linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] clocksource/drivers/exynos_mct: Fix section mismatch from the module conversion

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Message-ID: <1635e663-24b6-48f8-b781-67284d832db7@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2025 10:48:14 +0200
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
To: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>, tglx@...utronix.de,
 willmcvicker@...gle.com
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Alim Akhtar <alim.akhtar@...sung.com>,
 "moderated list:ARM/SAMSUNG S3C, S5P AND EXYNOS ARM ARCHITECTURES"
 <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
 "open list:ARM/SAMSUNG S3C, S5P AND EXYNOS ARM ARCHITECTURES"
 <linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clocksource/drivers/exynos_mct: Fix section mismatch from
 the module conversion

On 15/07/2025 14:18, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
> The function register_current_timer_delay() when compiling on ARM32
> fails with a section mismatch. That is resulting from the module
> conversion where the function exynos4_clocksource_init() is called
> from mct_init_dt(). This one had its __init annotation removed to for
> the module loading.
> 
> Fix this by adding the __init_or_module annotation for the functions:
>  - mct_init_dt()
>  - mct_init_spi()
>  - mct_init_dt()
> 
> Compiled on ARM32 + MODULES=no, ARM64 + MODULES=yes, ARM64 +
> MODULES=no
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
> ---
>  drivers/clocksource/exynos_mct.c | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Did anyone applied this or any other fix?

Next builds are still broken.
https://krzk.eu/#/builders/12/builds/3365

Please revert untested patches if there is no consensus for fixes

It's really surprising that original patchset was not even built by
defconfigs (and I assume it was not even asked to be built by LKP).

Best regards,
Krzysztof