linux-kernel - Re: [main-line]Build warnings on PowerPC system

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Message-ID: <b5713b0b-a278-424c-8ba3-3aec01454e94@linux.ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2025 19:31:02 +0530
From: Venkat Rao Bagalkote <venkat88@...ux.ibm.com>
To: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@...ux.ibm.com>,
        linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [main-line]Build warnings on PowerPC system


On 27/03/25 7:22 pm, Madhavan Srinivasan wrote:
>
> On 3/27/25 12:33 AM, Venkat Rao Bagalkote wrote:
>> Greetings!!!
>>
>> I see below build warnings while compiling mainline kernel on IBM Power9 system.
>>
>> Repo Link: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/
>>
>> Head Commit: f6e0150b2003fb2b9265028a618aa1732b3edc8f
>>
>> Attached is the .config.
>>
>> Machine: IBM Power9
>>
>> gcc version 11.5.0
> What is the ld version in your system.

Please find the ld version below.

GNU ld version 2.35.2-59.el9


Regards,

Venkat.

>
> Reason for asking is that currently with
>
> commit  579aee9fc594a ("powerpc: suppress some linker warnings in recent linker versions")
>
> ld version greater than >2.39, this warning is being suppressed.
>
> Maddy
>
>>
>> Warnings:
>>
>> ld: warning: arch/powerpc/boot/zImage.epapr has a LOAD segment with RWX permissions
>> ld: warning: arch/powerpc/boot/zImage.pseries has a LOAD segment with RWX permissions
>>
>>
>> If you happen to fix this, please add below tag.
>>
>>
>> Reported-by: Venkat Rao Bagalkote <venkat88@...ux.ibm.com>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Venkat.