WARNING: modpost: vmlinux: section mismatch in reference: strcpy.isra.0+0x14 (section: .text.unlikely) -> initcall_level_names (section: .init.data)

From: kernel test robot

Date: Wed Mar 25 2026 - 19:27:55 EST


Hi Peter,

FYI, the error/warning was bisected to this commit, please ignore it if it's irrelevant.

tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
head: d2a43e7f89da55d6f0f96aaadaa243f35557291e
commit: 323d93f0432edb5415c79bd35e15e5754a76e486 cleanup: Always inline everything
date: 5 months ago
config: xtensa-randconfig-r062-20260325 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260326/202603260744.keGJn3BZ-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config)
compiler: xtensa-linux-gcc (GCC) 15.2.0
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260326/202603260744.keGJn3BZ-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/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@xxxxxxxxx>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202603260744.keGJn3BZ-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/

All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>, old ones prefixed by <<):

>> WARNING: modpost: vmlinux: section mismatch in reference: strcpy.isra.0+0x14 (section: .text.unlikely) -> initcall_level_names (section: .init.data)
WARNING: modpost: drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed: section mismatch in reference: qed_mfw_legacy_maps+0x14 (section: .data) -> qed_mfw_legacy_bb_100g (section: .init.rodata)
WARNING: modpost: drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed: section mismatch in reference: qed_mfw_legacy_maps+0x30 (section: .data) -> qed_mfw_legacy_bb_100g (section: .init.rodata)
WARNING: modpost: drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed: section mismatch in reference: qed_mfw_legacy_maps+0x4c (section: .data) -> qed_mfw_legacy_bb_100g (section: .init.rodata)
WARNING: modpost: drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed: section mismatch in reference: qed_mfw_legacy_maps+0x68 (section: .data) -> qed_mfw_legacy_bb_100g (section: .init.rodata)
WARNING: modpost: drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed: section mismatch in reference: qed_mfw_legacy_maps+0x84 (section: .data) -> qed_mfw_legacy_bb_100g (section: .init.rodata)
WARNING: modpost: drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed: section mismatch in reference: qed_mfw_legacy_maps+0xa0 (section: .data) -> qed_mfw_legacy_bb_100g (section: .init.rodata)
WARNING: modpost: drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed: section mismatch in reference: qed_mfw_legacy_maps+0xbc (section: .data) -> qed_mfw_legacy_bb_100g (section: .init.rodata)
WARNING: modpost: drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed: section mismatch in reference: qed_mfw_ext_maps+0x14 (section: .data) -> qed_mfw_legacy_bb_100g (section: .init.rodata)
WARNING: modpost: drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed: section mismatch in reference: qed_mfw_ext_maps+0x30 (section: .data) -> qed_mfw_legacy_bb_100g (section: .init.rodata)
WARNING: modpost: drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed: section mismatch in reference: qed_mfw_ext_maps+0x4c (section: .data) -> qed_mfw_legacy_bb_100g (section: .init.rodata)
WARNING: modpost: drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed: section mismatch in reference: qed_mfw_ext_maps+0x68 (section: .data) -> qed_mfw_legacy_bb_100g (section: .init.rodata)
WARNING: modpost: drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed: section mismatch in reference: qed_mfw_ext_maps+0x84 (section: .data) -> qed_mfw_legacy_bb_100g (section: .init.rodata)
WARNING: modpost: drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed: section mismatch in reference: qed_mfw_ext_maps+0xa0 (section: .data) -> qed_mfw_legacy_bb_100g (section: .init.rodata)
WARNING: modpost: drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed: section mismatch in reference: qed_mfw_ext_maps+0xbc (section: .data) -> qed_mfw_legacy_bb_100g (section: .init.rodata)
WARNING: modpost: drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed: section mismatch in reference: qed_mfw_ext_maps+0xd8 (section: .data) -> qed_mfw_legacy_bb_100g (section: .init.rodata)
WARNING: modpost: drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede: section mismatch in reference: qede_forced_speed_maps+0x14 (section: .data) -> qede_forced_speed_100000 (section: .init.rodata)
WARNING: modpost: drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede: section mismatch in reference: qede_forced_speed_maps+0x30 (section: .data) -> qede_forced_speed_100000 (section: .init.rodata)
WARNING: modpost: drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede: section mismatch in reference: qede_forced_speed_maps+0x4c (section: .data) -> qede_forced_speed_100000 (section: .init.rodata)
WARNING: modpost: drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede: section mismatch in reference: qede_forced_speed_maps+0x68 (section: .data) -> qede_forced_speed_100000 (section: .init.rodata)
WARNING: modpost: drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede: section mismatch in reference: qede_forced_speed_maps+0x84 (section: .data) -> qede_forced_speed_100000 (section: .init.rodata)
WARNING: modpost: drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede: section mismatch in reference: qede_forced_speed_maps+0xa0 (section: .data) -> qede_forced_speed_100000 (section: .init.rodata)
WARNING: modpost: drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede: section mismatch in reference: qede_forced_speed_maps+0xbc (section: .data) -> qede_forced_speed_100000 (section: .init.rodata)

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