[kbuild-all] WARNING: modpost: vmlinux.o(.text+0x62d57c): Section mismatch in reference from the function shuffle_zone() to the function .meminit.text:__shuffle_zone()

tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master head: 9cdbf6467424045617cd6e79dcaad06bb8efa31c commit: 4986fac160b3eb1432ca9970d51c55f4f93b1a2e mm/memory_hotplug: enforce section granularity when onlining/offlining date: 6 months ago config: arm64-randconfig-r014-20210417 (attached as .config) compiler: clang version 13.0.0 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project f549176ad976caa3e19edd036df9a7e12770af7c) reproduce (this is a W=1 build): wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross # install arm64 cross compiling tool for clang build # apt-get install binutils-aarch64-linux-gnu # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit... git remote add linus https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git git fetch --no-tags linus master git checkout 4986fac160b3eb1432ca9970d51c55f4f93b1a2e # save the attached .config to linux build tree COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=clang make.cross W=1 ARCH=arm64 If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp(a)intel.com&gt; All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>, old ones prefixed by <<): The function shuffle_zone() references the function __meminit __shuffle_zone(). This is often because shuffle_zone lacks a __meminit annotation or the annotation of __shuffle_zone is wrong. --- 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service, Intel Corporation https://lists.01.org/hyperkitty/list/kbuild-all@lists.01.org