaround, so let's just remove that
> annotation even if it wastes a couple of bytes in .text.
>

[...]

Applied to sudeep.holla/linux (for-next/scmi), thanks!

[2/2] firmware: arm_scmi: remove __exit annotation
      https://git.kernel.org/sudeep.holla/c/1cd73200da

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Regards,
Sudeep