linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.22-rc6-mm1: Xen: WARNING: Absolute relocations present

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Date:	Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:49:08 -0400
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...source.com>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>, chrisw@...s-sol.org,
	xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.22-rc6-mm1: Xen: WARNING: Absolute relocations present

Adrian Bunk wrote:
> <--  snip  -->
>
> ...
>   RELOCS  arch/i386/boot/compressed/vmlinux.relocs
> WARNING: Absolute relocations present
> Offset     Info     Type     Sym.Value Sym.Name
> c0101f80 020c6501   R_386_32 00000000  xen_irq_disable_direct_reloc
> c0101f9a 0221ea01   R_386_32 00000000  xen_save_fl_direct_reloc
> ...
>
> <--  snip  -->
>   

Hm.  Those are false alarms.  I guess I could do something to hide them, 
but there's nothing inherently wrong with correctly used abs symbols.  
Is there someway to whitelist them?

    J

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