linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the tip tree

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Date:   Sun, 29 Mar 2020 20:53:42 -0700
From:   "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@...il.com>
To:     Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Linux Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the tip tree

On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 8:35 PM Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> After merging the tip tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc
> ppc64_defconfig) failed like this:
>
> ld: warning: discarding dynamic section .rela.data.rel.ro
>
> lots of similar warnings, followed by
>
> `.exit.text' referenced in section `__bug_table' of crypto/algboss.o: defined in discarded section `.exit.text' of crypto/algboss.o
> `.exit.text' referenced in section `__bug_table' of drivers/macintosh/windfarm_core.o: defined in discarded section `.exit.text' of drivers/macintosh/windfarm_core.o
> `.exit.text' referenced in section `__bug_table' of drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.o: defined in discarded section `.exit.text' of drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.o
>
> Caused by commit
>
>   72cb2113c1bb ("vmlinux.lds: Discard .note.gnu.property sections in generic NOTES")
>
> I don't see why, but reverting that commit fixes the build warnings
> and failure.

Please see my enclosing email.   Is anyone from PPC community reading emails?

> I have reverted that commit for today.
> --
> Cheers,
> Stephen Rothwell



-- 
H.J.

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