x86: fix section mismatch warnings when referencing notifiers

Fix the following warnings:
WARNING: arch/x86/kernel/built-in.o(.exit.text+0xf8): Section mismatch in reference from the function msr_exit() to the variable .cpuinit.data:msr_class_cpu_notifier
WARNING: arch/x86/kernel/built-in.o(.exit.text+0x158): Section mismatch in reference from the function cpuid_exit() to the variable .cpuinit.data:cpuid_class_cpu_notifier
WARNING: arch/x86/kernel/built-in.o(.exit.text+0x171): Section mismatch in reference from the function microcode_exit() to the variable .cpuinit.data:mc_cpu_notifier

In all three cases there were a function annotated __exit
that referenced a variable annotated __cpuinitdata.

The fix was to replace the annotation of the notifier
with __refdata to tell modpost that the reference to
a _cpuinit function in the notifier are OK.
The unregister call that references the notifier
variable will simple delete the function pointer
so there is no problem ignoring the reference.

Note: This looks like another case where __cpuinit
has been used as replacement for proper use
of CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU to decide what code are used for
HOTPLUG_CPU.

Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpuid.c
index dec66e4..a63432d 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpuid.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpuid.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ static int __cpuinit cpuid_class_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
        return err ? NOTIFY_BAD : NOTIFY_OK;
 }
 
-static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata cpuid_class_cpu_notifier =
+static struct notifier_block __refdata cpuid_class_cpu_notifier =
 {
        .notifier_call = cpuid_class_cpu_callback,
 };

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode.c b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode.c
index 6ff447f..f2702d0 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode.c
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ mc_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
        return NOTIFY_OK;
 }
 
-static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata mc_cpu_notifier = {
+static struct notifier_block __refdata mc_cpu_notifier = {
        .notifier_call = mc_cpu_callback,
 };
 

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/msr.c b/arch/x86/kernel/msr.c
index 21f6e3c..bd82850 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/msr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/msr.c
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ static int __cpuinit msr_class_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
        return err ? NOTIFY_BAD : NOTIFY_OK;
 }
 
-static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata msr_class_cpu_notifier = {
+static struct notifier_block __refdata msr_class_cpu_notifier = {
        .notifier_call = msr_class_cpu_callback,
 };