On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 23:55:21 +0100, Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > The problem is if you try to load oprofile as a module. The kernel
> > module linker evidentially does not understand weak symbols and refuses
> > to load the module because they are undefined.
>
> Actually it contains code to handle weak symbols so this is a bit
> surprising not last because STB_WEAK handling happen in the generic
> module loader code and is being used by other architectures as well.
This is still unresolved. The "oprofile: Unknown symbol" message is
printed in arch/mips/kernel/module.c file. How about this patch?
[PATCH] Ignore unresolved weak symbols in module.
Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/module.c b/arch/mips/kernel/module.c
index e54a7f4..d7bf021 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/module.c
@@ -288,6 +288,9 @@ int apply_relocate(Elf_Shdr *sechdrs, co
sym = (Elf_Sym *)sechdrs[symindex].sh_addr
+ ELF_MIPS_R_SYM(rel[i]);
if (!sym->st_value) {
+ /* Ignore unresolved weak symbol */
+ if (ELF_ST_BIND(sym->st_info) == STB_WEAK)
+ continue;
printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: Unknown symbol %s\n",
me->name, strtab + sym->st_name);
return -ENOENT;
@@ -325,6 +328,9 @@ int apply_relocate_add(Elf_Shdr *sechdrs
sym = (Elf_Sym *)sechdrs[symindex].sh_addr
+ ELF_MIPS_R_SYM(rel[i]);
if (!sym->st_value) {
+ /* Ignore unresolved weak symbol */
+ if (ELF_ST_BIND(sym->st_info) == STB_WEAK)
+ continue;
printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: Unknown symbol %s\n",
me->name, strtab + sym->st_name);
return -ENOENT;
