Hi Sam:

* Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> [2008-02-17 13:22:51 +0100]:
quoted text
> Fix following warning:
> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0xebfd04): Section mismatch in reference from the function coretemp_cpu_callback() to the function .cpuinit.text:coretemp_device_add()
> 
> coretemp_cpu_callback() are only used inside a
> HOTPLUG_CPU block so annotate it __cpuinit.
> The notifier referencing the function are annotated
> __refdata to silence warning from the exit function.
> The unregister function do not use the embedded pointer
> but clears the variable so the annotation is OK.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
> Cc: Mark M. Hoffman <mhoffman@lightlink.com>
> ---
>  drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c |    4 ++--
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c b/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
> index 3ee60d2..1439432 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
> @@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ static void coretemp_device_remove(unsigned int cpu)
>  	mutex_unlock(&pdev_list_mutex);
>  }
>  
> -static int coretemp_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
> +static int __cpuinit coretemp_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
>  				 unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
>  {
>  	unsigned int cpu = (unsigned long) hcpu;
> @@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ static int coretemp_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
>  	return NOTIFY_OK;
>  }
>  
> -static struct notifier_block coretemp_cpu_notifier = {
> +static struct notifier_block coretemp_cpu_notifier __refdata = {
>  	.notifier_call = coretemp_cpu_callback,
>  };
>  #endif				/* !CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
> -- 
> 1.5.4.rc3.14.g44397

This rings a bell... hmmm, commit 59a35bafb223bbb0553ba1a3bb9280bda668a8d8.
AFAICT the warning is a false positive, but whatever.

Applied to hwmon-2.6.git/testing, thanks.

-- 
Mark M. Hoffman
mhoffman@lightlink.com

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