2016-03-15 21:45:13

by Arnd Bergmann

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Subject: [PATCH] rtc: asm9260: remove incorrect __init/__exit annotations

The probe and remove callbacks of the platform driver are marked __init
and __exit, respectively. However, this is not a correct way to annotate
them, as it will result in those sections to be discarded at link time
or after boot, while we can actually call them again based on manual
unbinding, or deferred probing.

Kbuild warns about the problem:

WARNING: drivers/rtc/rtc-asm9260.o(.data+0x0): Section mismatch in reference from the variable asm9260_rtc_driver to the function .init.text:asm9260_rtc_probe()

This removes the annotations, so we no longer branch into missing
code and avoid the warning.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>
Fixes: 125e550fd257 ("rtc: add Alphascale asm9260 driver")
---
drivers/rtc/rtc-asm9260.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-asm9260.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-asm9260.c
index 14e08c4c1a01..355fdb97a006 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-asm9260.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-asm9260.c
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ static const struct rtc_class_ops asm9260_rtc_ops = {
.alarm_irq_enable = asm9260_alarm_irq_enable,
};

-static int __init asm9260_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
+static int asm9260_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
struct asm9260_rtc_priv *priv;
struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ err_return:
return ret;
}

-static int __exit asm9260_rtc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
+static int asm9260_rtc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
struct asm9260_rtc_priv *priv = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);

--
2.7.0


2016-03-16 09:30:14

by Alexandre Belloni

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtc: asm9260: remove incorrect __init/__exit annotations

Hi,

On 15/03/2016 at 22:44:31 +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote :
> The probe and remove callbacks of the platform driver are marked __init
> and __exit, respectively. However, this is not a correct way to annotate
> them, as it will result in those sections to be discarded at link time
> or after boot, while we can actually call them again based on manual
> unbinding, or deferred probing.
>
> Kbuild warns about the problem:
>
> WARNING: drivers/rtc/rtc-asm9260.o(.data+0x0): Section mismatch in reference from the variable asm9260_rtc_driver to the function .init.text:asm9260_rtc_probe()
>

I'm not sure why this was not caught before. I'm not building all the
platform but that one should have been easy to find...

> This removes the annotations, so we no longer branch into missing
> code and avoid the warning.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>
> Fixes: 125e550fd257 ("rtc: add Alphascale asm9260 driver")
> ---
> drivers/rtc/rtc-asm9260.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-asm9260.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-asm9260.c
> index 14e08c4c1a01..355fdb97a006 100644
> --- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-asm9260.c
> +++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-asm9260.c
> @@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ static const struct rtc_class_ops asm9260_rtc_ops = {
> .alarm_irq_enable = asm9260_alarm_irq_enable,
> };
>
> -static int __init asm9260_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> +static int asm9260_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> {
> struct asm9260_rtc_priv *priv;
> struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
> @@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ err_return:
> return ret;
> }
>
> -static int __exit asm9260_rtc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
> +static int asm9260_rtc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
> {
> struct asm9260_rtc_priv *priv = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
>
> --
> 2.7.0
>

--
Alexandre Belloni, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
http://free-electrons.com

2016-03-16 09:33:28

by Oleksij Rempel

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtc: asm9260: remove incorrect __init/__exit annotations

Am 16.03.2016 um 10:30 schrieb Alexandre Belloni:
> Hi,
>
> On 15/03/2016 at 22:44:31 +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote :
>> The probe and remove callbacks of the platform driver are marked __init
>> and __exit, respectively. However, this is not a correct way to annotate
>> them, as it will result in those sections to be discarded at link time
>> or after boot, while we can actually call them again based on manual
>> unbinding, or deferred probing.
>>
>> Kbuild warns about the problem:
>>
>> WARNING: drivers/rtc/rtc-asm9260.o(.data+0x0): Section mismatch in reference from the variable asm9260_rtc_driver to the function .init.text:asm9260_rtc_probe()
>>
>
> I'm not sure why this was not caught before. I'm not building all the
> platform but that one should have been easy to find...

Sorry, i'm working on monolit kernel. Haven't seen this warning before :(

>> This removes the annotations, so we no longer branch into missing
>> code and avoid the warning.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>
>> Fixes: 125e550fd257 ("rtc: add Alphascale asm9260 driver")
>> ---
>> drivers/rtc/rtc-asm9260.c | 4 ++--
>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-asm9260.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-asm9260.c
>> index 14e08c4c1a01..355fdb97a006 100644
>> --- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-asm9260.c
>> +++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-asm9260.c
>> @@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ static const struct rtc_class_ops asm9260_rtc_ops = {
>> .alarm_irq_enable = asm9260_alarm_irq_enable,
>> };
>>
>> -static int __init asm9260_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>> +static int asm9260_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>> {
>> struct asm9260_rtc_priv *priv;
>> struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
>> @@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ err_return:
>> return ret;
>> }
>>
>> -static int __exit asm9260_rtc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>> +static int asm9260_rtc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
>> {
>> struct asm9260_rtc_priv *priv = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
>>
>> --
>> 2.7.0
>>
>


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Regards,
Oleksij


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2016-03-18 23:05:16

by Alexandre Belloni

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtc: asm9260: remove incorrect __init/__exit annotations

On 15/03/2016 at 22:44:31 +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote :
> The probe and remove callbacks of the platform driver are marked __init
> and __exit, respectively. However, this is not a correct way to annotate
> them, as it will result in those sections to be discarded at link time
> or after boot, while we can actually call them again based on manual
> unbinding, or deferred probing.
>
> Kbuild warns about the problem:
>
> WARNING: drivers/rtc/rtc-asm9260.o(.data+0x0): Section mismatch in reference from the variable asm9260_rtc_driver to the function .init.text:asm9260_rtc_probe()
>
> This removes the annotations, so we no longer branch into missing
> code and avoid the warning.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>
> Fixes: 125e550fd257 ("rtc: add Alphascale asm9260 driver")
> ---
> drivers/rtc/rtc-asm9260.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
Applied, thanks.

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Alexandre Belloni, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
http://free-electrons.com