[linux-nvme:for-next 5/19] WARNING: modpost: vmlinux: section mismatch in reference: swap_inode_boot_loader+0x36c (section: .text.swap_inode_boot_loader) -> start_dirtytime_writeback (section: .init.text)

[Ming Lei]

Hello,

On Mon, Apr 20, 2026 at 9:51 AM kernel test robot <lkp at intel.com> wrote:
>
> tree:   git://git.infradead.org/nvme.git for-next
> head:   0514a1379e11c6b8038674f43a478b0857d47a5e
> commit: 139c3d972ebafdfb27d05ab33cfc3583fb98a7b2 [5/19] ublk: add helper of ublk_need_map_io()
> config: mips-randconfig-r071-20260419 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260420/202604200606.7BHpBMyA-lkp@intel.com/config)
> compiler: clang version 23.0.0git (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project 5bac06718f502014fade905512f1d26d578a18f3)
> smatch: v0.5.0-9007-gcf3ea02b
> reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260420/202604200606.7BHpBMyA-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 at intel.com>
> | Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202604200606.7BHpBMyA-lkp@intel.com/
>
> All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>, old ones prefixed by <<):
>
> WARNING: modpost: vmlinux: section mismatch in reference: 0x16e8 (section: __ex_table) -> .L0  (section: .debug_str)
> ERROR: modpost: __ex_table+0x16e8 references non-executable section '.debug_str'

The mentioned ublk patch was merged to v6.15 as:

1d781c0de08c ublk: add helper of ublk_need_map_io()

which also shouldn't cause the failure.

Thanks,
Ming Lei