Re: [PATCH] trace/ring_buffer: fix section mismatch warning

From: Sam Ravnborg
Date: Sat Mar 21 2009 - 16:31:37 EST


On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 04:01:02PM +0100, Heiko Carstens wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:39:11 +0100
> Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Section mismatch in reference from the function
> > > ring_buffer_alloc() to the function .cpuinit.text:rb_cpu_notify()
> > > The function ring_buffer_alloc() references the function __cpuinit
> > > rb_cpu_notify(). This is often because ring_buffer_alloc lacks a
> > > __cpuinit annotation or the annotation of rb_cpu_notify is wrong.
> > >
> > > This is a false positive since rb_cpu_notify gets only referenced
> > > if CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU=y. To get rid of the warning annotate
> > > ring_buffer_alloc with __ref.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 2 +-
> >
> > Frederic has beaten you to it narrowly:
> >
> > 09c9e84: tracing/ring-buffer: don't annotate rb_cpu_notify with __cpuinit
>
> Btw. that was the only section mismatch warning I got on linux-next
> with an allyesconfig on s390. We probably could enable the verbose
> section mismatch warnings at compile time?
>
> Sam?

When I get a bit more time (and a properly working setup again)
I will enable the verbose version.
But until I can dedicate enough time to support it I am not the
one to make it more verbose.

That may be in the timeframe of 2.6.30 but I'm not sure.

Sam
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