linux-kernel - Re: [next] parisc: allnoconfig: ERROR: modpost: Section mismatches detected. Set CONFIG_SECTION_MISMATCH_WARN

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Date:   Fri, 21 Jan 2022 20:54:20 +0530
From:   Naresh Kamboju <naresh.kamboju@...aro.org>
To:     John David Anglin <dave.anglin@...l.net>,
        Linux-Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        regressions@...ts.linux.dev, lkft-triage@...ts.linaro.org,
        Linux PM <linux-pm@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-parisc <linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, pavel@....cz,
        rppt@...nel.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@...aro.org>,
        Helge Deller <deller@....de>, Deller <deller@...nel.org>,
        James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>
Subject: Re: [next] parisc: allnoconfig: ERROR: modpost: Section mismatches
 detected. Set CONFIG_SECTION_MISMATCH_WARN_ONLY=y to allow them.

On Fri, 21 Jan 2022 at 13:16, Naresh Kamboju <naresh.kamboju@...aro.org> wrote:
>
> Linux next-20220121 parisc allnoconfig build failed with gcc-9/10/11.
>
> make --silent --keep-going --jobs=8 ARCH=parisc
> CROSS_COMPILE=hppa-linux-gnu- 'CC=sccache hppa-linux-gnu-gcc'
> 'HOSTCC=sccache gcc'
>
> WARNING: modpost: vmlinux.o(.text+0x1c8): Section mismatch in
> reference from the function ksys_sync() to the function
> .init.text:memblock_alloc_try_nid()
> The function ksys_sync() references
> the function __init memblock_alloc_try_nid().
> This is often because ksys_sync lacks a __init
> annotation or the annotation of memblock_alloc_try_nid is wrong.
>
> ERROR: modpost: Section mismatches detected.
> Set CONFIG_SECTION_MISMATCH_WARN_ONLY=y to allow them.
> make[2]: *** [/builds/linux/scripts/Makefile.modpost:59:
> vmlinux.symvers] Error 1

Anders bisected this build and the first bad commit is point to,

first bad commit: [4f05e5a3946923676e147ad0e33c80df8249b2fe]
parisc: Drop __init from map_pages declaration


> Reported-by: Linux Kernel Functional Testing <lkft@...aro.org>
>
> metadata:
>   git branch: master
>   git repo: https://gitlab.com/Linaro/lkft/mirrors/next/linux-next
>   git describe: next-20220121
>   kernel-config: https://builds.tuxbuild.com/23zIAxC4uCgy4zadA01JYyOwCR4/config
>   build: https://builds.tuxbuild.com/23zIAxC4uCgy4zadA01JYyOwCR4/
>
> # To install tuxmake on your system globally:
> # sudo pip3 install -U tuxmake
> #
> # See https://docs.tuxmake.org/ for complete documentation.
> # Original tuxmake command with fragments listed below.
>
> tuxmake --runtime podman --target-arch parisc --toolchain gcc-11
> --kconfig allnoconfig
>
> --
> Linaro LKFT
> https://lkft.linaro.org