On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 01:48:07PM +0100, David Vrabel wrote: > On 16/09/13 13:43, Daniel Kiper wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 09:00:38PM +0100, David Vrabel wrote: > >> From: David Vrabel <david.vrabel at citrix.com> > >> > >> elf_rel_set_symbol() fails if the symbol is in the .bss section. > >> > >> Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel at citrix.com> > >> --- > >> purgatory/arch/i386/console-x86.c | 6 +++--- > >> purgatory/arch/i386/crashdump_backup.c | 8 +++++--- > >> purgatory/arch/x86_64/purgatory-x86_64.c | 6 +++--- > >> purgatory/include/purgatory.h | 4 ++++ > >> purgatory/purgatory.c | 4 ++-- > >> 5 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) > >> > >> diff --git a/purgatory/arch/i386/console-x86.c b/purgatory/arch/i386/console-x86.c > >> index 9773573..40a734b 100644 > >> --- a/purgatory/arch/i386/console-x86.c > >> +++ b/purgatory/arch/i386/console-x86.c > >> @@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ static void putchar_vga(int ch) > >> */ > >> > >> /* Base Address */ > >> -uint8_t console_serial = 0; > >> -uint16_t serial_base = 0x3f8; /* TTYS0 */ > >> -uint32_t serial_baud = 0; > >> +uint8_t console_serial __data = 0; > >> +uint16_t serial_base __data = 0x3f8; /* TTYS0 */ > >> +uint32_t serial_baud __data = 0; > > > > Hmmm... I do not know why we need this patch. I can build kexec-tools > > in my env without it. I suppose that most of people can too. > > Could you check what is wrong with your build system? > > Regardless of whether it works with some tools, it doesn't make a whole > lot of sense to try and set the value of symbols in the .bss section. > .bss is only for symbols with a value of zero. To be precise .bss is only for uninitialized symbols. Anyway, probably your compiler is screwed. In my case it sees that a given symbol is initialized and places it in .data section itself. Daniel
