Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759406AbaGCSG6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Jul 2014 14:06:58 -0400 Received: from mail-la0-f41.google.com ([209.85.215.41]:53888 "EHLO mail-la0-f41.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751726AbaGCSG5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Jul 2014 14:06:57 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <53B59BC9.5080205@oracle.com> References: <20140701000913.5ea51f77@gandalf.local.home> <20140702142836.084d1ad63b049d53a2f51218@linux-foundation.org> <20140703175222.GA13710@konrad-lan.dumpdata.com> <53B59BC9.5080205@oracle.com> From: Andy Lutomirski Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2014 11:06:35 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [BUILD BUG][3.16-rc3] Error: too many copied sections (max = 13) To: Boris Ostrovsky Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk , Andrew Morton , Steven Rostedt , LKML , Ingo Molnar , "H. Peter Anvin" , Linus Torvalds Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 11:07 AM, Boris Ostrovsky wrote: > On 07/03/2014 01:52 PM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: >> >> On Wed, Jul 02, 2014 at 02:28:36PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, 1 Jul 2014 00:09:13 -0400 Steven Rostedt >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Testing the latest kernel (3.16-rc3) I hit this build bug: >>>> >>>> VDSO2C arch/x86/vdso/vdso-image-64.c >>>> Error: too many copied sections (max = 13) >>>> /arch/x86/vdso/Makefile:61: recipe for target >>>> 'arch/x86/vdso/vdso-image-64.c' failed >>>> make[3]: *** [arch/x86/vdso/vdso-image-64.c] Error 1 >>>> /scripts/Makefile.build:404: recipe for target 'arch/x86/vdso' failed >>>> make[2]: *** [arch/x86/vdso] Error 2 >>>> >>>> I bisected it down to this commit: >>>> >>>> commit 0e3727a8839c988a3c56170bc8da76d55a16acad >>>> Author: Andy Lutomirski >>>> Date: Wed Jun 18 15:59:49 2014 -0700 >>>> >>>> x86/vdso: Remove some redundant in-memory section headers >>>> >>>> When I revert this commit, it compiles fine. >>> >>> When I revert that I get >>> >>> Error: cannot handle memsz != filesz >>> make[2]: *** [arch/x86/vdso/vdso-image-64.c] Error 1 >>> make[1]: *** [arch/x86/vdso] Error 2 >>> make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... >>> In file included from include/linux/poll.h:11, >>> from include/linux/ring_buffer.h:7, >>> from include/linux/ftrace_event.h:5, >>> from include/trace/syscall.h:6, >>> from include/linux/syscalls.h:80, >>> from kernel/capability.c:17: >>> >>> Productivity decline... >> >> When I revert that mentioned commit I get >> Error: too many copied sections (max = 16) >> >> But if I revert bfad381c0d1e19cae8461e105d8d4387dd2a14fe as well >> then everything is back to normal. > > > > This is with binutils-2.20.51.0.2-15 (I assume Konrad is using the same > environment as I do. But in any case, reverting bfad381c0d makes the build > work for me at that version). > Jan Beulich just sent out patches that should fix this. --Andy -- 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/