arm64 references the start address of .builtin_fw (__start_builtin_fw) with a pair of R_AARCH64_ADR_PREL_PG_HI21/R_AARCH64_LDST64_ABS_LO12_NC relocations. The compiler is allowed to emit the R_AARCH64_LDST64_ABS_LO12_NC relocation because struct builtin_fw in include/linux/firmware.h is 8-byte aligned. The R_AARCH64_LDST64_ABS_LO12_NC relocation requires the address to be a multiple of 8, which may not be the case if .builtin_fw is empty. Unconditionally align .builtin_fw to fix the linker error. Fixes: 5658c76 ("firmware: allow firmware files to be built into kernel image") Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1204 Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Fangrui Song <maskray@xxxxxxxxxx> --- include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h index b2b3d81b1535..3cd4bd1193ab 100644 --- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h +++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h @@ -459,6 +459,7 @@ } \ \ /* Built-in firmware blobs */ \ + ALIGN_FUNCTION(); \ .builtin_fw : AT(ADDR(.builtin_fw) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \ __start_builtin_fw = .; \ KEEP(*(.builtin_fw)) \ -- 2.29.2.576.ga3fc446d84-goog