Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 6 Feb 2019 12:16:38 -0500 | From | Steven Rostedt <> | Subject | Re: libelf-0.175 breaks objtool |
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On Tue, 5 Feb 2019 20:16:11 -0600 Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 05, 2019 at 01:38:21PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote: > > Just a FYI. > > > > After a recent upgrade in debian testing, I was not able to build the > > kernel. I have a custom build of gcc, so I thought it was strange that > > I was getting something like this (took this from the web, as I don't > > have the error anymore with the work around, and currently doing a full > > build): > > > > objdump: kernel/.tmp_signal.o: unable to initialize decompress status for section .debug_info > > objdump: kernel/.tmp_signal.o: unable to initialize decompress status for section .debug_info > > objdump: kernel/.tmp_signal.o: file format not recognized > > CC arch/x86/kernel/platform-quirks.o > > objdump: arch/x86/kernel/.tmp_ebda.o: unable to initialize decompress status for section .debug_info > > objdump: arch/x86/kernel/.tmp_ebda.o: unable to initialize decompress status for section .debug_info > > objdump: arch/x86/kernel/.tmp_ebda.o: file format not recognized > > objdump: mm/.tmp_swap_slots.o: unable to initialize decompress status for section .debug_info > > objdump: mm/.tmp_swap_slots.o: unable to initialize decompress status for section .debug_info > > objdump: mm/.tmp_swap_slots.o: file format not recognized > > I installed debian testing on a VM, which has libelf 0.175-2, but I
Hmm, I only have libelf-0.175 (no -2)
> can't recreate. Can you share your config? >
It's just a distro config. Ah, I think it's because I'm compiling my own home built gcc. There seems to be an incompatibility with the binutils that I used and with libelf-0.175. If I build with just the distro gcc, it works.
Bah, this means I need to recreate my gcc that I use to build my kernels with :-p As I like to control which gcc I use.
-- Steve
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