Re: [PATCH] mm: Fix section mismatch in memcontrol.c

[Rakib Mullick]

Oh, yes. I forgot to signed off the patch. Here it is.

Signed-off-by: Rakib Mullick <rakib.mullick@xxxxxxxxx>

--- linux-2.6-orig/mm/memcontrol.c	2009-01-12 09:53:10.000000000 +0600
+++ linux-2.6/mm/memcontrol.c	2009-01-13 19:55:02.846459224 +0600
@@ -2170,13 +2170,13 @@ static void mem_cgroup_put(struct mem_cg


 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_SWAP
-static void __init enable_swap_cgroup(void)
+static void __init_refok enable_swap_cgroup(void)
 {
 	if (!mem_cgroup_disabled() && really_do_swap_account)
 		do_swap_account = 1;
 }
 #else
-static void __init enable_swap_cgroup(void)
+static void __init_refok enable_swap_cgroup(void)
 {
 }
 #endif


On 1/14/09, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:43:24 +0600
> "Rakib Mullick" <rakib.mullick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Sure. You can carryout your other jobs. Here is the patch.
>> Thanks for your help guys.
>>
> Thank you. I confirmed this fixes mismatch.
>
> Could you send this with your Signed-off-by, again ?
>
> you got my Ack.
> Acked-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
>
>> --- linux-2.6-orig/mm/memcontrol.c	2009-01-12 09:53:10.000000000 +0600
>> +++ linux-2.6/mm/memcontrol.c	2009-01-13 19:55:02.846459224 +0600
>> @@ -2170,13 +2170,13 @@ static void mem_cgroup_put(struct mem_cg
>>
>>
>>  #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_MEM_RES_CTLR_SWAP
>> -static void __init enable_swap_cgroup(void)
>> +static void __init_refok enable_swap_cgroup(void)
>>  {
>>  	if (!mem_cgroup_disabled() && really_do_swap_account)
>>  		do_swap_account = 1;
>>  }
>>  #else
>> -static void __init enable_swap_cgroup(void)
>> +static void __init_refok enable_swap_cgroup(void)
>>  {
>>  }
>>  #endif
>>
>>
>> On 1/13/09, KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:49:03 +0800
>> > Li Zefan <lizf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >>
>> >> Rakib Mullick wrote:
>> >> > Impact: Fix section mismatch warning.
>> >> >
>> >> > The annotation for __init in enable_swap_cgroup() and __initdata for
>> >> > really_do_swap_account produces the following warning. Which is not
>> >> > right, since this function is called from non-init section. This
>> >> > patch
>> >> > fixes it. If anything else please notice.
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> I saw this warning on IA64. But this fix is wrong IMO.
>> >>
>> >> enable_swap_cgroup() will be called at system boot only:
>> >>
>> >> start_kernel()
>> >>   cgroup_init()
>> >>     mem_cgroup_create()
>> >>       enable_swap_cgroup()
>> >>
>> >> I think the proper fix is annotate mem_cgroup_create() with
>> >> __init_refok.
>> >>
>> > I think Li Zefan's fix is correct.
>> > Could you make a patch ? or I'll schedule this as my work.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > -Kame
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>
>
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