linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 1/2] MIPS: Mark check_bugs() as _

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Date:   Fri, 21 Apr 2023 09:11:26 -0700
From:   Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
To:     tsbogend@...ha.franken.de
Cc:     ndesaulniers@...gle.com, linux-mips@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, llvm@...ts.linux.dev,
        patches@...ts.linux.dev,
        Naresh Kamboju <naresh.kamboju@...aro.org>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/2] MIPS: Mark check_bugs() as __init

After commit ac7c3e4ff401 ("compiler: enable CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_INLINING
forcibly"), a compiler may choose not to inline a function marked with
just 'inline'. If check_bugs() is not inlined into start_kernel(), which
occurs when building with clang after commit 9ea7e6b62c2b ("init: Mark
[arch_call_]rest_init() __noreturn"), modpost complains with:

  WARNING: modpost: vmlinux.o: section mismatch in reference: check_bugs (section: .text) -> check_bugs32 (section: .init.text)

check_bugs() is only called from start_kernel(), which itself is marked
__init, so there would not be any issues at run time. Make it obvious to
modpost that this call chain is safe by marking check_bugs() as __init,
which fixes the warning.

Reported-by: Naresh Kamboju <naresh.kamboju@...aro.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/CA+G9fYt+4e57Gdy6cix=LeNK6XqWoui8du=mZWu=cf8vPYocKw@mail.gmail.com/
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
---
 arch/mips/include/asm/bugs.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/bugs.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/bugs.h
index d72dc6e1cf3c..047e14227c45 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/bugs.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/bugs.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ static inline void check_bugs_early(void)
 		check_bugs64_early();
 }

-static inline void check_bugs(void)
+static inline void __init check_bugs(void)
 {
 	unsigned int cpu = smp_processor_id();

-- 
2.40.0