Re: [PATCH] mfd: twl-core: Fix section annotations on {,un}protect_pm_master

From: Lee Jones
Date: Thu Oct 25 2018 - 04:03:03 EST


On Wed, 17 Oct 2018, Nathan Chancellor wrote:

> When building the kernel with Clang, the following section mismatch
> warning appears:
>
> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x3d84a3b): Section mismatch in reference from
> the function twl_probe() to the function
> .init.text:unprotect_pm_master()
> The function twl_probe() references
> the function __init unprotect_pm_master().
> This is often because twl_probe lacks a __init
> annotation or the annotation of unprotect_pm_master is wrong.
>
> Remove the __init annotation on the *protect_pm_master functions so
> there is no more mismatch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Alternatively, I suppose that twl_probe could be marked as __init but
> I'm not sure if deferral is possible or not (which I believe would cause
> issues but not sure). I went with this more conservative approache but
> I'm happy to respin if necessary.
>
> Thanks!
>
> drivers/mfd/twl-core.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Applied for v4.21, thanks.

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