Re: [PATCH v2] serial: sh-sci: Fix init data attribute for struct 'port_cfg'

[Guenter Roeck]

On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 6:26 PM, Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The __init attribute is meant to mark functions, use __initdata instead
> for the data structure.
>
> This fixes the following error when building with clang:
>
> drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c:3247:15: error: '__section__' attribute only
>   applies to functions, methods, properties, and global variables
>     static struct __init plat_sci_port port_cfg;
>
> Signed-off-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <groeck@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Change the attribute to __initdata instead of removing it
> - Update commit message
>
>  drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c b/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c
> index 784dd42002ea..f7f632213a8e 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c
> @@ -3244,7 +3244,7 @@ early_platform_init_buffer("earlyprintk", &sci_driver,
>                            early_serial_buf, ARRAY_SIZE(early_serial_buf));
>  #endif
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_SH_SCI_EARLYCON
> -static struct __init plat_sci_port port_cfg;
> +static struct plat_sci_port port_cfg __initdata;
>
>  static int __init early_console_setup(struct earlycon_device *device,
>                                       int type)
> --
> 2.14.2.920.gcf0c67979c-goog
>