Re: WARNING: lib/test_bitmap.o(.text.unlikely+0x5c): Section mismatch in reference from the function bitmap_copy_clear_tail() to the variable .init.rodata:clump_exp

[Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>]

On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 04:17:03AM +0800, kbuild test robot wrote:

+Cc: Max for xtensa matters, perhaps he has an idea.

> tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
> head:   e42617b825f8073569da76dc4510bfa019b1c35a
> commit: 30544ed5de431fe25d3793e4dd5a058d877c4d77 lib/bitmap: introduce bitmap_replace() helper
> date:   5 days ago
> config: xtensa-randconfig-a001-20191209 (attached as .config)
> compiler: xtensa-linux-gcc (GCC) 7.5.0
> reproduce:
>         wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross
>         chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
>         git checkout 30544ed5de431fe25d3793e4dd5a058d877c4d77
>         # save the attached .config to linux build tree
>         GCC_VERSION=7.5.0 make.cross ARCH=xtensa 
> 
> If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag
> Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> 
> All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):

I'm not sure I got this (esp. relation to my patch).
The mentioned code definitely compiled for 32-bit (since only then mentioned
bitmap API is in use). I have tried to reproduce on i386 compilation (gcc 9.x),
but can't.

> >> WARNING: lib/test_bitmap.o(.text.unlikely+0x5c): Section mismatch in reference from the function bitmap_copy_clear_tail() to the variable .init.rodata:clump_exp
>    The function bitmap_copy_clear_tail() references
>    the variable __initconst clump_exp.
>    This is often because bitmap_copy_clear_tail lacks a __initconst
>    annotation or the annotation of clump_exp is wrong.
> 
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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko