linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -fixes] riscv: Fix relocatable kernels with early alternatives using -fno-pie

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Message-ID: <20230530-atrocious-control-bcb37de558fc@spud>
Date:   Tue, 30 May 2023 21:22:54 +0100
From:   Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>
To:     Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@...osinc.com>
Cc:     Alexandre Ghiti <alex@...ti.fr>,
        Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@...rochip.com>,
        Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>,
        Andreas Schwab <schwab@...ux-m68k.org>,
        linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -fixes] riscv: Fix relocatable kernels with early
 alternatives using -fno-pie

On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 08:04:17PM +0200, Alexandre Ghiti wrote:
> 
> Ahah, I think we found the culprit!
> 
> With CONFIG_RELOCATABLE, vmlinux is actually stripped from all the
> relocations (so that it can be shipped) and vmlinux.relocs is what you
> should use instead, since it is just a copy of vmlinux before the
> removal of the relocations!

That probably makes us both eejits for not realising sooner...

Tested-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@...rochip.com> # booted on nezha & unmatched

Thanks for your patience here Alex.

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