Randy Dunlap wrote:
> Is it OK for section .parainstructions to reference
> exit.text?
>
> I'm seeing:
>
> WARNING: drivers/net/hamradio/scc.o - Section mismatch: reference to .exit.text: from .parainstructions after '' (at offset 0x0)
> WARNING: drivers/net/hamradio/scc.o - Section mismatch: reference to .exit.text: from .parainstructions after '' (at offset 0x8)
>
> If that's OK, we need a small patch to modpost, as below.
>
What are the semantics of .exit.text? In principle a paravirtualized
instruction can appear anywhere, so I think these warnings are bogus.
The only concern is if one of these sections disappears before the
paravirt_ops instruction substitution happens.
J
