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

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Sat Apr 29 2023 - 11:50:43 EST




On 4/29/23 02:50, Conor Dooley wrote:
> 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.

Yeah, that Fixes: commit looks like the right one.
I'll send a v2.

Thanks.

>
>> 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(-)
>>

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~Randy