Subject: Re: [PATCH] xics/icp_natives: add __init to marker icp_native_init()

From: Timur Tabi <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:24:13 -0500

Arnaud Lacombe wrote:
> This should fix the following warning:
> 
>  LD      arch/powerpc/sysdev/xics/built-in.o
> WARNING: arch/powerpc/sysdev/xics/built-in.o(.text+0x1310): Section mismatch in
> reference from the function .icp_native_init() to the function
> .init.text:.icp_native_init_one_node()
> The function .icp_native_init() references
> the function __init .icp_native_init_one_node().
> This is often because .icp_native_init lacks a __init
> annotation or the annotation of .icp_native_init_one_node is wrong.
> 
> icp_native_init() is only referenced in `arch/powerpc/sysdev/xics/xics-common.c'
> by xics_init() which is itself marked with __init.
> 
> = not built-tested =
> 
> Reported-by: Timur Tabi <[email-masked]>
> Signed-off-by: Arnaud Lacombe <[email-masked]>

Acked-by: Timur Tabi <[email-masked]>

This warning still appears, though:

WARNING: arch/powerpc/sysdev/built-in.o(.text+0xf6b8): Section mismatch in
reference from the function .ics_rtas_init() to the function
.init.text:.xics_register_ics()
The function .ics_rtas_init() references
the function __init .xics_register_ics().
This is often because .ics_rtas_init lacks a __init
annotation or the annotation of .xics_register_ics is wrong.

To fix this warning, you'll also need:

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xics/ics-rtas.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xics/ics-
index c782f85..a125721 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xics/ics-rtas.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xics/ics-rtas.c
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ static int ics_rtas_host_match(struct ics *ics, struct devic
        return !of_device_is_compatible(node, "chrp,iic");
 }

-int ics_rtas_init(void)
+int __init ics_rtas_init(void)
 {
        ibm_get_xive = rtas_token("ibm,get-xive");
        ibm_set_xive = rtas_token("ibm,set-xive");

However, now we get another similar warning:

WARNING: drivers/built-in.o(.text+0x259c484): Section mismatch in reference from
the function .tc3589x_keypad_open() to the function
.devinit.text:.tc3589x_keypad_init_key_hardware()
The function .tc3589x_keypad_open() references
the function __devinit .tc3589x_keypad_init_key_hardware().
This is often because .tc3589x_keypad_open lacks a __devinit
annotation or the annotation of .tc3589x_keypad_init_key_hardware is wrong.

I'm not sure what to do at this point, because I have a suspicion that adding
__devinit to tc3589x_keypad_open() is wrong.

-- 
Timur Tabi
Linux kernel developer at Freescale