On 3/8/11, Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 3/8/11, H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 2:44 AM, Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> my build of linux-next (next-20110308, the same with the one from >>> yesterday) is broken. >>> (I translated the German output.) >>> >>> [ build.log ] >>> AS arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.o >>> /home/sd/src/linux-2.6/linux-2.6.38-rc7/debian/build/source_i386_none/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S: >>> Assembler messages: >>> /home/sd/src/linux-2.6/linux-2.6.38-rc7/debian/build/source_i386_none/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S:1421: >>> Error: .size expression does not evaluate to a constant >>> make[6]: *** [arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.o] Fehler 1 (Error 1) >>> make[5]: *** [arch/x86/kernel] Fehler 2 (Error 2) >>> make[4]: *** [arch/x86] Fehler 2 (Error 2) >>> make[4]: *** Warte auf noch nicht beendete Prozesse... (Waiting for >>> unfinished jobs...) >>> >> >> This is a kernel bug. Please use the latest binutils from CVS. >> It will tell you which symbol causes this. >> >> >> -- >> H.J. >> > > Yeah, I have cherry-picked these two upstream commits before you have > mentionned it... > > 0001-Mention-symbol-name-in-non-constant-.size-expression.patch > (Cherry-picked from commit b9521fc0be7945fc842ce1197e241a023378125d) > 0002-Revert-the-last-change-on-gas-elf-bad-size.err.patch > (Cherry-picked from commit cbd141bb69f791de7ea1581abe7afb34f0c61288) > > ... and have built with them a new binutils Debian package. > > The error looks now like this (sorry for the German output): > ... > AS arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.o > /home/sd/src/linux-2.6/linux-2.6.38-rc7/debian/build/source_i386_none/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S: > Assembler messages: > /home/sd/src/linux-2.6/linux-2.6.38-rc7/debian/build/source_i386_none/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S:1421: > Error: .size expression with symbol `apf_page_fault' does not evaluate > to a constant > make[6]: *** [arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.o] Fehler 1 > make[5]: *** [arch/x86/kernel] Fehler 2 > make[5]: *** Warte auf noch nicht beendete Prozesse... > > Anyway, before more riddling around it would be very helpful to have a > clear pointer if there is a fix around... That building, testing and > installing took me now several hours. > And... yeah, backports to 2.21-branch appreciated. > > - Sedat - > After a quick look into the source, it seems attached patch fixes the issue. Is that OK? - Sedat -
From c4f8070805fff7c0d097b7a0fb4f549ebd14a74b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 16:32:18 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] x86: Fix build failure with binutils/as from upstream This is from my build log: [...] AS arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.o arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S: Assembler messages: arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S:1421: Error: .size expression with symbol `apf_page_fault' does not evaluate to a constant Signed-off-by: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@xxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S index c8b4efa..9ca3b0e 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S @@ -1413,7 +1413,7 @@ ENTRY(async_page_fault) CFI_ADJUST_CFA_OFFSET 4 jmp error_code CFI_ENDPROC -END(apf_page_fault) +END(async_page_fault) #endif /* -- 1.7.4.1
