[PATCH] Fix xfs build error on ia64 (mismatch section for xfs_qm_exit())
Ben Myers
bpm at sgi.com
Mon Mar 26 12:12:56 CDT 2012
On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 09:43:06AM -0700, Luck, Tony wrote:
> ia64 deletes __exit section during the final link stage of vmlinux.
> This means that code should not call __exit functions in modules
> that can be built in to the kernel.
>
> Building with CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH=y we see these build messages:
>
> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.init.text+0x22462): Section mismatch in reference from the function init_xfs_fs() to the function .exit.text:xfs_qm_exit()
> The function __init init_xfs_fs() references
> a function __exit xfs_qm_exit().
> This is often seen when error handling in the init function
> uses functionality in the exit path.
> The fix is often to remove the __exit annotation of
> xfs_qm_exit() so it may be used outside an exit section.
>
> ...
>
> `xfs_qm_exit' referenced in section `.init.text' of fs/built-in.o: defined in discarded section `.exit.text' of fs/built-in.o
> make: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1
>
> Introduced in commit a05931ceb0160deadbd7798d60d01b17f2d81b09
> xfs: remove the global xfs_Gqm structure
>
> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck at intel.com>
Thanks Tony,
We have a patch from Gerard Snitselaar that fixes this.
Regards,
Ben
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