On Tue, Jun 05, 2018 at 11:35:15AM +0000, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> When CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_INLINING is enabled, the function native_set_p4d()
> may not be fully inlined into the caller, resulting in a false-positive
> warning about an access to the __pgtable_l5_enabled variable from a
> non-__init function, despite the original caller being an __init function:
>
> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text.unlikely+0x1429): Section mismatch in reference from
> the function native_set_p4d() to the variable .init.data:__pgtable_l5_enabled
> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text.unlikely+0x1429): Section mismatch in reference from
> the function native_p4d_clear() to the variable
> .init.data:__pgtable_l5_enabled
> The function native_set_p4d() references
> the variable __initdata __pgtable_l5_enabled.
> This is often because native_set_p4d lacks a __initdata
> annotation or the annotation of __pgtable_l5_enabled is wrong.
>
> Marking the native_set_p4d function and its caller native_p4d_clear()
> avoids this problem.
>
> I did not bisect the original cause, but I assume this is related to
> the recent rework that turned pgtable_l5_enabled() into an inline
> function, which in turn caused the compiler to make different inlining
> decisions.
>
> Fixes: ad3fe525b950 ("x86/mm: Unify pgtable_l5_enabled usage in early boot
> code")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <a...@arndb.de>
Thanks for fixing this.
Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shute...@linux.intel.com>
Do you have a clue which native_set_p4d() call causes the issue?
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Kirill A. Shutemov
