Re: [PATCH 08/23] xen: statically initialize cpu_evtchn_mask_p

[Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>]

On 10/12/2010 05:44 PM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> -static struct cpu_evtchn_s *cpu_evtchn_mask_p;
> +
> +static __initdata struct cpu_evtchn_s init_evtchn_mask = {
> +	.bits[0 ... (NR_EVENT_CHANNELS/BITS_PER_LONG)-1] = ~0ul,
> +};
> +static struct cpu_evtchn_s *cpu_evtchn_mask_p =&init_evtchn_mask;
> +
>   static inline unsigned long *cpu_evtchn_mask(int cpu)
>   {
>   	return cpu_evtchn_mask_p[cpu].bits;

This causes a modpost warning:

    WARNING: drivers/xen/built-in.o(.data+0x0): Section mismatch in
    reference from the variable cpu_evtchn_mask_p to the variable
    .init.data:init_evtchn_mask

    The variable cpu_evtchn_mask_p references
    the variable __initdata init_evtchn_mask

    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, 

This is harmless, the variable is initialized to non-init data
in an __init function.  The added noise is ugly, though.

Paolo