On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 9:20 AM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 9:03 AM Hanjun Guo <guohanjun@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 2021/9/27 22:19, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > > From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> > > > > > > In a gcc-11 randconfig build I came across this warning: > > > > > > WARNING: modpost: vmlinux.o(.text.unlikely+0x2c084): Section mismatch in reference from the function next_platform_timer() to the variable .init.data:acpi_gtdt_desc > > > The function next_platform_timer() references > > > the variable __initdata acpi_gtdt_desc. > > > This is often because next_platform_timer lacks a __initdata > > > annotation or the annotation of acpi_gtdt_desc is wrong. > > > > > > This happens when next_platform_timer() fails to get inlined > > > despite the inline annotation. Adding '__init' solves the issue, > > > and it seems best to remove the 'inline' in the process seems > > > better anyway. > > > > There was a patch to fix this issue as well [1], > > but not merged yet. > > > > [1]: > > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-acpi/7f29a149-e005-f13f-2cc4-a9eb737107e1@xxxxxxxxxx/T/ > > Right, either of those patches should be fine. > > Rafael, can you pick one of them up? I can, but arm54 ACPI changes go in via arm64 as a rule.
