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virtio_blk: mark virtio_blk with __refdata to kill spurious section mismatch

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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 <rakib.mullick@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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Rakib Mullick 2009-07-17 20:13:22 +06:00 committed by Tejun Heo
parent 9cb308ce8d
commit 4fbfff7607
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drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
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@ -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,