As described in the added code comment, a reference to .exit.text is ok
for drivers registered via module_platform_driver_probe(). Make this
explicit to prevent a section mismatch warning:
WARNING: modpost: drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-wmi: section mismatch in reference: hp_wmi_driver+0x8 (section: .data) -> hp_wmi_bios_remove (section: .exit.text)
Fixes: c165b80cfecc ("hp-wmi: fix handling of platform device")
Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Hello,
the mentioned section mismatch warning only happens for W=1 builds on
trees that contain f177cd0c15fc ("modpost: Don't let "driver"s reference
.exit.*").
Best regards
Uwe
drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-wmi.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-wmi.c
index e76e5458db35..8ebb7be52ee7 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-wmi.c
@@ -1548,7 +1548,13 @@ static const struct dev_pm_ops hp_wmi_pm_ops = {
.restore = hp_wmi_resume_handler,
};
-static struct platform_driver hp_wmi_driver = {
+/*
+ * hp_wmi_bios_remove() lives in .exit.text. For drivers registered via
+ * module_platform_driver_probe() this is ok because they cannot get unbound at
+ * runtime. So mark the driver struct with __refdata to prevent modpost
+ * triggering a section mismatch warning.
+ */
+static struct platform_driver hp_wmi_driver __refdata = {
.driver = {
.name = "hp-wmi",
.pm = &hp_wmi_pm_ops,
base-commit: 6465e260f48790807eef06b583b38ca9789b6072
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2.39.2
