[PATCH 1/2] fb: amifb: Mark driver struct with __refdata to prevent section mismatch warning
Uwe Kleine-König
u.kleine-koenig at pengutronix.de
Thu Nov 9 22:01:53 UTC 2023
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.
Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig at pengutronix.de>
---
drivers/video/fbdev/amifb.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/amifb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/amifb.c
index b18c6b4f129a..4a1bc693cebd 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/amifb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/amifb.c
@@ -3768,7 +3768,13 @@ static int __exit amifb_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
return 0;
}
-static struct platform_driver amifb_driver = {
+/*
+ * amifb_remove() lives in .exit.text. For drivers registered via
+ * module_platform_driver_probe() this ok because they cannot get unboud at
+ * runtime. The driver needs to be marked with __refdata, otherwise modpost
+ * triggers a section mismatch warning.
+ */
+static struct platform_driver amifb_driver __refdata = {
.remove = __exit_p(amifb_remove),
.driver = {
.name = "amiga-video",
--
2.42.0
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