The file looks as if it is non-modular, but it piggy-backs off CONFIG_SERIAL_8250 which is tristate. If set to "=m" we will get this after the init/module header cleanup: arch/mips/loongson/common/serial.c:76:1: error: data definition has no type or storage class [-Werror] arch/mips/loongson/common/serial.c:76:1: error: type defaults to 'int' in declaration of 'device_initcall' [-Werror=implicit-int] arch/mips/loongson/common/serial.c:76:1: error: parameter names (without types) in function declaration [-Werror] arch/mips/loongson/common/serial.c:58:19: error: 'serial_init' defined but not used [-Werror=unused-function] cc1: all warnings being treated as errors make[3]: *** [arch/mips/loongson/common/serial.o] Error 1 Make it clearly modular, and add a module_exit function, so that we avoid the above breakage. Reported-by: kbuild test robot <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: linux-mips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- [patch added to init cleanup series: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/paulg/init.git/ ] arch/mips/loongson/common/serial.c | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/mips/loongson/common/serial.c b/arch/mips/loongson/common/serial.c index 5f2b78a..4d0922f 100644 --- a/arch/mips/loongson/common/serial.c +++ b/arch/mips/loongson/common/serial.c @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ */ #include <linux/io.h> -#include <linux/init.h> +#include <linux/module.h> #include <linux/serial_8250.h> #include <asm/bootinfo.h> @@ -72,5 +72,10 @@ static int __init serial_init(void) return platform_device_register(&uart8250_device); } +module_init(serial_init); -device_initcall(serial_init); +static void __init serial_exit(void) +{ + platform_device_unregister(&uart8250_device); +} +module_exit(serial_exit); -- 1.8.5.1