From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753124Ab1HVOUV (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:20:21 -0400 Received: from www.hansjkoch.de ([178.63.77.200]:53830 "EHLO www.hansjkoch.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752983Ab1HVOUS (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:20:18 -0400 Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:20:00 +0200 From: "Hans J. Koch" To: Wanlong Gao Cc: "Hans J. Koch" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, gregkh@suse.de, Wanlong Gao , linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers:uio:fix section mismatch in uio_pdrv_genirq.c Message-ID: <20110822141959.GE14373@local> References: <1313813528-30913-1-git-send-email-wanlong.gao@gmail.com> <20110822120314.GC14373@local> <1314017441.1825.2.camel@Allen> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1314017441.1825.2.camel@Allen> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org [Added linux-mips to Cc:] On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 08:50:41PM +0800, Wanlong Gao wrote: > On Mon, 2011-08-22 at 14:03 +0200, Hans J. Koch wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 12:12:07PM +0800, Wanlong Gao wrote: > > > From: Wanlong Gao > > > > > > Remove the __devinitconst to fix the section mismatch. > > > > > > WARNING: drivers/uio/built-in.o(.data+0x2e8): Section mismatch in > > > reference from the variable uio_pdrv_genirq to the variable > > > > Hmm, I don't see that section mismatch here when I do a > > make CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH=y. How do you produce that? > > I produced in arch of mips like > make O=../latest ARCH=mips CROSS_COMILE=mips-linux- That seems to be a MIPS specific problem. It was tested OK on arm and x86. > > > > > > .devinit.rodata:uio_of_genirq_match > > > The variable uio_pdrv_genirq references > > > the variable __devinitconst uio_of_genirq_match > > > If the reference is valid then annotate the > > > variable with __init* or __refdata (see linux/init.h) or name the > > > variable: > > > *driver, *_template, *_timer, *_sht, *_ops, *_probe, *_probe_one, > > > *_console > > > > Is just removing the __devinitconst really the best solution? > > > > Thanks, > > Hans > > Do you have any better suggestions? No, maybe the MIPS guys can shed some light on it. Thanks, Hans > > Thanks > -Wanlong Gao > > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Wanlong Gao > > > --- > > > drivers/uio/uio_pdrv_genirq.c | 2 +- > > > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/uio/uio_pdrv_genirq.c b/drivers/uio/uio_pdrv_genirq.c > > > index bae96d2..0b2ed71 100644 > > > --- a/drivers/uio/uio_pdrv_genirq.c > > > +++ b/drivers/uio/uio_pdrv_genirq.c > > > @@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ static const struct dev_pm_ops uio_pdrv_genirq_dev_pm_ops = { > > > }; > > > > > > #ifdef CONFIG_OF > > > -static const struct of_device_id __devinitconst uio_of_genirq_match[] = { > > > +static const struct of_device_id uio_of_genirq_match[] = { > > > { /* empty for now */ }, > > > }; > > > MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, uio_of_genirq_match); > > > -- > > > 1.7.4.1 > > > > > > > > >