Re: [PATCH] modpost: Add .irqentry.text to OTHER_SECTIONS

[Sergey Senozhatsky]

On (24/12/01 12:17), Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> The compiler can fully inline the actual handler function of an interrupt
> entry into the .irqentry.text entry point. If such a function contains an
> access which has an exception table entry, modpost complains about a
> section mismatch:
> 
>   WARNING: vmlinux.o(__ex_table+0x447c): Section mismatch in reference ...
> 
>   The relocation at __ex_table+0x447c references section ".irqentry.text"
>   which is not in the list of authorized sections.
> 
> Add .irqentry.text to OTHER_SECTIONS to cure the issue.

This works.  In fact, this looks like a local fix which we applied
here on our side, but we were very unsure.  Thank you Thomas.