linux-kernel - Re: linux-5.10.127 modpost warning

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Message-ID: <YrwMbylQNI7XqJte@kroah.com>
Date:   Wed, 29 Jun 2022 10:25:19 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Jari Ruusu <jariruusu@...tonmail.com>
Cc:     "stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: linux-5.10.127 modpost warning

On Wed, Jun 29, 2022 at 08:18:04AM +0000, Jari Ruusu wrote:
> This shows up when building linux-5.10.127
> 
>   LD      vmlinux.o
>   MODPOST vmlinux.symvers
> WARNING: modpost: vmlinux.o(___ksymtab+drm_fb_helper_modinit+0x0): Section mismatch in reference from the variable __ksymtab_drm_fb_helper_modinit to the function .init.text:drm_fb_helper_modinit()
> The symbol drm_fb_helper_modinit is exported and annotated __init
> Fix this by removing the __init annotation of drm_fb_helper_modinit or drop the export.

Known issue, see the stable list, I'll be fixing this up for the next
release, thanks.

greg k-h