3.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ 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: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Yijing Wang <wangyijing@xxxxxxxxxx> 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 -- 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