The compiler can fully inline the actual handler function of an interrupt entry into the .irqentry.text entry point. If such a function contains an access which has an exception table entry, modpost complains about a section mismatch: WARNING: vmlinux.o(__ex_table+0x447c): Section mismatch in reference ... The relocation at __ex_table+0x447c references section ".irqentry.text" which is not in the list of authorized sections. Add .irqentry.text to OTHER_SECTIONS to cure the issue. Reported-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- scripts/mod/modpost.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c +++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c @@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ static void check_section(const char *mo ".ltext", ".ltext.*" #define OTHER_TEXT_SECTIONS ".ref.text", ".head.text", ".spinlock.text", \ ".fixup", ".entry.text", ".exception.text", \ - ".coldtext", ".softirqentry.text" + ".coldtext", ".softirqentry.text", ".irqentry.text" #define ALL_TEXT_SECTIONS ".init.text", ".exit.text", \ TEXT_SECTIONS, OTHER_TEXT_SECTIONS