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From: Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu>
Subject: Re: linux-next: ext4 tree build warning
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:50:04 -0400
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On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 05:17:04PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi Ted,
> 
> The linux-next builds (ppc64 allyesconfig) produce this warning:
> (I built with CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH=y)
> 
> WARNING: fs/ext4/ext4.o(.text+0x5b6c8): Section mismatch in reference from the function .exit_ext4_mballoc() to the function .exit.text:.ext4_remove_debugfs_entry()
> The function .exit_ext4_mballoc() references a function in an exit section.
> Often the function .ext4_remove_debugfs_entry() has valid usage outside the exit section
> and the fix is to remove the __exit annotation of .ext4_remove_debugfs_entry.

Thanks for pointing that out, I'll get that fixed.

						- Ted