Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Disable RELOCATABLE for COMPILE_TEST with PPC64 | From | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <> | Date | Tue, 08 Jul 2014 13:10:11 +1000 |
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On Mon, 2014-07-07 at 20:03 -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote: > ping ... > > Ben, I know this is not perfect, but on the other side it is simple > and would be easy to backport. With this in place, a complete/clean > fix would not be as urgent. Any chance to get it applied ?
Yes, that definitely helps, I'll include it as a band aid.
Cheers, Ben.
> Nick, this doesn't fix the allyesconfig build - it still fails with > relocation errors. But it does fix the allmodconfig build. > > Thanks, > Guenter > > On 06/30/2014 11:45 AM, Guenter Roeck wrote: > > powerpc:allmodconfig has been failing for some time with the following > > error. > > > > arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S: Assembler messages: > > arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S:1312: Error: attempt to move .org backwards > > make[1]: *** [arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.o] Error 1 > > > > A number of attempts to fix the problem by moving around code have been > > unsuccessful and resulted in failed builds for some configurations and > > the discovery of toolchain bugs. > > > > Fix the problem by disabling RELOCATABLE for COMPILE_TEST builds instead. > > While this is less than perfect, it avoids substantial code changes > > which would otherwise be necessary just to make COMPILE_TEST builds > > happy and might have undesired side effects. > > > > Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> > > --- > > arch/powerpc/Kconfig | 3 ++- > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig > > index bd6dd6e..fefe7c8 100644 > > --- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig > > +++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig > > @@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ config KEXEC > > config CRASH_DUMP > > bool "Build a kdump crash kernel" > > depends on PPC64 || 6xx || FSL_BOOKE || (44x && !SMP) > > - select RELOCATABLE if PPC64 || 44x || FSL_BOOKE > > + select RELOCATABLE if (PPC64 && !COMPILE_TEST) || 44x || FSL_BOOKE > > help > > Build a kernel suitable for use as a kdump capture kernel. > > The same kernel binary can be used as production kernel and dump > > @@ -1017,6 +1017,7 @@ endmenu > > if PPC64 > > config RELOCATABLE > > bool "Build a relocatable kernel" > > + depends on !COMPILE_TEST > > select NONSTATIC_KERNEL > > help > > This builds a kernel image that is capable of running anywhere > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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