Re: [PATCH] crypto: aesni-intel: fix crypto_fpu_exit() section mismatch

From: Herbert Xu
Date: Mon Jun 15 2015 - 06:19:53 EST


On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 09:56:40PM -0700, Jeremiah Mahler wrote:
> The '__init aesni_init()' function calls the '__exit crypto_fpu_exit()'
> function directly. Since they are in different sections, this generates
> a warning.
>
> make CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH=y
> ...
> WARNING: arch/x86/crypto/aesni-intel.o(.init.text+0x12b): Section
> mismatch in reference from the function init_module() to the function
> .exit.text:crypto_fpu_exit()
> The function __init init_module() references
> a function __exit crypto_fpu_exit().
> This is often seen when error handling in the init function
> uses functionality in the exit path.
> The fix is often to remove the __exit annotation of
> crypto_fpu_exit() so it may be used outside an exit section.
>
> Fix the warning by removing the __exit annotation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jeremiah Mahler <jmmahler@xxxxxxxxx>

Applied.
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