Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755512AbYA3VAf (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:00:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751386AbYA3VAW (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:00:22 -0500 Received: from accolon.hansenpartnership.com ([76.243.235.52]:52601 "EHLO accolon.hansenpartnership.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752611AbYA3VAU (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:00:20 -0500 Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] scsi/qlogicpti.c section fixes From: James Bottomley To: Adrian Bunk Cc: davem@davemloft.net, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20080130200336.GN29368@does.not.exist> References: <20080130200336.GN29368@does.not.exist> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:00:16 -0600 Message-Id: <1201726817.3292.84.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.3 (2.12.3-1.fc8) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1754 Lines: 32 On Wed, 2008-01-30 at 22:03 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > This patch fixes the following section mismatches: > > <-- snip --> > > ... > WARNING: drivers/scsi/qlogicpti.o(.devexit.text+0x8): Section mismatch in reference from the function qpti_sbus_remove() to the function .init.text:qpti_chain_del() > WARNING: drivers/scsi/qlogicpti.o(.devinit.text+0x56c): Section mismatch in reference from the function qpti_sbus_probe() to the function .init.text:qpti_map_regs() > WARNING: drivers/scsi/qlogicpti.o(.devinit.text+0x580): Section mismatch in reference from the function qpti_sbus_probe() to the function .init.text:qpti_register_irq() > WARNING: drivers/scsi/qlogicpti.o(.devinit.text+0x594): Section mismatch in reference from the function qpti_sbus_probe() to the function .init.text:qpti_get_scsi_id() > WARNING: drivers/scsi/qlogicpti.o(.devinit.text+0x5b8): Section mismatch in reference from the function qpti_sbus_probe() to the function .init.text:qpti_map_queues() > WARNING: drivers/scsi/qlogicpti.o(.devinit.text+0x780): Section mismatch in reference from the function qpti_sbus_probe() to the function .init.text:qpti_chain_add() > ... OK, look, this is really getting out of hand. __init is possibly justifiable with a few hundred k savings on boot. __devinit and the rest are surely killable on the grounds they provide little benefit for all the pain they cause. all __exit seems to do is set us up for unreferenced pointers in discarded sections, so could we kill that too? James -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/