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From: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>
To: Wichert Akkerman <wichert@wiggy.net>
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Subject: Re: link error in SCC driver 
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On Fri, 28 Dec 2001 17:59:08 +0100, 
Wichert Akkerman <wichert@wiggy.net> wrote:
>[maltimi;~/linux]-36> perl ../reference_discarded.pl 
>Finding objects, 443 objects, ignoring 0 module(s)
>Finding conglomerates, ignoring 37 conglomerate(s)
>Scanning objects
>Error: ./net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_nat_snmp_basic.o .text.lock refers to 0000004c R_386_PC32        .text.exit

Yep, the broader problem of lock handling in discarded sections leaving
dangling references in section .text.lock.  See [patch] 2.4.18-pre1
replace .text.lock with .subsection.
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=100950122410373&w=2

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