From: Jessica Yu <jeyu@xxxxxxxxxx> When __{start,end}_ro_after_init is referenced from C code, we run into the following build errors on blackfin: kernel/extable.c:169: undefined reference to `__start_ro_after_init' kernel/extable.c:169: undefined reference to `__end_ro_after_init' The build error is due to the fact that blackfin is one of the few arches that prepends an underscore '_' to all symbols defined in C. Fix this by wrapping __{start,end}_ro_after_init in vmlinux.lds.h with VMLINUX_SYMBOL(), which adds the necessary prefix for arches that have HAVE_UNDERSCORE_SYMBOL_PREFIX. Signed-off-by: Jessica Yu <jeyu@xxxxxxxxxx> --- This patch is based on next-20170403. include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h index 979b573..54918ae 100644 --- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h +++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h @@ -261,9 +261,9 @@ */ #ifndef RO_AFTER_INIT_DATA #define RO_AFTER_INIT_DATA \ - __start_ro_after_init = .; \ + VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start_ro_after_init) = .; \ *(.data..ro_after_init) \ - __end_ro_after_init = .; + VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__end_ro_after_init) = .; #endif /* -- 2.5.5