Re: [PATCH -next] drm/i915: fix i915_globals_exit() section mismatch error

[Jason Ekstrand]

On Wed, Aug 4, 2021 at 3:41 PM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Fix modpost Section mismatch error in i915_globals_exit().
> Since both an __init function and an __exit function can call
> i915_globals_exit(), any function that i915_globals_exit() calls
> should not be marked as __init or __exit. I.e., it needs to be
> available for either of them.
>
> WARNING: modpost: vmlinux.o(.text+0x8b796a): Section mismatch in reference from the function i915_globals_exit() to the function .exit.text:__i915_globals_flush()
> The function i915_globals_exit() references a function in an exit section.
> Often the function __i915_globals_flush() has valid usage outside the exit section
> and the fix is to remove the __exit annotation of __i915_globals_flush.
>
> ERROR: modpost: Section mismatches detected.
> Set CONFIG_SECTION_MISMATCH_WARN_ONLY=y to allow them.

My gut says we actually want to back-port
https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/YPk3OCMrhg7UlU6T@phenom.ffwll.local/
instead.  Daniel, thoughts?

--Jason

>
> Fixes: 1354d830cb8f ("drm/i915: Call i915_globals_exit() if pci_register_device() fails")
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jason Ekstrand <jason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: intel-gfx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_globals.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> --- linext-2021-0804.orig/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_globals.c
> +++ linext-2021-0804/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_globals.c
> @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ void i915_globals_unpark(void)
>         atomic_inc(&active);
>  }
>
> -static void __exit __i915_globals_flush(void)
> +static void  __i915_globals_flush(void)
>  {
>         atomic_inc(&active); /* skip shrinking */
>