* Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > (+ Arvind, Kees) > > On Thu, 13 Aug 2020 at 22:58, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > After upgading some software, builds of Linus' tree now produce these warnings: > > > > x86_64-linux-gnu-ld: arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.o: warning: relocation in read-only section `.head.text' > > x86_64-linux-gnu-ld: warning: creating DT_TEXTREL in a PIE > > > > I upgraded binutils from 2.34-8 to 2.35-1 (Debian versions). > > > > $ x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc --version > > x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc (Debian 9.3.0-13) 9.3.0 > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Arvind and I have some patches on the list that fix various relocation > issues in the decompressor binary. > > As far as I can tell, Arvind's patch to suppress runtime relocations > [0] addresses this exact issue. > > Unfortunately, in spite of various pings and attempts to get the x86 > maintainers to notice this series, it has been ignored so far. Perhaps > this is a good time to merge it for -rc1/2? > > [0] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200731202738.2577854-6-nivedita@xxxxxxxxxxxx/ It all looked good to me but was a bit late for v5.9, will pick up after -rc1. Thanks, Ingo
