Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 20 Aug 2011 20:15:55 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/1] devtmpfs: Fix section mismatch warning |
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On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 10:44:15AM +0800, Harvey Yang wrote: > drivers/base/built-in.o(.text+0xe554): Section mismatch in reference f > rom the function devtmpfsd() to the variable .init.data:setup_done > The function devtmpfsd() references > the variable __initdata setup_done. > This is often because devtmpfsd lacks a __initdata > annotation or the annotation of setup_done is wrong. > > "setup_done" is not used after init. but putting it into initdata section leads a section mismatch warning, so initialize it dynamically in __init function. > > Signed-off-by: Harvey Yang <harvey.huawei.yang@gmail.com>
Already in linux-next, thanks, it will go to Linus next week.
greg k-h
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