Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 30 May 2007 20:28:54 +0530 | From | "Satyam Sharma" <> | Subject | Re: ppc modprost warnings in 2.6.22-rc1 |
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Hi Meelis,
On 5/30/07, Meelis Roos <mroos@linux.ee> wrote: > > > WARNING: arch/ppc/platforms/built-in.o - Section mismatch: reference to .init.text:Powerplus_Map_Non0 from .data between 'mot_info' (at offset 0x18) and 'Mesquite_pci_IRQ_map' > > ..... > > > > mot_info is only used by functions marked __init. > > So why not mark it __init so it get discarded and we get rid of all those warnings? > > How do I mark a initialized struct __init? Adding __init or const __init in > front of the declaration results in > > CC arch/ppc/platforms/prep_pci.o > arch/ppc/platforms/prep_pci.c:806: error: mot_info causes a section type conflict
Data that is not accessed after initcalls are done (and hence can be safely freed after kernel boot) must be marked __initdata.
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