Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:57:21 +0100 | From | Sam Ravnborg <> | Subject | Re: [BUG] 2.6.32-rc5 build failure on Alpha |
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On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 12:39:47AM -0500, Bob Tracy wrote: > On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 10:53:05PM -0500, Bob Tracy wrote: > > Mainline 2.6.32-rc5 kernel build failure. The last few lines of the kernel > > build output are: > > > > LD vmlinux.o > > MODPOST vmlinux.o > > WARNING: "saved_config" [vmlinux] is COMMON symbol > > GEN .version > > CHK include/linux/compile.h > > UPD include/linux/compile.h > > CC init/version.o > > LD init/built-in.o > > LD .tmp_vmlinux1 > > arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds:241: undefined symbol `THREAD_SIZE' referenced in expression > > make: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1 > > > In arch/alpha/include/asm/thread_info.h, THREAD_SIZE is defined as > > (2*PAGE_SIZE). > > Ok. Found it. The THREAD_SIZE definition is inside a > "#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__" block, so it never gets referenced (because > "__ASSEMBLY__" is defined for the "vmlinux.lds" build). The obvious > suggested fix is to move the definition outside the block.
A patch doing this has been posted some time ago. I think/hope it is in -mm if it is not yet in -linus.
Sam
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