Bug 676346 – drivers/xen/events.c clean up section mismatch warning

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Bug 676346 - drivers/xen/events.c clean up section mismatch warning

Summary:	drivers/xen/events.c clean up section mismatch warning

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

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Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	kernel (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6.1
Hardware:	Unspecified Unspecified

Priority	medium Severity medium
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	Andrew Jones
QA Contact:	Guangze Bai
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Reported:	2011-02-09 10:40 EST by Andrew Jones
Modified:	2015-02-08 16:36 EST (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	kernel-2.6.32-117.el6
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2011-05-23 16:39:22 EDT
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2011:0542	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 kernel security, bug fix and enhancement update	2011-05-19 07:58:07 EDT

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Description Andrew Jones 2011-02-09 10:40:10 EST

A recent backport (commit f3da3a2a5856b55520e93edb1c5452d555cb4b4b) introduced compiler warnings for section mismatches

WARNING: drivers/xen/built-in.o(.data+0x0): Section mismatch in reference from the variable cpu_evtchn_mask_p to the variable .init.data:init_evtchn_mask
The variable cpu_evtchn_mask_p references
the variable __initdata init_evtchn_mask
If the reference is valid then annotate the
variable with __init* or __refdata (see linux/init.h) or name the variable:
*driver, *_template, *_timer, *_sht, *_ops, *_probe, *_probe_one, *_console, 

The fix is described in the warning, annotate the variable with __refdata

Comment 1 RHEL Product and Program Management 2011-02-09 12:11:19 EST

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion
in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release. Product Management has 
requested further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential
inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed 
products. This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update release.

Comment 2 Aristeu Rozanski 2011-02-18 17:31:25 EST

Patch(es) available on kernel-2.6.32-117.el6

Comment 7 Guangze Bai 2011-04-06 06:23:00 EDT

Section mismatch warning reproduced in the kernel-2.6.32-113.el6.src.rpm.By testing,the bug has gone in kernel-2.6.32-117.el6.src.rpm,so this bug fix is
verified.

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2011-05-23 16:39:22 EDT

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0542.html

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