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From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
Subject: Re: Section mismatch in parainstructions
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 16:40:53 -0800
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Randy Dunlap wrote:
> Is it OK for section .parainstructions to reference
> exit.text?
>
> I'm seeing:
>
> WARNING: drivers/net/hamradio/scc.o - Section mismatch: reference to .exi=
t.text: from .parainstructions after '' (at offset 0x0)
> WARNING: drivers/net/hamradio/scc.o - Section mismatch: reference to .exi=
t.text: from .parainstructions after '' (at offset 0x8)
>
> If that's OK, we need a small patch to modpost, as below.
>   =


What are the semantics of .exit.text?  In principle a paravirtualized
instruction can appear anywhere, so I think these warnings are bogus. =

The only concern is if one of these sections disappears before the
paravirt_ops instruction substitution happens.

    J