WARNING: modpost: vmlinux: section mismatch in reference: trace_initcall_level+0x88 (section: .text.unlikely) -> initcall_level_names (section: .init.data)

From: kernel test robot

Date: Wed Sep 23 2026 - 09:28:14 EST


Hi Mike,

FYI, the error/warning still remains.

tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
head: fe2ec83746e501645709761605c2464a44fd2929
commit: 3fb2d124b64716f16355b9b722b2f062c0702f24 init: do_mounts: use kmalloc() for allocations of temporary buffers
date: 4 months ago
config: xtensa-randconfig-r1303-20260923 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260923/202609232149.A8u4hH6s-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config)
compiler: xtensa-linux-gcc (GCC) 12.5.0
sparse: v0.6.5-rc1
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260923/202609232149.A8u4hH6s-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/reproduce)

If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
| Fixes: 3fb2d124b647 ("init: do_mounts: use kmalloc() for allocations of temporary buffers")
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202609232149.A8u4hH6s-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/

All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>, old ones prefixed by <<):

>> WARNING: modpost: vmlinux: section mismatch in reference: trace_initcall_level+0x88 (section: .text.unlikely) -> initcall_level_names (section: .init.data)
WARNING: modpost: missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() in arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/simdisk.o

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