Re: [PATCH] riscv: fix sifive and thead section mismatches in errata

From: Conor Dooley
Date: Sat Apr 29 2023 - 05:51:14 EST


On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 09:35:30PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> When CONFIG_MODULES is set, __init_or_module becomes <empty>, but when
> CONFIG_MODULES is not set, __init_or_module becomes __init.
> In the latter case, it causes section mismatch warnings:
>
> WARNING: modpost: vmlinux.o: section mismatch in reference: riscv_fill_cpu_mfr_info (section: .text) -> sifive_errata_patch_func (section: .init.text)
> WARNING: modpost: vmlinux.o: section mismatch in reference: riscv_fill_cpu_mfr_info (section: .text) -> thead_errata_patch_func (section: .init.text)
>
> It appears that CONFIG_MODULES not set is not tested very much.

I dunno if it the testing is *that* rare, because I'm not sure that the
fixes tags below are correct. I think that it is actually:
Fixes: bb3f89487fd9 ("RISC-V: hwprobe: Remove __init on probe_vendor_features()")
That was only applied on 20/04.

Cheers,
Conor.

> Fixes: a8e910168bba ("riscv: implement module alternatives")
> Fixes: a35707c3d850 ("riscv: add memory-type errata for T-Head")
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Heiko Stuebner <heiko@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Albert Ou <aou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-riscv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
> arch/riscv/errata/sifive/errata.c | 8 +++-----
> arch/riscv/errata/thead/errata.c | 6 +++---
> 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff -- a/arch/riscv/errata/sifive/errata.c b/arch/riscv/errata/sifive/errata.c
> --- a/arch/riscv/errata/sifive/errata.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/errata/sifive/errata.c
> @@ -82,11 +82,9 @@ static void __init_or_module warn_miss_e
> pr_warn("----------------------------------------------------------------\n");
> }
>
> -void __init_or_module sifive_errata_patch_func(struct alt_entry *begin,
> - struct alt_entry *end,
> - unsigned long archid,
> - unsigned long impid,
> - unsigned int stage)
> +void sifive_errata_patch_func(struct alt_entry *begin, struct alt_entry *end,
> + unsigned long archid, unsigned long impid,
> + unsigned int stage)
> {
> struct alt_entry *alt;
> u32 cpu_req_errata;
> diff -- a/arch/riscv/errata/thead/errata.c b/arch/riscv/errata/thead/errata.c
> --- a/arch/riscv/errata/thead/errata.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/errata/thead/errata.c
> @@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ static u32 thead_errata_probe(unsigned i
> return cpu_req_errata;
> }
>
> -void __init_or_module thead_errata_patch_func(struct alt_entry *begin, struct alt_entry *end,
> - unsigned long archid, unsigned long impid,
> - unsigned int stage)
> +void thead_errata_patch_func(struct alt_entry *begin, struct alt_entry *end,
> + unsigned long archid, unsigned long impid,
> + unsigned int stage)
> {
> struct alt_entry *alt;
> u32 cpu_req_errata = thead_errata_probe(stage, archid, impid);

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