netdev - Re: [PATCH] BRIDGE : br_fdb_fini() should be __exit_refok instead of _

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Date:	Wed, 05 Dec 2007 05:07:48 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dada1@...mosbay.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] BRIDGE : br_fdb_fini() should be __exit_refok instead
 of __exit

From: Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:41:24 +0100

> Building last net-2.6.25 git tree gave me this warning :
> 
> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.init.text+0x2a957): Section mismatch: reference to 
> .exit.text:br_fdb_fini (between 'br_init' and 'br_fdb_init')
> 
> This is because br_init() (marked __init) can call br_fdb_fini() (marked __exit).
> 
> I am not sure the following is the right fix, since __exit_refok is quite new, 
> and seldom used.
> 
> [PATCH] BRIDGE : br_fdb_fini() should be __exit_refok instead of __exit
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>

I have another patch like this from Andrew's -mm queue sitting
in my inbox, which I'll review and apply.

Thanks!
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