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

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Message-ID: <20251114041628.GA2566209@ax162>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 21:16:28 -0700
From: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
To: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
Cc: Nicolas Schier <nicolas.schier@...ux.dev>,
	Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] modpost: drop '*_probe' from section check whitelist

Hi Johan,

On Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 05:48:21PM +0100, Johan Hovold wrote:
> Daniel has queued the clocksource fix for 6.19 now so I guess we can
> just wait until both fixes hit mainline and either send this one to
> Linus after that for -rc1 (or -rc2), or just wait until 6.20.
> 
> I'll send a reminder when both are in Linus's tree.

Thanks for the heads up! I think I would prefer having it bake in -next
for a cycle so I will plan to apply it to kbuild-next once 6.19-rc1 is
out. Then we should be able to catch any instances that crop up in new
code from -next testing.

Cheers,
Nathan