Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild-fix

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild-fix:
  mm/slab: fix section mismatch warning
  mm: fix section mismatch warnings
  init/main: use __init_refok to fix section mismatch
  kbuild: introduce __init_refok/__initdata_refok to supress section mismatch warnings
  all-archs: consolidate .data section definition in asm-generic
  all-archs: consolidate .text section definition in asm-generic
  kbuild: add "Section mismatch" warning whitelist for powerpc
  kbuild: make better section mismatch reports on i386, arm and mips
  kbuild: make modpost section warnings clearer
  kconfig: search harder for curses library in check-lxdialog.sh
  kbuild: include limits.h in sumversion.c for PATH_MAX
  powerpc: Fix the MODALIAS generation in modpost for of devices

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index 6f3fff907bc2..1302f8348d51 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(page_to_nid);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_EXTREME
-static struct mem_section noinline *sparse_index_alloc(int nid)
+static struct mem_section noinline __init_refok *sparse_index_alloc(int nid)
 {
         struct mem_section *section = NULL;
         unsigned long array_size = SECTIONS_PER_ROOT *