arm-linux-gnueabi-ld: warning: orphan section `__cpuidle_method_of_table' from `arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm33xx-core.o' being placed in section `__cpuidle_method_of_table'

From: kernel test robot
Date: Fri Apr 30 2021 - 20:17:10 EST

Hi Kees,

FYI, the error/warning still remains.

tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
head: 65ec0a7d24913b146cd1500d759b8c340319d55e
commit: 5a17850e251a55bba6d65aefbfeacfa9888cd2cd arm/build: Warn on orphan section placement
date: 8 months ago
config: arm-randconfig-r024-20210501 (attached as .config)
compiler: arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc (GCC) 9.3.0
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
# https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5a17850e251a55bba6d65aefbfeacfa9888cd2cd
git remote add linus https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
git fetch --no-tags linus master
git checkout 5a17850e251a55bba6d65aefbfeacfa9888cd2cd
# save the attached .config to linux build tree
COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-9.3.0 make.cross W=1 ARCH=arm

If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>

All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):

>> arm-linux-gnueabi-ld: warning: orphan section `__cpuidle_method_of_table' from `arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm33xx-core.o' being placed in section `__cpuidle_method_of_table'
>> arm-linux-gnueabi-ld: warning: orphan section `__cpuidle_method_of_table' from `arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm33xx-core.o' being placed in section `__cpuidle_method_of_table'
>> arm-linux-gnueabi-ld: warning: orphan section `__cpuidle_method_of_table' from `arch/arm/mach-omap2/pm33xx-core.o' being placed in section `__cpuidle_method_of_table'

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