From 4fbfff76079a5c0e1751b0ddf53160d33f7831e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rakib Mullick Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:13:22 +0600 Subject: [PATCH] virtio_blk: mark virtio_blk with __refdata to kill spurious section mismatch The variable virtio_blk references the function virtblk_probe() (which is in .devinit section) and also references the function virtblk_remove() ( which is in .devexit section). So, virtio_blk simultaneously refers .devinit and .devexit section. To avoid this messup, we mark virtio_blk as __refdata. We were warned by the following warning: LD drivers/block/built-in.o WARNING: drivers/block/built-in.o(.data+0xc8dc): Section mismatch in reference from the variable virtio_blk to the function .devinit.text:virtblk_probe() The variable virtio_blk references the function __devinit virtblk_probe() If the reference is valid then annotate the variable with __init* or __refdata (see linux/init.h) or name the variable: *driver, *_template, *_timer, *_sht, *_ops, *_probe, *_probe_one, *_console, WARNING: drivers/block/built-in.o(.data+0xc8e0): Section mismatch in reference from the variable virtio_blk to the function .devexit.text:virtblk_remove() The variable virtio_blk references the function __devexit virtblk_remove() If the reference is valid then annotate the variable with __exit* (see linux/init.h) or name the variable: *driver, *_template, *_timer, *_sht, *_ops, *_probe, *_probe_one, *_console, Signed-off-by: Rakib Mullick Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo --- drivers/block/virtio_blk.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c index 43db3ea15b54..024f2d292581 100644 --- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c +++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c @@ -424,7 +424,12 @@ static unsigned int features[] = { VIRTIO_BLK_F_SCSI, VIRTIO_BLK_F_IDENTIFY }; -static struct virtio_driver virtio_blk = { +/* + * virtio_blk causes spurious section mismatch warning by + * simultaneously referring to a __devinit and a __devexit function. + * Use __refdata to avoid this warning. + */ +static struct virtio_driver __refdata virtio_blk = { .feature_table = features, .feature_table_size = ARRAY_SIZE(features), .driver.name = KBUILD_MODNAME, -- 2.39.5