From: Joe Mario <jmario@xxxxxxxxxx> Here is the workaround I made for having the kernel not reject modules built with -flto. The clean solution would be to get the compiler to not emit the symbol. Or if it has to emit the symbol, then emit it as initialized data but put it into a comdat/linkonce section. Minor tweaks by AK over Joe's patch. Cc: rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/module.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c index d24fcf2..b99e801 100644 --- a/kernel/module.c +++ b/kernel/module.c @@ -1948,6 +1948,10 @@ static int simplify_symbols(struct module *mod, const struct load_info *info) switch (sym[i].st_shndx) { case SHN_COMMON: + /* Ignore common symbols */ + if (!strncmp(name, "__gnu_lto", 9)) + break; + /* We compiled with -fno-common. These are not supposed to happen. */ pr_debug("Common symbol: %s\n", name); -- 1.8.5.2 -- 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