Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 22 May 2007 06:43:48 +0200 | From | Sam Ravnborg <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] Crash on modpost, addend_386_rel() |
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On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 10:01:27PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > Got this crash in modpost. Bisect blames this commit: > > commit f892b7d480eec809a5dfbd6e65742b3f3155e50e > Author: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp> > Date: Thu May 17 01:14:38 2007 +0900 > kbuild: make better section mismatch reports on i386, arm and mips > > On i386, ARM and MIPS, warn_sec_mismatch() sometimes fails to show > usefull symbol name. This is because empty 'refsym' due to 0 r_addend > value. This patch is to adjust r_addend value, consulting with > apply_relocate() routine in kernel code. > > Sorry, I don't know enough about the elf stuff to fix this up myself. > Config that causes it is at the end.
Thanks. Linus already reported the same in private mail and I asked him to revert this commit which he has done by now. When properly fixed it will be re-added but this time it will cook a little in -mm first.
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