Re: [PATCH v2 7/8] video: mark nuc900fb_map_video_memory as __devinit

[Wan ZongShun]

2012/10/10 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>:
> nuc900fb_map_video_memory is called by an devinit function
> that may be called at run-time, but the function itself is
> marked __init and will be discarded after boot.
>
> To avoid calling into a function that may have been overwritten,
> mark nuc900fb_map_video_memory itself as __devinit.
>
> Without this patch, building nuc950_defconfig results in:
>
> WARNING: drivers/video/built-in.o(.devinit.text+0x26c): Section mismatch in reference from the function nuc900fb_probe() to the function .init.text:nuc900fb_map_video_memory()
> The function __devinit nuc900fb_probe() references
> a function __init nuc900fb_map_video_memory().
> If nuc900fb_map_video_memory is only used by nuc900fb_probe then
> annotate nuc900fb_map_video_memory with a matching annotation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Wan ZongShun <mcuos.com@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Florian Tobias Schandinat <FlorianSchandinat@xxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-fbdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Thanks for your patch.
Acked-by: Wan ZongShun <mcuos.com@xxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  drivers/video/nuc900fb.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/video/nuc900fb.c b/drivers/video/nuc900fb.c
> index e10f551..b31b12b 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/nuc900fb.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/nuc900fb.c
> @@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ static int nuc900fb_init_registers(struct fb_info *info)
>   *    The buffer should be a non-cached, non-buffered, memory region
>   *    to allow palette and pixel writes without flushing the cache.
>   */
> -static int __init nuc900fb_map_video_memory(struct fb_info *info)
> +static int __devinit nuc900fb_map_video_memory(struct fb_info *info)
>  {
>         struct nuc900fb_info *fbi = info->par;
>         dma_addr_t map_dma;
> --
> 1.7.10
>



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Wan ZongShun.
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