From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Randy Dunlap Subject: Section mismatch in parainstructions Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 15:58:21 -0800 Message-ID: <20061210155821.d2c5dfa5.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: virtualization-bounces@lists.osdl.org Errors-To: virtualization-bounces@lists.osdl.org To: virtualization@lists.osdl.org Cc: akpm , sam@ravnborg.org List-Id: virtualization@lists.linuxfoundation.org Is it OK for section .parainstructions to reference exit.text? I'm seeing: WARNING: drivers/net/hamradio/scc.o - Section mismatch: reference to .exit.= text: from .parainstructions after '' (at offset 0x0) WARNING: drivers/net/hamradio/scc.o - Section mismatch: reference to .exit.= text: from .parainstructions after '' (at offset 0x8) If that's OK, we need a small patch to modpost, as below. --- ~Randy From: Randy Dunlap Section .parainstructions should not warn about section mismatches. WARNING: drivers/net/hamradio/scc.o - Section mismatch: reference to .exit.= text: from .parainstructions after '' (at offset 0x0) WARNING: drivers/net/hamradio/scc.o - Section mismatch: reference to .exit.= text: from .parainstructions after '' (at offset 0x8) Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap --- scripts/mod/modpost.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) --- linux-2.6.19-git17.orig/scripts/mod/modpost.c +++ linux-2.6.19-git17/scripts/mod/modpost.c @@ -997,6 +997,7 @@ static int exit_section_ref_ok(const cha "__bug_table", /* used by powerpc for BUG() */ ".exitcall.exit", ".eh_frame", + ".parainstructions", ".stab", "__ex_table", ".fixup",