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Date:   Sat, 8 Sep 2018 12:57:49 +0900
From:   Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
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On Fri, 7 Sep 2018 14:50:59 +0200
Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@linux.ibm.com> wrote:

> On 06.09.2018 18:42, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> > Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@linux.ibm.com> wrote:
> >> I've attached a quick fix that should address both problems. I'd
> >> appreciate if this patch could get some testing before I post proper fix
> >> patches.
> > 
> > Hmm, I'm still not able to reproduce it on powerpc cross build even with
> > CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION=y ... So, sorry I couldn't test this patch.
> 
> Maybe this is related to the compiler/binutils versions used. I'm using
> Fedora 28's gcc-powerpc64 and binutils-powerpc64 packages:
> 
> powerpc64-linux-gnu-gcc (GCC) 7.1.1 20170622 (Red Hat Cross 7.1.1-3)
> GNU ld version 2.29.1-4.fc28
> 
> For reference I'm also attaching the config that I used to reproduce the
> problem on kernel v4.18.
> 
> >> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.h b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.h
> >> index ae5fdff18406..2ca33277a28b 100644
> >> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.h
> >> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.h
> >> @@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
> >>
> >>  #define ARM_DISCARD							\
> >>  		*(.ARM.exidx.exit.text)					\
> >> +		*(.ARM.exidx.text.exit)					\
> > 
> > BTW, why would we need this?
> 
> That's necessary to fix one of the two ARM linker failures reported via
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/8/24/345
> 
> >>> `.text.exit' referenced in section `.ARM.exidx.text.exit' of
> >>> kernel/trace/trace_clock.o: defined in discarded section `.text.exit'
> >>> of kernel/trace/trace_clock.o
> 
> Section ".ARM.exidx.text.exit" refers to ".text.exit" which was
> discarded. With the change above, the extraneous section
> ".ARM.exidx.text.exit" is also discarded, resolving the linker failure.

OK, so your patch fixes following issue too?

https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10584685/

In that case, we should drop above patch.

Thank you,


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Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>