Re: 2.6.21-rc4-mm1 + 3 hot-fixes -- WARNING: could not find versions for .tmp_versions/built-in.mod

[Yasunori Goto <y-goto@jp.fujitsu.com>]

Hello.

> > WARNING: mm/built-in.o - Section mismatch: reference to
> > .init.text:__alloc_bootmem_node from .text between 'sparse_init' (at
> > offset 0x15c8f) and '__section_nr'
> I took a look at this one.
> You have SPARSEMEM enabled in your config.
> And then I see that in sparse.c we call alloc_bootmem_node()
> from a function I thought should be marked __devinit (it
> is used by memory_hotplug.c).
> But I am not familiar enough to judge if __alloc_bootmen_node
> are marked correct with __init or __devinit (to say
> this is used in the HOTPLUG case) is more correct.
> Anyone?
> 
> > WARNING: mm/built-in.o - Section mismatch: reference to
> > .init.text:__alloc_bootmem_node from .text between 'sparse_init' (at
> > offset 0x15d02) and '__section_nr'
> Same as above....

Memory hotplug code has __meminit for its purpose.
But, I suspect that many other places of memory hotplug code may have
same issue. I will chase them.

BTW, does -mm code checks more strict than stock kernel? I can't see
these warnings in 2.6.21-rc4.....

Bye.

-- 
Yasunori Goto