On Mon, Oct 16, 2023 at 10:40:09AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> 5.15-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
>
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> From: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> [ Upstream commit 5b44abbc39ca15df80d0da4756078c98c831090f ]
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> 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>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231004111624.2667753-1-u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
while backporting this patch shouldn't hurt, the warning triggers only
if you also backport commit f177cd0c15fc ("modpost: Don't let "driver"s
reference .exit.*"). As I assume you don't, there is no need to apply
this patch to 5.15.x (or other stable releases).
Best regards
Uwe
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