[PATCH] crypto: talitos - Fix modpost warning

Kumar Gala galak at kernel.crashing.org
Thu Dec 4 02:36:05 EST 2008


On Dec 3, 2008, at 8:52 AM, Kumar Gala wrote:

>
> On Dec 3, 2008, at 6:06 AM, Herbert Xu wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Dec 02, 2008 at 10:29:16PM -0600, Kumar Gala wrote:
>>> Removed __devexit from talitos_remove() since its also called from
>>> talitos_probe().
>>>
>>> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x28a008): Section mismatch in reference  
>>> from the function talitos_probe() to the  
>>> function .devexit.text:talitos_remove()
>>> The function talitos_probe() references a function in an exit  
>>> section.
>>> Often the function talitos_remove() has valid usage outside the  
>>> exit section
>>> and the fix is to remove the __devexit annotation of talitos_remove.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak at kernel.crashing.org>
>>
>> OK, but what about the __devexit_p reference on talitos_remove?
>> We should remove that too.
>
> missed that one.  will fix up and post a new patch.

Nevermind.  Al bet me to this fix :)

- k



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