powerpc-linux-ld: warning: orphan section `__timer_of_table' from `drivers/clocksource/timer-microchip-pit64b.o' being placed in section `__timer_of_table'.

From: kbuild test robot
Date: Wed Feb 05 2020 - 22:51:42 EST


tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
head: 4c7d00ccf40db99bfb7bd1857bcbf007275704d8
commit: 625022a5f160619ae180d54097ddd65bb3795913 clocksource/drivers/timer-microchip-pit64b: Add Microchip PIT64B support
date: 3 weeks ago
config: powerpc-randconfig-a001-20200206 (attached as .config)
compiler: powerpc-linux-gcc (GCC) 7.5.0
reproduce:
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross
chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
git checkout 625022a5f160619ae180d54097ddd65bb3795913
# save the attached .config to linux build tree
GCC_VERSION=7.5.0 make.cross ARCH=powerpc

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Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>

All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):

>> powerpc-linux-ld: warning: orphan section `__timer_of_table' from `drivers/clocksource/timer-microchip-pit64b.o' being placed in section `__timer_of_table'.
>> powerpc-linux-ld: warning: orphan section `__timer_of_table' from `drivers/clocksource/timer-microchip-pit64b.o' being placed in section `__timer_of_table'.
>> powerpc-linux-ld: warning: orphan section `__timer_of_table' from `drivers/clocksource/timer-microchip-pit64b.o' being placed in section `__timer_of_table'.

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