> -----Original Message----- > From: Satyam Sharma [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 8:18 AM > To: Kumar Gala > Cc: Sam Ravnborg; Li Yang-r58472; Linus; Andrew Morton; Linux Kernel; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] kbuild: Add "Section mismatch" warning whitelist for > powerpc > > Hi, > > On 5/14/07, Kumar Gala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On May 14, 2007, at 6:06 AM, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > > > > > On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 06:53:32PM +0800, Li Yang wrote: > > >> This patch fixes the following "Section mismatch" warnings when > > >> build powerpc platforms. > > >> > > >> ------------- > > >> WARNING: arch/powerpc/mm/built-in.o - Section mismatch: reference to > > >> .init.text:early_get_page from .text between > > >> 'pte_alloc_one_kernel' (at > > >> offset 0xc68) and 'pte_alloc_one' > > >> WARNING: mm/built-in.o - Section mismatch: reference to > > >> .init.text:set_up_list3s from .text between > > >> 'kmem_cache_create' (at offset > > >> 0x20300) and 'cache_reap' > > >> ------------- > > > > This warnings should be handled by __init_refok instead. > > Actually, once __init_refok comes in, would we need any other > whitelisting mechanism at all? I think the exception patterns in > secref_whitelist() and those two other whitelisting functions > (init_section_ref_ok and exit_section_ref_ok) could all be > subsumed and made redundant if / when __init_refok is used > in the actual sources.
I don't think so. __init_refok can be used to mark special functions which are legitimate to reference .init.text/.init.data but cannot be used to mark special sections. - Leo - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
