Re: [linux-next:master 6243/6567] WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text.unlikely+0x5fb7): Section mismatch in reference from the function __def_free() to the function .init.text:__free_pages_boot_core()

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Wed, 18 Oct 2017 18:41:44 +0800 kbuild test robot <fengguang.wu@intel.com> wrote:

> tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git master
> head:   a7dd40274d75326ca868479c62090b1198a357ad
> commit: 430676b385fb341d5a33950bae284d0df2e70117 [6243/6567] mm: deferred_init_memmap improvements
> config: x86_64-randconfig-it0-10181522 (attached as .config)
> compiler: gcc-4.9 (Debian 4.9.4-2) 4.9.4
> reproduce:
>         git checkout 430676b385fb341d5a33950bae284d0df2e70117
>         # save the attached .config to linux build tree
>         make ARCH=x86_64 
> 
> All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):
> 
> >> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text.unlikely+0x5fb7): Section mismatch in reference from the function __def_free() to the function .init.text:__free_pages_boot_core()
>    The function __def_free() references
>    the function __init __free_pages_boot_core().
>    This is often because __def_free lacks a __init
>    annotation or the annotation of __free_pages_boot_core is wrong.

This?

--- a/mm/page_alloc.c~mm-deferred_init_memmap-improvements-fix
+++ a/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1448,7 +1448,7 @@ static inline void __init pgdat_init_rep
  * Helper for deferred_init_range, free the given range, reset the counters, and
  * return number of pages freed.
  */
-static inline unsigned long __def_free(unsigned long *nr_free,
+static unsigned long __init __def_free(unsigned long *nr_free,
 				       unsigned long *free_base_pfn,
 				       struct page **page)
 {
@@ -1462,8 +1462,8 @@ static inline unsigned long __def_free(u
 	return nr;
 }
 
-static unsigned long deferred_init_range(int nid, int zid, unsigned long pfn,
-					 unsigned long end_pfn)
+static unsigned long __init deferred_init_range(int nid, int zid,
+				unsigned long pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
 {
 	struct mminit_pfnnid_cache nid_init_state = { };
 	unsigned long nr_pgmask = pageblock_nr_pages - 1;
_

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