[PATCH] powerpc: Remove modpost warning with start_secondary

[PATCH] powerpc: Remove modpost warning with start_secondary

[Kumar Gala]

WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x2aa): Section mismatch in reference from the variable __secondary_start to the function .devinit.text:start_secondary()
The function __secondary_start() references
the function __devinit start_secondary().

start_secondary gets called by __secondary_start which is in asm code so its
not marked as __devinit.  Its easier to just remove the __devinit from
start_secondary than try and deal with __secondary_start.

Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
index a59d8d7..11c835e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ static struct device_node *cpu_to_l2cache(int cpu)
 }
 
 /* Activate a secondary processor. */
-int __devinit start_secondary(void *unused)
+int start_secondary(void *unused)
 {
 	unsigned int cpu = smp_processor_id();
 	struct device_node *l2_cache;
-- 
1.5.6.5

Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Remove modpost warning with start_secondary

[Nathan Lynch]

Kumar Gala wrote:
> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x2aa): Section mismatch in reference from the variable __secondary_start to the function .devinit.text:start_secondary()
> The function __secondary_start() references
> the function __devinit start_secondary().
> 
> start_secondary gets called by __secondary_start which is in asm code so its
> not marked as __devinit.  Its easier to just remove the __devinit from
> start_secondary than try and deal with __secondary_start.

Which just gets another mismatch warning here:

WARNING: arch/powerpc/kernel/built-in.o(.text+0x23cc4): Section mismatch in reference from the function .start_secondary() to the function .devinit.text:.smp_store_cpu_info()
The function .start_secondary() references
the function __devinit .smp_store_cpu_info().
This is often because .start_secondary lacks a __devinit 
annotation or the annotation of .smp_store_cpu_info is wrong.

Isn't there a better way to address this?  It doesn't seem right to
increase the kernel's memory usage to get rid of a modpost warning.

Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Remove modpost warning with start_secondary

[Kumar Gala]

On Dec 2, 2008, at 11:31 PM, Nathan Lynch wrote:

> Kumar Gala wrote:
>> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x2aa): Section mismatch in reference from  
>> the variable __secondary_start to the  
>> function .devinit.text:start_secondary()
>> The function __secondary_start() references
>> the function __devinit start_secondary().
>>
>> start_secondary gets called by __secondary_start which is in asm  
>> code so its
>> not marked as __devinit.  Its easier to just remove the __devinit  
>> from
>> start_secondary than try and deal with __secondary_start.
>
> Which just gets another mismatch warning here:
>
> WARNING: arch/powerpc/kernel/built-in.o(.text+0x23cc4): Section  
> mismatch in reference from the function .start_secondary() to the  
> function .devinit.text:.smp_store_cpu_info()
> The function .start_secondary() references
> the function __devinit .smp_store_cpu_info().
> This is often because .start_secondary lacks a __devinit
> annotation or the annotation of .smp_store_cpu_info is wrong.
>
> Isn't there a better way to address this?  It doesn't seem right to
> increase the kernel's memory usage to get rid of a modpost warning.

Fair.. what defconfig did you build?

- k

Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Remove modpost warning with start_secondary

[Nathan Lynch]

Kumar Gala wrote:
>
> On Dec 2, 2008, at 11:31 PM, Nathan Lynch wrote:
>
>> Kumar Gala wrote:
>>> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x2aa): Section mismatch in reference from  
>>> the variable __secondary_start to the function 
>>> .devinit.text:start_secondary()
>>> The function __secondary_start() references
>>> the function __devinit start_secondary().
>>>
>>> start_secondary gets called by __secondary_start which is in asm  
>>> code so its
>>> not marked as __devinit.  Its easier to just remove the __devinit  
>>> from
>>> start_secondary than try and deal with __secondary_start.
>>
>> Which just gets another mismatch warning here:
>>
>> WARNING: arch/powerpc/kernel/built-in.o(.text+0x23cc4): Section  
>> mismatch in reference from the function .start_secondary() to the  
>> function .devinit.text:.smp_store_cpu_info()
>> The function .start_secondary() references
>> the function __devinit .smp_store_cpu_info().
>> This is often because .start_secondary lacks a __devinit
>> annotation or the annotation of .smp_store_cpu_info is wrong.
>>
>> Isn't there a better way to address this?  It doesn't seem right to
>> increase the kernel's memory usage to get rid of a modpost warning.
>
> Fair.. what defconfig did you build?

Try ppc64_defconfig with HOTPLUG_CPU=n.

Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Remove modpost warning with start_secondary (Modified by Milton Miller)

[Milton Miller]

[oops forgot to cc the list]

Nathan Lynch wrote at 2008-12-03 17:43:40:
> Kumar Gala wrote:
>> On Dec 2, 2008, at 11:31 PM, Nathan Lynch wrote:
>>> Kumar Gala wrote:
>>>> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x2aa): Section mismatch in reference from
>>>> the variable __secondary_start to the function
>>>> .devinit.text:start_secondary()
>>>> The function __secondary_start() references
>>>> the function __devinit start_secondary().
>>>>
>>>> start_secondary gets called by __secondary_start which is in asm
>>>> code so its
>>>> not marked as __devinit.  Its easier to just remove the __devinit
>>>> from
>>>> start_secondary than try and deal with __secondary_start.
>>>
>>> Which just gets another mismatch warning here:
>>>
>>> WARNING: arch/powerpc/kernel/built-in.o(.text+0x23cc4): Section
>>> mismatch in reference from the function .start_secondary() to the
>>> function .devinit.text:.smp_store_cpu_info()
>>> The function .start_secondary() references
>>> the function __devinit .smp_store_cpu_info().
>>> This is often because .start_secondary lacks a __devinit
>>> annotation or the annotation of .smp_store_cpu_info is wrong.

And other architectures want this to be cpuinit, the patch is held up 
because of powerpc:

http://ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2008-November/064897.html


>>> Isn't there a better way to address this?  It doesn't seem right to
>>> increase the kernel's memory usage to get rid of a modpost warning.

I agree.  And its easy: move the asm code to the right section with the 
nifty macros in linux/init.h.

We can use the whitelist of .text.head and also use use cpuinit.

I had a patch last July that went in this direction, but it was tangled 
with the relocatable kernel patches and badly timed.

http://ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2008-July/059717.html

hmm, I don't see 1/3 that cleaned up the function entry macro repition.

I'll try to revive them and bring them up to the current tree.

>>
>> Fair.. what defconfig did you build?
>
> Try ppc64_defconfig with HOTPLUG_CPU=n.

milton