From: Vivek Goyal o MODPOST generates warning for i386 if kernel is compiled with CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y WARNING: vmlinux - Section mismatch: reference to .init.text:startup_32_smp from .data between 'trampoline_data' (at offset 0xc0519cf8) and 'boot_gdt' o trampoline code/data can go into init section is CPU hotplug is not enabled. Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- arch/i386/kernel/trampoline.S | 5 +++++ 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+) diff -puN arch/i386/kernel/trampoline.S~i386-fix-modpost-warning-in-smp-trampoline-code arch/i386/kernel/trampoline.S --- a/arch/i386/kernel/trampoline.S~i386-fix-modpost-warning-in-smp-trampoline-code +++ a/arch/i386/kernel/trampoline.S @@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ .data +/* We can free up trampoline after bootup if cpu hotplug is not supported. */ +#ifndef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU +.section ".init.data","aw",@progbits +#endif + .code16 ENTRY(trampoline_data) _