Re: section mismatch with a platform driver

[Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>]

On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:28:23 +0200 Neshama Parhoti wrote:

> Hi Adrian and thank you for the help!
> 
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 10:51 AM, Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 10:19:05AM +0200, Neshama Parhoti wrote:
> >> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.data+0x44bc4): Section mismatch: reference to
> >> .init.text:my_probe_func (between 'my_platform_struct' and
> >> 'debug_level_variable')
> >>
> >> If I understand correctly, it shouts about my probe function being
> >> referenced from the data section:
> >>
> >> static struct platform_driver my_platform_struct = {
> >>       .probe          = my_probe_func,
> >>       .remove         = my_remove,
> >>       .suspend        = my_suspend,
> >>       .resume         = my_resume,
> >>       .driver         = {
> >>               .name = DRIVER_NAME,
> >>       },
> >> };
> >>
> > It complains about "my_probe_func", and that's not even in the code
> > you posted.
> 
> It happens even if I use an empty function like this:
> 
> static int __init my_probe_func(struct platform_device *pdev)
> {
> 	return 0;
> }
> 
> 
> any idea what's the problem ?

A probe function can be called at any time -- i.e., after system init
has completed, so discarding the __init function my_probe_func() is BAD,
dangerous, BUGgy.

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~Randy