[PATCH 2/4] powerpc/64: Provide functions for accessing POWER9 partition table

Paul Mackerras paulus at ozlabs.org
Wed Nov 23 08:15:14 AEDT 2016


On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 10:00:58PM +1100, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> kbuild test robot <lkp at intel.com> writes:
> > [auto build test WARNING on powerpc/next]
> > [cannot apply to v4.9-rc6 next-20161117]
> > [if your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, please drop us a note to help improve the system]
> >
> > url:    https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Paul-Mackerras/powerpc-64-Preparation-for-KVM-support-on-POWER9/20161121-133431
> > base:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux.git next
> > config: powerpc-allyesconfig (attached as .config)
> > compiler: powerpc64-linux-gnu-gcc (Debian 6.1.1-9) 6.1.1 20160705
> > reproduce:
> >         wget https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/wfg/lkp-tests.git/plain/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross
> >         chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
> >         # save the attached .config to linux build tree
> >         make.cross ARCH=powerpc 
> >
> > All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):
> >
> >>> WARNING: vmlinux.o(.text+0x5c650): Section mismatch in reference from the function .mmu_partition_table_init() to the function .init.text:.memblock_alloc_base()
> >    The function .mmu_partition_table_init() references
> >    the function __init .memblock_alloc_base().
> 
> >    This is often because .mmu_partition_table_init lacks a __init
> 
> Indeed that looks like the problem.
> 
> Paul have you already merged the topic branch, or can I squash in a fix
> for this? Or I'll just do it on top.

I haven't pushed out the merge, so go ahead.

Paul.


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