Re: [xen-tip:linux-next 12/12] WARNING: modpost: vmlinux: section mismatch in reference: mc_debug_data+0x0 (section: .data) -> mc_debug_data_early (section: .init.data)

[Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Mar 27, 2025 at 04:15:11PM +0100, Jürgen Groß wrote:
> Another approach could be to have:
> 
> -static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct mc_debug_data *, mc_debug_data) =
> -     &mc_debug_data_early;
> +static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct mc_debug_data *, mc_debug_data);
> 
> and to use an inline access function returning &mc_debug_data_early
> if the percpu variable is NULL. This access function could be __ref.
> 
> It is a debug feature after all, so having a few additional instructions
> isn't the end of the world.

Yap, makes sense to me too.

Thx.

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