netdev - Re: bpf_slow_path: sibling call to `skb_copy_bits' not allowed multiple TOCs (ppc)

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Date:	Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:30:40 +1100
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: bpf_slow_path: sibling call to `skb_copy_bits' not allowed
 multiple TOCs (ppc)

Hi Paul,

On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:54:56 -0400 Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com> wrote:
>
> coverage.   Even in the absence of the skb error, it still fails to link with:
> 
>     "powerpc-linux-ld: TOC section size exceeds 64k"
> 
> i.e. it never links into anything a person could actually try and boot anyway.
> 
> So, just knowing "yes that is bogus because you've got a giant kernel
> with multiple TOC" would be useful information here.

This last message has been known for a long time and would require us to
change the way we link the kernel to fix.  I had a go at it a year or so
ago, but ran into binutils bugs :-(

The other message may be a result of the TOC section size problem, but I
am not sure.
-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au

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