[PATCH 1/2] PCI: spear: Fix Section mismatch compilation warning for probe()

Olof Johansson olof at lixom.net
Sun Jul 20 12:26:49 PDT 2014


On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 05:29:47PM +0530, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> Following compilation warning occurs when compiled with:
> CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH=y
> 
>  WARNING: drivers/pci/host/built-in.o(.data+0xc0): Section mismatch in
>  reference from the variable spear13xx_pcie_driver to the function
>  .init.text:spear13xx_pcie_probe()
> 
> Both .probe() and pcie_init() are marked with __init, but spear13xx_pcie_driver
> isn't. And so section mismatch.
> 
> Fix it by marking spear13xx_pcie_driver with __initdata.
> 
> Fixes: 51b66a6 (PCI: spear: Add PCIe driver for ST Microelectronics SPEAr13xx)

Please use 12 significant digits, since 7 might not be sufficient later
on in time. I've fixed it up here.

> Reported-by: Olof Johansson <olof at lixom.net>
> Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar at linaro.org>
> ---
> Olof/Arnd,
> 
> Let me know if a PULL request is required for this, otherwise just apply them
> directly.

I've applied both of these on top of next/drivers, where your previous branch
was. No need for a pull request.


-Olof



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