Hi Mike, [FYI, it's a private test report for your RFC patch.] [auto build test WARNING on linus/master] [also build test WARNING on v5.12-rc2 next-20210305] [cannot apply to linux/master hnaz-linux-mm/master] [If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note. And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch] url: https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Mike-Kravetz/hugetlb-add-demote-split-page-functionality/20210309-081944 base: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git 144c79ef33536b4ecb4951e07dbc1f2b7fa99d32 config: x86_64-randconfig-a001-20210308 (attached as .config) compiler: gcc-9 (Debian 9.3.0-22) 9.3.0 reproduce (this is a W=1 build): # https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commit/627df591b218dc2298287c18f8ea98de376becfc git remote add linux-review https://github.com/0day-ci/linux git fetch --no-tags linux-review Mike-Kravetz/hugetlb-add-demote-split-page-functionality/20210309-081944 git checkout 627df591b218dc2298287c18f8ea98de376becfc # save the attached .config to linux build tree make W=1 ARCH=x86_64 If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate Reported-by: kernel test robot All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>, old ones prefixed by <<): >> WARNING: modpost: vmlinux.o(.text+0x2e178e): Section mismatch in reference from the function demote_store_action() to the function .init.text:prep_compound_huge_page() The function demote_store_action() references the function __init prep_compound_huge_page(). This is often because demote_store_action lacks a __init annotation or the annotation of prep_compound_huge_page is wrong. --- 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service, Intel Corporation https://lists.01.org/hyperkitty/list/kbuild-all(a)lists.01.org