This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled powerpc/smp: Section mismatch from smp_release_cpus to __initdata spinning_secondaries to the 3.10-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: powerpc-smp-section-mismatch-from-smp_release_cpus-to-__initdata-spinning_secondaries.patch and it can be found in the queue-3.10 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 8246aca7058f3f2c2ae503081777965cd8df7b90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chen Gang <gang.chen@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:30:12 +0800 Subject: powerpc/smp: Section mismatch from smp_release_cpus to __initdata spinning_secondaries From: Chen Gang <gang.chen@xxxxxxxxxxx> commit 8246aca7058f3f2c2ae503081777965cd8df7b90 upstream. the smp_release_cpus is a normal funciton and called in normal environments, but it calls the __initdata spinning_secondaries. need modify spinning_secondaries to match smp_release_cpus. the related warning: (the linker report boot_paca.33377, but it should be spinning_secondaries) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- WARNING: arch/powerpc/kernel/built-in.o(.text+0x23176): Section mismatch in reference from the function .smp_release_cpus() to the variable .init.data:boot_paca.33377 The function .smp_release_cpus() references the variable __initdata boot_paca.33377. This is often because .smp_release_cpus lacks a __initdata annotation or the annotation of boot_paca.33377 is wrong. WARNING: arch/powerpc/kernel/built-in.o(.text+0x231fe): Section mismatch in reference from the function .smp_release_cpus() to the variable .init.data:boot_paca.33377 The function .smp_release_cpus() references the variable __initdata boot_paca.33377. This is often because .smp_release_cpus lacks a __initdata annotation or the annotation of boot_paca.33377 is wrong. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ #endif int boot_cpuid = 0; -int __initdata spinning_secondaries; +int spinning_secondaries; u64 ppc64_pft_size; /* Pick defaults since we might want to patch instructions Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from gang.chen@xxxxxxxxxxx are queue-3.10/powerpc-smp-section-mismatch-from-smp_release_cpus-to-__initdata-spinning_secondaries.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html