From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: Rakib Mullick <rakib.mullick@gmail.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
markus.t.metzger@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm] tracing: Fix section mismatch in trace_hw_branches.c
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 20:41:16 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090215194116.GA18517@elte.hu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b9df5fa10902131936p5e0997c6p57f659457a9cc356@mail.gmail.com>
* Rakib Mullick <rakib.mullick@gmail.com> wrote:
> Impact: Fix section mismatch
>
> The function bts_trace_init() references a variable
> bts_hotcpu_notifier which is marked
> as __cpuinitdata. Thus causes section mismatch. This patch fixes it.
>
> LD kernel/trace/built-in.o
> WARNING: kernel/trace/built-in.o(.text+0xc90c): Section mismatch in
> reference from the function bts_trace_init() to the variable
> .cpuinit.data:bts_hotcpu_notifier
> The function bts_trace_init() references
> the variable __cpuinitdata bts_hotcpu_notifier.
> This is often because bts_trace_init lacks a __cpuinitdata
> annotation or the annotation of bts_hotcpu_notifier is wrong.
>
> WARNING: kernel/trace/built-in.o(.text+0xc92a): Section mismatch in
> reference from the function bts_trace_reset() to the variable
> .cpuinit.data:bts_hotcpu_notifier
> The function bts_trace_reset() references
> the variable __cpuinitdata bts_hotcpu_notifier.
> This is often because bts_trace_reset lacks a __cpuinitdata
> annotation or the annotation of bts_hotcpu_notifier is wrong.
>
> Thanks.
Applied to tip:tracing/hw-branch-tracing, thanks Rakib!
Ingo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-02-15 19:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-02-14 3:36 [PATCH -mm] tracing: Fix section mismatch in trace_hw_branches.c Rakib Mullick
2009-02-15 19:41 ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
2009-02-21 15:22 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2009-02-22 13:33 ` Rakib Mullick
2009-02-22 16:22 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2009-02-23 10:21 ` Markus Metzger
2009-02-22 16:15 ` KOSAKI Motohiro
2009-02-22 16:23 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2009-02-22 19:29 ` Sam Ravnborg
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