From: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> For some reason I managed to trick gcc into create CRC symbols that are not absolute anymore, but weak. Make modpost handle this case. Andrew, this should fix the bizarre warning. Seems like a toolchain bug to me. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/mod/modpost.c | 15 +++++++-------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c index 6216434..b3dd735 100644 --- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c +++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c @@ -599,18 +599,17 @@ static void handle_modversions(struct module *mod, struct elf_info *info, else export = export_from_sec(info, get_secindex(info, sym)); + /* CRC'd symbol */ + if (strncmp(symname, CRC_PFX, strlen(CRC_PFX)) == 0) { + crc = (unsigned int) sym->st_value; + sym_update_crc(symname + strlen(CRC_PFX), mod, crc, + export); + } + switch (sym->st_shndx) { case SHN_COMMON: warn("\"%s\" [%s] is COMMON symbol\n", symname, mod->name); break; - case SHN_ABS: - /* CRC'd symbol */ - if (strncmp(symname, CRC_PFX, strlen(CRC_PFX)) == 0) { - crc = (unsigned int) sym->st_value; - sym_update_crc(symname + strlen(CRC_PFX), mod, crc, - export); - } - break; case SHN_UNDEF: /* undefined symbol */ if (ELF_ST_BIND(sym->st_info) != STB_GLOBAL && -- 1.8.3.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html