[android-common:android14-kiwi-6.1 254/254] crypto/fips140-module.c:46:11: sparse: sparse: symbol '__initcall_start_marker' was not declared. Should it be static?

[android-common:android14-kiwi-6.1 254/254] crypto/fips140-module.c:46:11: sparse: sparse: symbol '__initcall_start_marker' was not declared. Should it be static?

[kernel test robot]

tree:   https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/common android14-kiwi-6.1
head:   7025f9c2fb2cec65324445321db6486af3876474
commit: c6d5a767217ce93403528e99f1a1eb401a26eeb3 [254/254] ANDROID: fips140: add kernel crypto module
config: arm64-randconfig-r134-20260907 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260907/202609071758.CrmZPcEg-lkp@intel.com/config)
compiler: clang version 24.0.0git (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project 419c22c908c97dac45d161ce56fa01b99ec7debf)
sparse: v0.6.5-rc1
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260907/202609071758.CrmZPcEg-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/202609071758.CrmZPcEg-lkp@intel.com/

sparse warnings: (new ones prefixed by >>)
>> crypto/fips140-module.c:46:11: sparse: sparse: symbol '__initcall_start_marker' was not declared. Should it be static?
>> crypto/fips140-module.c:47:11: sparse: sparse: symbol '__initcall_end_marker' was not declared. Should it be static?
>> crypto/fips140-module.c:62:10: sparse: sparse: symbol '__text_start' was not declared. Should it be static?
>> crypto/fips140-module.c:63:10: sparse: sparse: symbol '__rodata_start' was not declared. Should it be static?

vim +/__initcall_start_marker +46 crypto/fips140-module.c

    45	
  > 46	const u32 __initcall_start_marker __section(".initcalls._start");
  > 47	const u32 __initcall_end_marker __section(".initcalls._end");
    48	
    49	const u8 __fips140_text_start __section(".text.._start");
    50	const u8 __fips140_text_end __section(".text.._end");
    51	
    52	const u8 __fips140_rodata_start __section(".rodata.._start");
    53	const u8 __fips140_rodata_end __section(".rodata.._end");
    54	
    55	/*
    56	 * We need this little detour to prevent Clang from detecting out of bounds
    57	 * accesses to __fips140_text_start and __fips140_rodata_start, which only exist
    58	 * to delineate the section, and so their sizes are not relevant to us.
    59	 */
    60	const u32 *__initcall_start = &__initcall_start_marker;
    61	
  > 62	const u8 *__text_start = &__fips140_text_start;
  > 63	const u8 *__rodata_start = &__fips140_rodata_start;
    64	

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