linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.26-rc1 on x86: ld: warning: dot moved backwards before `.text'

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Message-Id: <200805102256.09519.rjw@sisk.pl>
Date:	Sat, 10 May 2008 22:56:08 +0200
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@...uu.se>, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	sam@...nborg.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.26-rc1 on x86: ld: warning: dot moved backwards before `.text'

On Saturday, 10 of May 2008, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Mikael Pettersson wrote:
> > 
> > The resulting kernel hasn't broken on me yet, however.
> > 
> > A search through the LKML archives showed that this was reported
> > for 2.6.25-rc3-mm1, but I couldn't find any discussion about it
> > after that:
> > 
> > <http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120470303728010&w=2>
> > 
> > The .config causing this warning is available in
> > <http://user.it.uu.se/~mikpe/linux/ale/config-2.6.26-rc1>
> > 
> 
> This is because the organization of the file was changed, and the linker 
> script wasn't changed to match:
> 
> SECTIONS
> {
>          . = HEADER_OFFSET;
>          .header : {
>                   *(.header)
>          }
> 
>          . = 0;
>          .text : {
>                   *(.text*)
>          }
> 
> This is crap; the sections should be listed *in order* so the linker can 
> warn properly when something bad happens.
> 
> The code should be correct; reorganizing the linker script correctly 
> should fix the problem.

Hm.  The above is from Pavel and Sam.

Thanks,
Rafael
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