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author | Rakib Mullick <rakib.mullick@gmail.com> | 2009-07-17 20:13:22 +0600 |
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committer | Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> | 2009-07-19 10:46:48 +0900 |
commit | 4fbfff76079a5c0e1751b0ddf53160d33f7831e7 (patch) | |
tree | bedf35332ecc68515f210331507493924f71d95c | |
parent | 9cb308ce8d32a1fb3600acab6034e19a90228743 (diff) | |
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virtio_blk: mark virtio_blk with __refdata to kill spurious section mismatch
The variable virtio_blk references the function virtblk_probe() (which
is in .devinit section) and also references the function
virtblk_remove() ( which is in .devexit section). So, virtio_blk
simultaneously refers .devinit and .devexit section. To avoid this
messup, we mark virtio_blk as __refdata.
We were warned by the following warning:
LD drivers/block/built-in.o
WARNING: drivers/block/built-in.o(.data+0xc8dc): Section mismatch in
reference from the variable virtio_blk to the function
.devinit.text:virtblk_probe()
The variable virtio_blk references
the function __devinit virtblk_probe()
If the reference is valid then annotate the
variable with __init* or __refdata (see linux/init.h) or name the variable:
*driver, *_template, *_timer, *_sht, *_ops, *_probe, *_probe_one, *_console,
WARNING: drivers/block/built-in.o(.data+0xc8e0): Section mismatch in
reference from the variable virtio_blk to the function
.devexit.text:virtblk_remove()
The variable virtio_blk references
the function __devexit virtblk_remove()
If the reference is valid then annotate the
variable with __exit* (see linux/init.h) or name the variable:
*driver, *_template, *_timer, *_sht, *_ops, *_probe, *_probe_one, *_console,
Signed-off-by: Rakib Mullick <rakib.mullick@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/block/virtio_blk.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c index 43db3ea15b54..024f2d292581 100644 --- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c +++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c @@ -424,7 +424,12 @@ static unsigned int features[] = { VIRTIO_BLK_F_SCSI, VIRTIO_BLK_F_IDENTIFY }; -static struct virtio_driver virtio_blk = { +/* + * virtio_blk causes spurious section mismatch warning by + * simultaneously referring to a __devinit and a __devexit function. + * Use __refdata to avoid this warning. + */ +static struct virtio_driver __refdata virtio_blk = { .feature_table = features, .feature_table_size = ARRAY_SIZE(features), .driver.name = KBUILD_MODNAME, |