Hi Stephen, On Fri, 24 Aug 2018 22:42:11 +1000 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Masami, > > On Fri, 24 Aug 2018 20:47:56 +0900 Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > gcc-7.3.0 cross build ld shows below warnings. > > > > MODPOST vmlinux.o > > /opt/gcc-7.3.0-nolibc/powerpc64-linux/bin/powerpc64-linux-ld: warning: orphan section `.gnu.hash' from `linker stubs' being placed in section `.gnu.hash'. > > KSYM .tmp_kallsyms1.o > > /opt/gcc-7.3.0-nolibc/powerpc64-linux/bin/powerpc64-linux-ld: warning: orphan section `.gnu.hash' from `linker stubs' being placed in section `.gnu.hash'. > > KSYM .tmp_kallsyms2.o > > /opt/gcc-7.3.0-nolibc/powerpc64-linux/bin/powerpc64-linux-ld: warning: orphan section `.gnu.hash' from `linker stubs' being placed in section `.gnu.hash'. > > KSYM .tmp_kallsyms3.o > > LD vmlinux > > /opt/gcc-7.3.0-nolibc/powerpc64-linux/bin/powerpc64-linux-ld: warning: orphan section `.gnu.hash' from `linker stubs' being placed in section `.gnu.hash'. > > I reported those a while ago when I started using the native Debian gcc > on my Powerpc build box. > > > But it seems another warning, and I couldn't see your warnings. Could you tell me your gcc version? > > Currently, it is the Debian gcc 8.2.0, ld 2.31.1. Hmm, unfortunately, I couldn't reproduce the ".data..LPBX1" error with my gcc-8.1.0 + ld-2.30 distributed at https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/. Could you also try to enable CONFIG_GCOV_PROFILE_ALL=y and build the kernel? If it causes similar error, it should be caused by gcov support. Thank you, -- Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>