linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] modpost: drop '*_probe' from section check whitelist

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Message-ID: <aPbRxnyo1FDFBx8h@rli9-mobl>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2025 08:20:22 +0800
From: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
To: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>, Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
	Nicolas Schier <nicolas.schier@...ux.dev>
CC: <oe-kbuild-all@...ts.linux.dev>, Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] modpost: drop '*_probe' from section check whitelist

Hi Johan,

kernel test robot noticed the following build warnings:

[auto build test WARNING on linus/master]
[also build test WARNING on v6.18-rc2 next-20251020]
[If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note.
And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in
https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch#_base_tree_information]

url:    https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Johan-Hovold/modpost-drop-_probe-from-section-check-whitelist/20251020-171732
base:   linus/master
patch link:    https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251020091613.22562-1-johan%40kernel.org
patch subject: [PATCH] modpost: drop '*_probe' from section check whitelist
:::::: branch date: 7 hours ago
:::::: commit date: 7 hours ago
config: i386-buildonly-randconfig-001-20251020 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20251020/202510202339.CiYSDt6j-lkp@intel.com/config)
compiler: gcc-14 (Debian 14.2.0-19) 14.2.0
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20251020/202510202339.CiYSDt6j-lkp@intel.com/reproduce)

If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/202510202339.CiYSDt6j-lkp@intel.com/

All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>, old ones prefixed by <<):

>> WARNING: modpost: vmlinux: section mismatch in reference: nxp_stm_probe+0x0 (section: .data) -> nxp_stm_timer_probe (section: .init.text)

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