Re: [PATCH 03/19] ARM: msm: proc_comm_boot_wait should not be __init

From: David Brown
Date: Fri Jan 25 2013 - 13:16:16 EST


Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> writes:

> msm_smd_probe is a driver probe function and may get
> called after the __init time, so it must not call
> any __init function, as the link-time warning reports.
> Take away the __init annotation on proc_comm_boot_wait
> to fix this.
>
> Without this patch, building msm_defconfig results in:
>
> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0xb048): Section mismatch in reference from the function msm_smd_probe() to the function .init.text:proc_comm_boot_wait()
> The function msm_smd_probe() references
> the function __init proc_comm_boot_wait().
> This is often because msm_smd_probe lacks a __init
> annotation or the annotation of proc_comm_boot_wait is wrong.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: David Brown <davidb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Bryan Huntsman <bryanh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Daniel Walker <c_dwalke@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-arm-msm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
> arch/arm/mach-msm/proc_comm.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Arnd, you're welcome to pull this into your tree:
Acked-by: David Brown <davidb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I don't forsee any conflicts with upcoming patches.

David

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