linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 3.18 059/101] x86/um: thin archives build fix

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Date:   Mon, 9 Apr 2018 14:29:11 +1000
From:   Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>
To:     Sasha Levin <Alexander.Levin@...rosoft.com>
Cc:     "stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        "user-mode-linux-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net" 
        <user-mode-linux-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 3.18 059/101] x86/um: thin archives build
 fix

On Mon, 9 Apr 2018 00:41:22 +0000
Sasha Levin <Alexander.Levin@...rosoft.com> wrote:

> From: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>
> 
> [ Upstream commit 827880ec260ba048f95fe646b96a205c394fa0f0 ]
> 
> The linker does not like vdso-syms.lds in input archive files.
> Make it an extra-y instead.

I wouldn't say these should be needed on kernels without thin
archives build.

It shouldn't hurt, but no point risking stable breakage.

Thanks,
Nick