On Mon 05 Dec 07:44 PST 2016, Marc Zyngier wrote: > On 05/12/16 11:20, Mark Brown wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 05, 2016 at 07:56:06AM +0000, Build bot for Mark Brown wrote: > > > > Today's -next fails to build an arm64 allnodconfig and allmodconfig > > with: > > > >> arm64-allnoconfig > >> ../arch/arm64/lib/clear_user.S:33: Error: bad or irreducible absolute expression > >> ../arch/arm64/lib/clear_user.S:53: Error: bad or irreducible absolute expression > >> ../arch/arm64/lib/clear_user.S:33: Error: attempt to move .org backwards > >> ../arch/arm64/lib/clear_user.S:53: Error: attempt to move .org backwards > >> ../arch/arm64/lib/copy_from_user.S:67: Error: bad or irreducible absolute expression > >> ../arch/arm64/lib/copy_from_user.S:70: Error: bad or irreducible absolute expression > >> ../arch/arm64/lib/copy_from_user.S:67: Error: attempt to move .org backwards > >> ../arch/arm64/lib/copy_from_user.S:70: Error: attempt to move .org backwards > >> ../arch/arm64/lib/copy_in_user.S:68: Error: bad or irreducible absolute expression > >> ../arch/arm64/lib/copy_in_user.S:71: Error: bad or irreducible absolute expression > >> ../arch/arm64/lib/copy_in_user.S:68: Error: attempt to move .org backwards > >> ../arch/arm64/lib/copy_in_user.S:71: Error: attempt to move .org backwards > >> ../arch/arm64/lib/copy_to_user.S:66: Error: bad or irreducible absolute expression > >> ../arch/arm64/lib/copy_to_user.S:69: Error: bad or irreducible absolute expression > >> ../arch/arm64/lib/copy_to_user.S:66: Error: attempt to move .org backwards > >> ../arch/arm64/lib/copy_to_user.S:69: Error: attempt to move .org backwards > > > > This was triggered somehow by bca8f17f57bd7 (arm64: Get rid of > > asm/opcodes.h) though I didn't figure out how. > > Old and broken gas. I have a workaround stashed there: > > http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/maz/arm-platforms.git/commit/?h=arm64/standalone.h&id=559f97365362ed9e96f594200020379df46630d8 > > At least binutils 2.24 and 2.25 are affected, while 2.27 is not. > Made me realize that the Ubuntu 15.10 release I'm on is deprecated. If I read the release notes for Ubuntu correctly the 14.04 LTS release is supported until April 2019, with binutils 2.24. So I would be surprised if this won't bite quite a bunch of people down the road. Regards, Bjorn -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-next" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
