linux-kernel - ld.lld: error: relocation R_RISCV_HI20 cannot be used against symbol 'sifive_errata_patch_func._____

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Message-ID: <202502240916.8dheDMgU-lkp@intel.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 09:53:19 +0800
From: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
To: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Cc: oe-kbuild-all@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: ld.lld: error: relocation R_RISCV_HI20 cannot be used against symbol
 'sifive_errata_patch_func.______f'; recompile with -fPIC

Hi Masahiro,

FYI, the error/warning still remains.

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
head:   d082ecbc71e9e0bf49883ee4afd435a77a5101b6
commit: f79dc03fe68c79d388908182e68d702f7f1786bc kconfig: refactor choice value calculation
date:   7 months ago
config: riscv-randconfig-r121-20250223 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20250224/202502240916.8dheDMgU-lkp@intel.com/config)
compiler: clang version 17.0.6 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project 6009708b4367171ccdbf4b5905cb6a803753fe18)
reproduce: (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20250224/202502240916.8dheDMgU-lkp@intel.com/reproduce)

If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202502240916.8dheDMgU-lkp@intel.com/

All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):

>> ld.lld: error: relocation R_RISCV_HI20 cannot be used against symbol 'sifive_errata_patch_func.______f'; recompile with -fPIC
   >>> defined in vmlinux.a(arch/riscv/errata/sifive/errata.o)
   >>> referenced by errata.c:0 (arch/riscv/errata/sifive/errata.c:0)
   >>>               arch/riscv/errata/sifive/errata.o:(sifive_errata_patch_func) in archive vmlinux.a
--
>> ld.lld: error: relocation R_RISCV_LO12_I cannot be used against symbol 'sifive_errata_patch_func.______f'; recompile with -fPIC
   >>> defined in vmlinux.a(arch/riscv/errata/sifive/errata.o)
   >>> referenced by errata.c:99 (arch/riscv/errata/sifive/errata.c:99)
   >>>               arch/riscv/errata/sifive/errata.o:(sifive_errata_patch_func) in archive vmlinux.a
--
>> ld.lld: error: relocation R_RISCV_HI20 cannot be used against symbol 'sifive_errata_patch_func.______f.3'; recompile with -fPIC
   >>> defined in vmlinux.a(arch/riscv/errata/sifive/errata.o)
   >>> referenced by errata.c:99 (arch/riscv/errata/sifive/errata.c:99)
   >>>               arch/riscv/errata/sifive/errata.o:(sifive_errata_patch_func) in archive vmlinux.a
--
>> ld.lld: error: relocation R_RISCV_LO12_I cannot be used against symbol 'sifive_errata_patch_func.______f.3'; recompile with -fPIC
   >>> defined in vmlinux.a(arch/riscv/errata/sifive/errata.o)
   >>> referenced by errata.c:99 (arch/riscv/errata/sifive/errata.c:99)
   >>>               arch/riscv/errata/sifive/errata.o:(sifive_errata_patch_func) in archive vmlinux.a

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