[PATCH] x86,nmi: Fix section mismatch warnings on 32-bit

From: Don Zickus
Date: Mon Jun 04 2012 - 15:56:08 EST


It was reported that compiling for 32-bit caused a bunch of section
mismatch warnings:

VDSOSYM arch/x86/vdso/vdso32-syms.lds
LD arch/x86/vdso/built-in.o
LD arch/x86/built-in.o
WARNING: arch/x86/built-in.o(.data+0x5af0): Section mismatch in reference from the variable
test_nmi_ipi_callback_na.10451 to the function .init.text:test_nmi_ipi_callback()
The variable test_nmi_ipi_callback_na.10451 references
the function __init test_nmi_ipi_callback()
If the reference is valid then annotate the
variable with __init* or __refdata (see linux/init.h) or name the variable:
*_template, *_timer, *_sht, *_ops, *_probe, *_probe_one, *_console

WARNING: arch/x86/built-in.o(.data+0x5b04): Section mismatch in reference from the variable
nmi_unk_cb_na.10399 to the function .init.text:nmi_unk_cb()
The variable nmi_unk_cb_na.10399 references
the function __init nmi_unk_cb()
If the reference is valid then annotate the
variable with __init* or __refdata (see linux/init.h) or name the variable:
*_template, *_timer, *_sht, *_ops, *_probe, *_probe_one, *_console

Both of these are attributed to the callback functions of this self contained
test. It seems this happened when the function added new __init sections in
commit f0ba662.

I fixed this by converting the callback functions from __init to __ref. The file
compiles and boots on my machine for 32-bit and 64-bit.

Not sure why 64-bit never showed this warning. Nor am I entirely sure why this
warning popped up to begin with.

Let me know if there is a better way to fix this.

Reported-by: Witold Baryluk <baryluk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Don Zickus <dzickus@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/nmi_selftest.c | 4 ++--
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/nmi_selftest.c b/arch/x86/kernel/nmi_selftest.c
index e31bf8d..692e453 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/nmi_selftest.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/nmi_selftest.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ static int __initdata expected_testcase_failures;
static int __initdata unexpected_testcase_failures;
static int __initdata unexpected_testcase_unknowns;

-static int __init nmi_unk_cb(unsigned int val, struct pt_regs *regs)
+static int __ref nmi_unk_cb(unsigned int val, struct pt_regs *regs)
{
unexpected_testcase_unknowns++;
return NMI_HANDLED;
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ static void __init cleanup_nmi_testsuite(void)
unregister_nmi_handler(NMI_UNKNOWN, "nmi_selftest_unk");
}

-static int __init test_nmi_ipi_callback(unsigned int val, struct pt_regs *regs)
+static int __ref test_nmi_ipi_callback(unsigned int val, struct pt_regs *regs)
{
int cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();

--
1.7.7.6

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