linux-kernel - WARNING: modpost: vmlinux: section mismatch in reference: ip22zilog_probe+0xa8 (section: .text) -> ip22zilog

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Message-ID: <202602071616.b2lwdUk9-lkp@intel.com>
Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2026 16:57:09 +0800
From: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
To: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>
Cc: oe-kbuild-all@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: WARNING: modpost: vmlinux: section mismatch in reference:
 ip22zilog_probe+0xa8 (section: .text) -> ip22zilog_prepare (section:
 .init.text)

Hi Thomas,

FYI, the error/warning still remains.

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
head:   2687c848e57820651b9f69d30c4710f4219f7dbf
commit: 3fc36ae6abd263a5cbf93b2f5539eccc1fc753f7 tty: serial: ip22zilog: Use platform device for probing
date:   6 months ago
config: mips-randconfig-r111-20260207 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260207/202602071616.b2lwdUk9-lkp@intel.com/config)
compiler: mips64-linux-gcc (GCC) 13.4.0
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260207/202602071616.b2lwdUk9-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/oe-kbuild-all/202602071616.b2lwdUk9-lkp@intel.com/

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

>> WARNING: modpost: vmlinux: section mismatch in reference: ip22zilog_probe+0xa8 (section: .text) -> ip22zilog_prepare (section: .init.text)
WARNING: modpost: vmlinux: section mismatch in reference: ip22zilog_probe+0xe0 (section: .text) -> ip22zilog_prepare (section: .init.text)

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