WARNING: modpost: vmlinux: section mismatch in reference: __do_trace_initcall_level+0x40 (section: .text.unlikely) -> initcall_level_names (section: .init.data)

From: kernel test robot

Date: Thu Jul 16 2026 - 06:40:13 EST


Hi Steven,

FYI, the error/warning still remains.

tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
head: 58717b2a1365d06c8c64b72aa948541b53fe31eb
commit: a46023d5616ed3ed781e56ca93400eb9490e3646 tracing: Guard __DECLARE_TRACE() use of __DO_TRACE_CALL() with SRCU-fast
date: 6 months ago
config: xtensa-randconfig-r112-20260716 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260716/202607161809.9RG85RTG-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config)
compiler: xtensa-linux-gcc (GCC) 11.5.0
sparse: v0.6.5-rc1
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260716/202607161809.9RG85RTG-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: a46023d5616e ("tracing: Guard __DECLARE_TRACE() use of __DO_TRACE_CALL() with SRCU-fast")
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202607161809.9RG85RTG-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/

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

>> WARNING: modpost: vmlinux: section mismatch in reference: __do_trace_initcall_level+0x40 (section: .text.unlikely) -> initcall_level_names (section: .init.data)

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