linux-kernel - Re: [tip: x86/percpu] x86/callthunks: Mark apply_relocation() as __init_or

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Message-ID: <20231207111509.GAZXGpPVEuWO/gNfvY@fat_crate.local>
Date:   Thu, 7 Dec 2023 12:15:09 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [tip: x86/percpu] x86/callthunks: Mark apply_relocation() as
 __init_or_module

On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 09:16:31PM -0000, tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar wrote:
> -void apply_relocation(u8 *buf, size_t len, u8 *dest, u8 *src, size_t src_len)
> +void __init_or_module apply_relocation(u8 *buf, size_t len, u8 *dest, u8 *src, size_t src_len)
>  {
>  	int prev, target = 0;

Can't do that for a CONFIG_MODULES=n build:

WARNING: modpost: vmlinux: section mismatch in reference: patch_dest+0x61 (section: .text) -> apply_relocation (section: .init.text)
ERROR: modpost: Section mismatches detected.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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