Re: [tip: x86/percpu] x86/callthunks: Mark apply_relocation() as __init_or_module

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Thu Dec 07 2023 - 06:15:28 EST


On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 09:16:31PM -0000, tip-bot2 for Ingo Molnar wrote:
> -void apply_relocation(u8 *buf, size_t len, u8 *dest, u8 *src, size_t src_len)
> +void __init_or_module apply_relocation(u8 *buf, size_t len, u8 *dest, u8 *src, size_t src_len)
> {
> int prev, target = 0;

Can't do that for a CONFIG_MODULES=n build:

WARNING: modpost: vmlinux: section mismatch in reference: patch_dest+0x61 (section: .text) -> apply_relocation (section: .init.text)
ERROR: modpost: Section mismatches detected.

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Boris.

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