The section mismatch check does not show proper warning messages for ARM. Here, very simple test code. #include <linux/init.h> static int __initdata foo; void set_foo(int x) { foo = x; } int get_foo(int x) { return foo; } If I compile it for ARM, modpost does not show the symbol name. WARNING: modpost: vmlinux.o: section mismatch in reference: set_foo (section: .text) -> (unknown) (section: .init.data) WARNING: modpost: vmlinux.o: section mismatch in reference: get_foo (section: .text) -> (unknown) (section: .init.data) If I compile it for other architectures, modpost shows the correct symbol name. WARNING: modpost: vmlinux.o: section mismatch in reference: set_foo (section: .text) -> foo (section: .init.data) WARNING: modpost: vmlinux.o: section mismatch in reference: get_foo (section: .text) -> foo (section: .init.data) For R_ARM_ABS32, addend_arm_rel() sets r->r_addend to a wrong value. arch/arm/kernel/module.c handles R_ARM_ABS32 as follows: case R_ARM_ABS32: case R_ARM_TARGET1: *(u32 *)loc += sym->st_value; I just mimicked it in modpost. Fixes: 56a974fa2d59 ("kbuild: make better section mismatch reports on arm") Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/mod/modpost.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c index d4531d09984d..c93780d93caf 100644 --- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c +++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c @@ -1460,12 +1460,13 @@ static int addend_386_rel(struct elf_info *elf, Elf_Shdr *sechdr, Elf_Rela *r) static int addend_arm_rel(struct elf_info *elf, Elf_Shdr *sechdr, Elf_Rela *r) { unsigned int r_typ = ELF_R_TYPE(r->r_info); + unsigned int *location = reloc_location(elf, sechdr, r); + Elf_Sym *sym; switch (r_typ) { case R_ARM_ABS32: - /* From ARM ABI: (S + A) | T */ - r->r_addend = (int)(long) - (elf->symtab_start + ELF_R_SYM(r->r_info)); + sym = elf->symtab_start + ELF_R_SYM(r->r_info); + r->r_addend = TO_NATIVE(*location) + sym->st_value; break; case R_ARM_PC24: case R_ARM_CALL: -- 2.39.2