[PATCH] powerpc/msi: fix section mismatch warning
Arnd Bergmann
arnd at arndb.de
Wed Oct 21 17:34:33 AEDT 2015
On Wednesday 21 October 2015 08:56:44 Denis Kirjanov wrote:
> Building with CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH
> gives the following warning:
>
> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x41fa8): Section mismatch in reference from
> the function .msi_bitmap_alloc() to the function
> .init.text:.memblock_virt_alloc_try_nid()
> The function .msi_bitmap_alloc() references
> the function __init .memblock_virt_alloc_try_nid().
> This is often because .msi_bitmap_alloc lacks a __init
> annotation or the annotation of .memblock_virt_alloc_try_nid is wrong.
>
> Signed-off-by: Denis Kirjanov <kda at linux-powerpc.org>
>
A patch like this usually requires an explanation why the warning is
a false positive and why there is no way to solve it besides suppressing
the warning.
Arnd
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