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[3/3] fbdev/ps3fb: fix section mismatch warning for ps3fb_probe

Message ID 1378831590-2349-1-git-send-email-murzin.v@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
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Vladimir Murzin Sept. 10, 2013, 4:46 p.m. UTC
While cross-building for PPC64 I've got

WARNING: drivers/video/built-in.o(.text+0x9f9ca): Section mismatch in
reference from the function .ps3fb_probe() to th e variable
.init.data:ps3fb_fix The function .ps3fb_probe() references the
variable __initdata ps3fb_fix.  This is often because .ps3fb_probe
lacks a __initdata annotation or the annotation of ps3fb_fix is wrong.

WARNING: drivers/video/built-in.o(.text+0x9f9d2): Section mismatch in
reference from the function .ps3fb_probe() to the variable
.init.data:ps3fb_fix The function .ps3fb_probe() references the
variable __initdata ps3fb_fix.  This is often because .ps3fb_probe
lacks a __initdata annotation or the annotation of ps3fb_fix is wrong.

WARNING: drivers/built-in.o(.text+0xe222a): Section mismatch in
reference from the function .ps3fb_probe() to the variable
.init.data:ps3fb_fix The function .ps3fb_probe() references the
variable __initdata ps3fb_fix.  This is often because .ps3fb_probe
lacks a __initdata annotation or the annotation of ps3fb_fix is wrong.

WARNING: drivers/built-in.o(.text+0xe2232): Section mismatch in
reference from the function .ps3fb_probe() to the variable
.init.data:ps3fb_fix The function .ps3fb_probe() references the
variable __initdata ps3fb_fix.  This is often because .ps3fb_probe
lacks a __initdata annotation or the annotation of ps3fb_fix is wrong.

WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x561d4a): Section mismatch in reference from
the function .ps3fb_probe() to the variable .init.data:ps3fb_fix The
function .ps3fb_probe() references the variable __initdata ps3fb_fix.
This is often because .ps3fb_probe lacks a __initdata annotation or
the annotation of ps3fb_fix is wrong.

Mismatch was introduced with 48c68c4f "Drivers: video: remove __dev*
attributes."

Remove __init data annotation from ps3fb_fix.

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Murzin <murzin.v@gmail.com>
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 drivers/video/ps3fb.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Geert Uytterhoeven Sept. 10, 2013, 4:56 p.m. UTC | #1
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 6:46 PM, Vladimir Murzin <murzin.v@gmail.com> wrote:
> diff --git a/drivers/video/ps3fb.c b/drivers/video/ps3fb.c
> index dbfe2c1..b269abd 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/ps3fb.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/ps3fb.c
> @@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ static struct fb_ops ps3fb_ops = {
>         .fb_compat_ioctl = ps3fb_ioctl
>  };
>
> -static struct fb_fix_screeninfo ps3fb_fix __initdata = {
> +static struct fb_fix_screeninfo ps3fb_fix = {
>         .id =           DEVICE_NAME,
>         .type =         FB_TYPE_PACKED_PIXELS,
>         .visual =       FB_VISUAL_TRUECOLOR,

Fixed before by Geoff, but never applied:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-fbdev&m=136914132618389&w=3

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
                                -- Linus Torvalds
Vladimir Murzin Sept. 10, 2013, 5:05 p.m. UTC | #2
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 06:56:33PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 6:46 PM, Vladimir Murzin <murzin.v@gmail.com> wrote:
> > diff --git a/drivers/video/ps3fb.c b/drivers/video/ps3fb.c
> > index dbfe2c1..b269abd 100644
> > --- a/drivers/video/ps3fb.c
> > +++ b/drivers/video/ps3fb.c
> > @@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ static struct fb_ops ps3fb_ops = {
> >         .fb_compat_ioctl = ps3fb_ioctl
> >  };
> >
> > -static struct fb_fix_screeninfo ps3fb_fix __initdata = {
> > +static struct fb_fix_screeninfo ps3fb_fix = {
> >         .id =           DEVICE_NAME,
> >         .type =         FB_TYPE_PACKED_PIXELS,
> >         .visual =       FB_VISUAL_TRUECOLOR,
> 
> Fixed before by Geoff, but never applied:
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-fbdev&m=136914132618389&w=3

Great! Hope some day it will ;)

Sorry for the noise
Vladimir

> 
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
> 
>                         Geert
> 
> --
> Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org
> 
> In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
> when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
>                                 -- Linus Torvalds
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diff --git a/drivers/video/ps3fb.c b/drivers/video/ps3fb.c
index dbfe2c1..b269abd 100644
--- a/drivers/video/ps3fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/ps3fb.c
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@  static struct fb_ops ps3fb_ops = {
 	.fb_compat_ioctl = ps3fb_ioctl
 };
 
-static struct fb_fix_screeninfo ps3fb_fix __initdata = {
+static struct fb_fix_screeninfo ps3fb_fix = {
 	.id =		DEVICE_NAME,
 	.type =		FB_TYPE_PACKED_PIXELS,
 	.visual =	FB_VISUAL_TRUECOLOR,