From: Sam Ravnborg Fix following warnings: WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x75c8d): Section mismatch in reference from the function take_cpu_down() to the variable .cpuinit.data:cpu_chain WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x75d2a): Section mismatch in reference from the function _cpu_down() to the variable .cpuinit.data:cpu_chain WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x75d4d): Section mismatch in reference from the function _cpu_down() to the variable .cpuinit.data:cpu_chain WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x75de4): Section mismatch in reference from the function _cpu_down() to the variable .cpuinit.data:cpu_chain WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x75e33): Section mismatch in reference from the function _cpu_down() to the variable .cpuinit.data:cpu_chain cpu_down is only used from code surrounded by HOTPLUG_CPU so any references to __cpuinit is OK. Add a few __ref to tech modpost to ignore the references. This is just papering over the fact that the cpu hotplug code is fragile with respect to use of HOTPLUG_CPU and in many cases rely on __cpuinit to get rid of code when HOTPLUG_CPU is not enabled. For now this is the least invasive change. Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg Cc: Gautham R Shenoy Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- kernel/cpu.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN kernel/cpu.c~cpu-fix-section-mismatch-warnings-in-cpu_down kernel/cpu.c --- a/kernel/cpu.c~cpu-fix-section-mismatch-warnings-in-cpu_down +++ a/kernel/cpu.c @@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ struct take_cpu_down_param { }; /* Take this CPU down. */ -static int take_cpu_down(void *_param) +static int __ref take_cpu_down(void *_param) { struct take_cpu_down_param *param = _param; int err; @@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ static int take_cpu_down(void *_param) } /* Requires cpu_add_remove_lock to be held */ -static int _cpu_down(unsigned int cpu, int tasks_frozen) +static int __ref _cpu_down(unsigned int cpu, int tasks_frozen) { int err, nr_calls = 0; struct task_struct *p; @@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ out_release: return err; } -int cpu_down(unsigned int cpu) +int __ref cpu_down(unsigned int cpu) { int err = 0; _