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Message-ID: <202107211541.5uMHE7nB-lkp@intel.com>
Date:   Wed, 21 Jul 2021 15:34:48 +0800
From:   kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     kbuild-all@...ts.01.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Subject: arm-linux-gnueabi-ld: warning: orphan section `__timer_of_table'
 from `drivers/clocksource/timer-ti-dm-systimer.o' being placed in section
 `__timer_of_table'

Hi Kees,

FYI, the error/warning still remains.

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
head:   8cae8cd89f05f6de223d63e6d15e31c8ba9cf53b
commit: 5a17850e251a55bba6d65aefbfeacfa9888cd2cd arm/build: Warn on orphan section placement
date:   11 months ago
config: arm-buildonly-randconfig-r003-20210720 (attached as .config)
compiler: arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc (GCC) 10.3.0
reproduce (this is a W=1 build):
        wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross
        chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
        # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5a17850e251a55bba6d65aefbfeacfa9888cd2cd
        git remote add linus https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
        git fetch --no-tags linus master
        git checkout 5a17850e251a55bba6d65aefbfeacfa9888cd2cd
        # save the attached .config to linux build tree
        mkdir build_dir
        COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-10.3.0 make.cross O=build_dir ARCH=arm SHELL=/bin/bash

If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>

All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):

>> arm-linux-gnueabi-ld: warning: orphan section `__timer_of_table' from `drivers/clocksource/timer-ti-dm-systimer.o' being placed in section `__timer_of_table'
>> arm-linux-gnueabi-ld: warning: orphan section `__timer_of_table' from `drivers/clocksource/timer-ti-dm-systimer.o' being placed in section `__timer_of_table'
>> arm-linux-gnueabi-ld: warning: orphan section `__timer_of_table' from `drivers/clocksource/timer-ti-dm-systimer.o' being placed in section `__timer_of_table'

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