Re: section mismatch for acpi_unmap_lsapic()

[Ingo Molnar]

* Jerry Snitselaar <dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Commit 13ad20c1 "x86 cpu_hotplug: unmap cpu2node when the cpu is
> hotremoved" in linux-next added code to acpi_unmap_lsapic() that
> causes section mismatch warnings:
> 
> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x694f2): Section mismatch in reference from the function acpi_unmap_lsapic()
> 	  to the function .cpuinit.text:numa_clear_node()
> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x694eb): Section mismatch in reference from the function acpi_unmap_lsapic() 
> 	  to the variable .cpuinit.data:__apicid_to_node
> 
> 
> Does acpi_unmap_lsapic() need a wrapper like the one that was made for
> acpi_map_lsapic() or can it just be annotated __ref ? I guess my
> question is would be there be a reason that the wrapper was created
> for acpi_map_lsapic() instead of just annotating __ref besides
> allowing the code for _apic_map_lsapic() to be dropped when
> HOTPLUG_CPU wasn't configured?

That commit comes from -mm AFAICS. Involved parties Cc:-ed.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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