alloc_per_cpu_data() is called by find_memory(), which is marked as __init. Therefore alloc_per_cpu_data() can also be marked as __init to remedy this modpost problem. WARNING: modpost: vmlinux.o: section mismatch in reference: alloc_per_cpu_data (section: .text) -> memblock_alloc_try_nid (section: .init.text) Fixes: 4b9ddc7cf272 ("[IA64] Fix section mismatch in contig.c version of per_cpu_init()") Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: linux-ia64@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- arch/ia64/mm/contig.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -- a/arch/ia64/mm/contig.c b/arch/ia64/mm/contig.c --- a/arch/ia64/mm/contig.c +++ b/arch/ia64/mm/contig.c @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ skip: return __per_cpu_start + __per_cpu_offset[smp_processor_id()]; } -static inline void +static inline __init void alloc_per_cpu_data(void) { size_t size = PERCPU_PAGE_SIZE * num_possible_cpus();