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Date:	Thu, 13 Feb 2014 20:32:17 -0800
From:	tip-bot for Andi Kleen <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...nel.org,
	ak@...ux.intel.com, tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...ux.intel.com
Subject: [tip:x86/asmlinkage] Kbuild, lto: Handle basic LTO in modpost

Commit-ID:  ef178f9238b142cc1020265e176b20d27fd02ba9
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/ef178f9238b142cc1020265e176b20d27fd02ba9
Author:     Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
AuthorDate: Sat, 8 Feb 2014 09:01:17 +0100
Committer:  H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
CommitDate: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 20:25:05 -0800

Kbuild, lto: Handle basic LTO in modpost

- Don't warn about LTO marker symbols. modpost runs before
the linker, so the module is not necessarily LTOed yet.
- Don't complain about .gnu.lto* sections

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1391846481-31491-13-git-send-email-ak@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
---
 scripts/mod/modpost.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index f91dd45..63804a1 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -623,7 +623,10 @@ static void handle_modversions(struct module *mod, struct elf_info *info,
 
 	switch (sym->st_shndx) {
 	case SHN_COMMON:
-		warn("\"%s\" [%s] is COMMON symbol\n", symname, mod->name);
+		if (!strncmp(symname, "__gnu_lto_", sizeof("__gnu_lto_")-1)) {
+			/* Should warn here, but modpost runs before the linker */
+		} else
+			warn("\"%s\" [%s] is COMMON symbol\n", symname, mod->name);
 		break;
 	case SHN_UNDEF:
 		/* undefined symbol */
@@ -849,6 +852,7 @@ static const char *section_white_list[] =
 	".xt.lit",         /* xtensa */
 	".arcextmap*",			/* arc */
 	".gnu.linkonce.arcext*",	/* arc : modules */
+	".gnu.lto*",
 	NULL
 };
 
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