Hi Jeff, On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 2:44 AM, Jeff Garzik <jgar...@pobox.com> wrote: > On 11/06/2012 04:55 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote: >> >> The ahci_highbank_probe function is incorrectly marked as __init, >> which means it can get discarded at boot time, which might be >> a problem if for some reason the device only becomes operational >> after loading another module. >> >> Using __devinit instead avoids seeing this warning for every build: >> >> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.data+0xf7b0): Section mismatch in reference from the >> variable ahci_highbank_driver to the function >> .init.text:ahci_highbank_probe() >> The variable ahci_highbank_driver references >> the function __init ahci_highbank_probe() >> If the reference is valid then annotate the >> variable with __init* or __refdata (see linux/init.h) or name the >> variable: >> *_template, *_timer, *_sht, *_ops, *_probe, *_probe_one, *_console >> >> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <a...@arndb.de> >> Cc: Mark Langsdorf <mark.langsd...@calxeda.com> >> Cc: Rob Herring <rob.herr...@calxeda.com> >> Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgar...@redhat.com> >> --- >> drivers/ata/sata_highbank.c | 2 +- >> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > applied
I have also sent the same fix: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/1562141/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
