On 11/10/2016 17:33, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 10:32:13AM +0200, Mason wrote: > >> Compiling a 4.7 kernel with early_printk support, I get several >> section mismatch warnings: >> >> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x2222c8): Section mismatch in reference from the function univ8250_console_setup() to the function .init.text:early_print() >> The function univ8250_console_setup() references >> the function __init early_print(). >> This is often because univ8250_console_setup lacks a __init >> annotation or the annotation of early_print is wrong. >> >> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x222b7c): Section mismatch in reference from the function serial8250_register_8250_port() to the function .init.text:early_print() >> The function serial8250_register_8250_port() references >> the function __init early_print(). >> This is often because serial8250_register_8250_port lacks a __init >> annotation or the annotation of early_print is wrong. >> >> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x222cbc): Section mismatch in reference from the function serial8250_unregister_port() to the function .init.text:early_print() >> The function serial8250_unregister_port() references >> the function __init early_print(). >> This is often because serial8250_unregister_port lacks a __init >> annotation or the annotation of early_print is wrong. >> >> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x222d84): Section mismatch in reference from the function serial8250_probe() to the function .init.text:early_print() >> The function serial8250_probe() references >> the function __init early_print(). >> This is often because serial8250_probe lacks a __init >> annotation or the annotation of early_print is wrong. >> >> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x22446c): Section mismatch in reference from the function set_io_from_upio() to the function .init.text:early_print() >> The function set_io_from_upio() references >> the function __init early_print(). >> This is often because set_io_from_upio lacks a __init >> annotation or the annotation of early_print is wrong. >> >> I'm not sure if these warnings are expected. >> Can they be safely ignored? > > They should be fixed, can you provide the .config file that you used to > generate these messages? Oops, these warnings are caused by an iffy out-of-tree patch. Sorry for the noise. Regards. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-serial" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
