(removing stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx from CC) On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 9:30 AM Manoj Gupta <manojgupta@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > LLD 13 and GNU ld 2.37 support -z start-stop-gc which allows garbage > collection of C identifier name sections despite the __start_/__stop_ > references. Simply set the retain attribute so that GCC 11 (if > configure-time binutils is 2.36 or newer)/Clang 13 will set the > SHF_GNU_RETAIN section attribute to prevent garbage collection. > > Without the patch, there are linker errors like the following with -z > start-stop-gc: > ld.lld: error: undefined symbol: __stop___cmd > >>> referenced by iw.c:418 > >>> iw.o:(__handle_cmd) > > Suggested-by: Fangrui Song <maskray@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Signed-off-by: Manoj Gupta <manojgupta@xxxxxxxxxx> This is not a kernel patch and so should not be sent to the linux-stable list. I think Greg KH's bot already told you as much on earlier versions. See: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jberg/iw.git/tree/README "Please send all patches to Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> and CC linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx for community review." You're ~close. Brian
