The patch titled Subject: lib/decompress.c add __init to decompress_method and data has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is lib-decompressc-add-__init-to-decompress_method-and-data.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Hein Tibosch <hein_tibosch@xxxxxxxx> Subject: lib/decompress.c add __init to decompress_method and data WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x14cfd8): Section mismatch in reference from the variable compressed_formats to the function .init.text:gunzip() The function compressed_formats() references the function __init gunzip(). etc.. This patch should solve it: Within decompress.c, compressed_formats[] needs 'a __initdata annotation', because some of it's data members refer to functions which will be unloaded after init. Consequently, its user decompress_method() will get the __init prefix. Signed-off-by: Hein Tibosch <hein_tibosch@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Albin Tonnerre <albin.tonnerre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Phillip Lougher <phillip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- lib/decompress.c | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN lib/decompress.c~lib-decompressc-add-__init-to-decompress_method-and-data lib/decompress.c --- a/lib/decompress.c~lib-decompressc-add-__init-to-decompress_method-and-data +++ a/lib/decompress.c @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ #include <linux/types.h> #include <linux/string.h> +#include <linux/init.h> #ifndef CONFIG_DECOMPRESS_GZIP # define gunzip NULL @@ -31,11 +32,13 @@ # define unlzo NULL #endif -static const struct compress_format { +struct compress_format { unsigned char magic[2]; const char *name; decompress_fn decompressor; -} compressed_formats[] = { +}; + +static const struct compress_format compressed_formats[] __initdata = { { {037, 0213}, "gzip", gunzip }, { {037, 0236}, "gzip", gunzip }, { {0x42, 0x5a}, "bzip2", bunzip2 }, @@ -45,7 +48,7 @@ static const struct compress_format { { {0, 0}, NULL, NULL } }; -decompress_fn decompress_method(const unsigned char *inbuf, int len, +decompress_fn __init decompress_method(const unsigned char *inbuf, int len, const char **name) { const struct compress_format *cf; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from hein_tibosch@xxxxxxxx are lib-decompressc-add-__init-to-decompress_method-and-data.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html