kbuild: ignore section mismatch warnings originating from .note section

.note* sections are ELF notes, which are typically used by external
tools to examine the kernel image.  Since this is removed from any
runtime consideration, it's OK to reference any section from a .note*
section.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index ece09c55e09e..9c35f30d2eda 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -1152,6 +1152,7 @@ static int init_section_ref_ok(const char *name)
                 ".debug",
                 ".parainstructions",
                 ".rodata",
+                ".note",                /* ignore ELF notes - may contain anything */
                 NULL
         };
         /* part of section name */
@@ -1228,6 +1229,7 @@ static int exit_section_ref_ok(const char *name)
         /* Start of section names */
         const char *namelist2[] = {
                 ".debug",
+                ".note",                /* ignore ELF notes - may contain anything */
                 NULL
         };
         /* part of section name */