Re: [PATCH] x86,nmi: Fix section mismatch warnings on 32-bit

[Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>]

On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 07:22:08PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > >> I do not know enough about behind the scene compiler magic to track this
> > >> down correctly.  So any insight/help is greatly appreciated. :-)
> > > 
> > > We register a function annotated __init. And the normal use of this 
> > > register()
> > > is for functions that survive the init phase.
> > > So drop the __init annotation on the function we register and the mismatch 
> > > is fixed.
> > 
> > But in the case here the function really is being used at init time
> > only.
> This is only for testing. Ando nly if CONFIG_DEBUG_NMI_SELFTEST is set.

Hi Sam,

Sorry for ignoring your responses before.  Somehow your emails were not
hitting my inbox for some reason, but I found them in my lkml folder.

So I am confused on the right way to fix this.

Sam is saying drop the __init and Jan is suggesting add __initdata for
these two special cases.

Anyone want to break the tie? :-)

Cheers,
Don