[PATCH] powerpc: Remove modpost warning with start_secondary

[Nathan Lynch]

Kumar Gala wrote:
>
> On Dec 2, 2008, at 11:31 PM, Nathan Lynch wrote:
>
>> Kumar Gala wrote:
>>> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x2aa): Section mismatch in reference from  
>>> the variable __secondary_start to the function 
>>> .devinit.text:start_secondary()
>>> The function __secondary_start() references
>>> the function __devinit start_secondary().
>>>
>>> start_secondary gets called by __secondary_start which is in asm  
>>> code so its
>>> not marked as __devinit.  Its easier to just remove the __devinit  
>>> from
>>> start_secondary than try and deal with __secondary_start.
>>
>> Which just gets another mismatch warning here:
>>
>> WARNING: arch/powerpc/kernel/built-in.o(.text+0x23cc4): Section  
>> mismatch in reference from the function .start_secondary() to the  
>> function .devinit.text:.smp_store_cpu_info()
>> The function .start_secondary() references
>> the function __devinit .smp_store_cpu_info().
>> This is often because .start_secondary lacks a __devinit
>> annotation or the annotation of .smp_store_cpu_info is wrong.
>>
>> Isn't there a better way to address this?  It doesn't seem right to
>> increase the kernel's memory usage to get rid of a modpost warning.
>
> Fair.. what defconfig did you build?

Try ppc64_defconfig with HOTPLUG_CPU=n.