linux-kernel - section mismatches

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Date:	Tue, 22 May 2007 14:52:45 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: section mismatches


So I bravely did an i386 allmodconfig build on the current -mm lineup:

WARNING: vmlinux(.text+0xc010116f): Section mismatch: reference to .init.text:start_kernel (between 'is386' and 'check_x87')
WARNING: vmlinux(.text+0xc02f7af7): Section mismatch: reference to .init.text: (between 'rest_init' and 'alloc_node_mem_map')
WARNING: vmlinux(.text+0xc02fe08d): Section mismatch: reference to .init.text: (between 'iret_exc' and '_etext')
WARNING: vmlinux(.text+0xc02fe099): Section mismatch: reference to .init.text: (between 'iret_exc' and '_etext')
WARNING: vmlinux(.text+0xc02fe0a5): Section mismatch: reference to .init.text: (between 'iret_exc' and '_etext')
WARNING: vmlinux(.text+0xc02fe0b1): Section mismatch: reference to .init.text: (between 'iret_exc' and '_etext')
WARNING: vmlinux(.text+0xc02f7b83): Section mismatch: reference to .init.text:__alloc_bootmem_node (between 'alloc_node_mem_map' and 'zone_wait_table_init')
WARNING: vmlinux(.text+0xc02f7c53): Section mismatch: reference to .init.text:__alloc_bootmem_node (between 'zone_wait_table_init' and 'schedule')
WARNING: vmlinux(.text+0xc021dcc8): Section mismatch: reference to .init.text:__alloc_bootmem (between 'vgacon_startup' and 'vgacon_scrolldelta')
WARNING: vmlinux(.text+0xc02fe738): Section mismatch: reference to .init.text: (between 'iret_exc' and '_etext')
WARNING: vmlinux(.text+0xc02fe884): Section mismatch: reference to .init.text: (between 'iret_exc' and '_etext')
WARNING: vmlinux(.data+0xc0439099): Section mismatch: reference to .init.text:xen_start_kernel (between 'startup_xen' and 'boot_gdt_descr')

Could the people who write these bugs, please, like, fix them?

It's not trivial noise.  These things lead to kernel crashes.
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