From: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
To: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: Split .modinfo out from ELF_DETAILS
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:48:53 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260226184853.GA3276361@ax162> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <202602261957.dducGrGl-lkp@intel.com>
On Thu, Feb 26, 2026 at 07:10:23PM +0800, kernel test robot wrote:
> Hi Nathan,
>
> kernel test robot noticed the following build warnings:
>
> [auto build test WARNING on 6de23f81a5e08be8fbf5e8d7e9febc72a5b5f27f]
>
> url: https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Nathan-Chancellor/kbuild-Split-modinfo-out-from-ELF_DETAILS/20260226-060503
> base: 6de23f81a5e08be8fbf5e8d7e9febc72a5b5f27f
> patch link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260225-separate-modinfo-from-elf-details-v1-1-387ced6baf4b%40kernel.org
> patch subject: [PATCH] kbuild: Split .modinfo out from ELF_DETAILS
> config: arm-randconfig-003-20260226 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260226/202602261957.dducGrGl-lkp@intel.com/config)
> compiler: arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc (GCC) 10.5.0
> reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260226/202602261957.dducGrGl-lkp@intel.com/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@intel.com>
> | Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202602261957.dducGrGl-lkp@intel.com/
>
> All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):
>
> >> arm-linux-gnueabi-ld: warning: orphan section `.modinfo' from `kernel/workqueue.o' being placed in section `.modinfo'
> >> arm-linux-gnueabi-ld: warning: orphan section `.modinfo' from `kernel/locking/locktorture.o' being placed in section `.modinfo'
> >> arm-linux-gnueabi-ld: warning: orphan section `.modinfo' from `kernel/locking/test-ww_mutex.o' being placed in section `.modinfo'
> >> arm-linux-gnueabi-ld: warning: orphan section `.modinfo' from `kernel/printk/printk.o' being placed in section `.modinfo'
> >> arm-linux-gnueabi-ld: warning: orphan section `.modinfo' from `kernel/irq/spurious.o' being placed in section `.modinfo'
Whoops, I missed arch/arm because ELF_DETAILS is in ARM_DETAILS and I
wasn't paying attention... I will squash the following change.
Cheers,
Nathan
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
index d411abd4310e..2d916647df03 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ SECTIONS
COMMON_DISCARDS
*(.ARM.exidx*)
*(.ARM.extab*)
+ *(.modinfo)
*(.note.*)
*(.rel.*)
*(.printk_index)
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
index f2e8d4fac068..5afb725998ec 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ SECTIONS
STABS_DEBUG
DWARF_DEBUG
+ MODINFO
ARM_DETAILS
ARM_ASSERTS
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index d592a203f9c6..c07843c3c53d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ SECTIONS
STABS_DEBUG
DWARF_DEBUG
+ MODINFO
ARM_DETAILS
ARM_ASSERTS
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-26 18:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-25 22:02 [PATCH] kbuild: Split .modinfo out from ELF_DETAILS Nathan Chancellor
2026-02-25 22:02 ` Nathan Chancellor
2026-02-25 22:02 ` Nathan Chancellor
2026-02-26 11:10 ` kernel test robot
2026-02-26 18:48 ` Nathan Chancellor [this message]
2026-02-26 13:03 ` kernel test robot
2026-03-05 0:36 ` Nathan Chancellor
2026-03-05 0:36 ` Nathan Chancellor
2026-03-05 0:36 ` Nathan Chancellor
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