WARNING: modpost: vmlinux: section mismatch in reference: ip22zilog_probe+0x120 (section: .text) -> ip22zilog_prepare (section: .init.text)

From: kernel test robot

Date: Fri Dec 12 2025 - 17:19:35 EST


tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
head: 187d0801404f415f22c0b31531982c7ea97fa341
commit: 3fc36ae6abd263a5cbf93b2f5539eccc1fc753f7 tty: serial: ip22zilog: Use platform device for probing
date: 4 months ago
config: mips-randconfig-r054-20251212 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20251213/202512130606.UpIxNGru-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config)
compiler: clang version 22.0.0git (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project 1335a05ab8bc8339ce24be3a9da89d8c3f4e0571)
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20251213/202512130606.UpIxNGru-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
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202512130606.UpIxNGru-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/

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

>> WARNING: modpost: vmlinux: section mismatch in reference: ip22zilog_probe+0x120 (section: .text) -> ip22zilog_prepare (section: .init.text)
WARNING: modpost: vmlinux: section mismatch in reference: ip22zilog_probe+0x14c (section: .text) -> ip22zilog_prepare (section: .init.text)
WARNING: modpost: vmlinux: section mismatch in reference: indy_sc_init+0x1c (section: .text.unlikely.) -> indy_sc_probe (section: .init.text)

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