Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Wed, 7 Jun 2006 16:23:26 -0700 | From | "Randy.Dunlap" <> | Subject | [PATCH] ignore smp_locks section warnings from init/exit code |
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On Wed, 7 Jun 2006 15:40:54 -0700 Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Jun 2006 00:31:53 +0200 > "J.A. Magallón" <jamagallon@ono.com> wrote: > > > WARNING: drivers/block/floppy.o - Section mismatch: reference to .init.text: from .smp_locks after '' (at offset 0x3c) > > WARNING: drivers/block/floppy.o - Section mismatch: reference to .init.text: from .smp_locks after '' (at offset 0x40) > > WARNING: drivers/block/floppy.o - Section mismatch: reference to .init.text: from .smp_locks after '' (at offset 0x44) > > Yes, that's a false positive - doing locking from within an __init section. > We need to shut that up somehow.
I currently only see this in an __exit section. Here is a patch that fixes it for me. J.A., can you test it?
--- From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Add ".smp_locks" section to whitelist as being safe from init and exit sections.
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> --- scripts/mod/modpost.c | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
--- linux-2617-rc6mm1.orig/scripts/mod/modpost.c +++ linux-2617-rc6mm1/scripts/mod/modpost.c @@ -852,6 +852,7 @@ static int init_section_ref_ok(const cha ".pci_fixup_final", ".pdr", "__param", + ".smp_locks", NULL }; /* Start of section names */ @@ -923,6 +924,7 @@ static int exit_section_ref_ok(const cha ".exitcall.exit", ".eh_frame", ".stab", + ".smp_locks", NULL }; /* Start of section names */ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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