On Sun, Oct 04, 2020 at 10:24:37AM +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote: > On Sat, 3 Oct 2020 14:54:46 -0700 Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 01:22:49PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote: > > > > > > After merging the tip tree, today's linux-next build (x86_64 allmodconfig) > > > produced this warning: > > > > > > x86_64-linux-gnu-ld: warning: orphan section `.ctors.65435' from `kernel/trace/trace_selftest_dynamic.o' being placed in section `.ctors.65435' > > > [...] > > > > Is it only trace that is warning? > > Yes, it is only trace. it is always 65435 as well, in case that matters. > > > > gcc (Debian 10.2.0-5) 10.2.0 > > > GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.35 > > > > I can't reproduce this with: > > > > gcc (Ubuntu 10.2.0-11ubuntu1) 10.2.0 > > GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.35.1 > > > > Are you running Debian testing or unstable? (I see binutils 2.35.1 is > > in both, so was this fixed in the .1?) > > > > I will go build a Debian testing container... Still nothing for me on Debian testing, x86_64 host: gcc (Debian 10.2.0-9) 10.2.0 GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.35.1 $ lsb_release -r Release: testing $ uname -m x86_64 > I am running testing. Just upgraded to 2.35.1 and the messages are > still there. (I did a build of just tip/auto-latest - this is a cross > build powerpc le hosted) Interesting. I can't imagine this would be host-specific? -- Kees Cook
