Re: Build failure triggered by recordmcount

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On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 10:57 PM, wu zhangjin <wuzhangjin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The cause should be the endian problem, I guess you were cross-compiling it?
>
> If we compile the kernel for (32bit + big endian) target on an x86
> machine(little endian) or reversely, then, it will fail.
>
> Since the scripts/recordmcount is compiled with the local toolchain,
> the data structs will be explained according to the local
> configuration(endian...).
>
> So, we may need to custom our own elf.h for recordmcount according to
> the target type(endian here) of the kernel image:
>
> At first, pass the target information to recordmcount(only a demo
> here, we may need to clear it carefully):
>
> diff --git a/scripts/Makefile b/scripts/Makefile
> index 2e08810..151fe3e 100644
> --- a/scripts/Makefile
> +++ b/scripts/Makefile
> @@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ hostprogs-$(CONFIG_KALLSYMS)     += kallsyms
>  hostprogs-$(CONFIG_LOGO)         += pnmtologo
>  hostprogs-$(CONFIG_VT)           += conmakehash
>  hostprogs-$(CONFIG_IKCONFIG)     += bin2c
> +HOSTCFLAGS_recordmcount.o        += -DARCH=__$(ARCH)__ \
> +       -DBIT=__$(if $(CONFIG_64BIT),64,32)__           \
> +       -DENDIAN=__$(if $(CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN),big,little)__
>  hostprogs-$(BUILD_C_RECORDMCOUNT) += recordmcount
>
>  always         := $(hostprogs-y) $(hostprogs-m)
>
> Then, custom the related data struct(Elf...) for the specific
> target(Perhaps we can steal some code from glibc...) and as a result,
> no need to check the targets at run-time... just like what we have
> done for the Perl version of recordmcount, but for the C version of
> recordmcount, we only need to pass the information for one time.
>
> Regard,
> Wu Zhangjin
>
> On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 7:42 PM, wu zhangjin <wuzhangjin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi, Arnaud
>>
>> This only happen at 32bit + big endian, so, perhaps, the symbol
>> reltype of bitendian 32bit differs from little endian 32bit, I will
>> check it later, thanks!
>>
>> Regards,
>> Wu Zhangjin
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> The build of an `allyesconfig' configuration from v2.6.37-rc3 is
>>> failing relatively soon on the following:
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>  LD      init/mounts.o
>>> /OpenWrt-SDK-ar71xx-for-Linux-i686/staging_dir/toolchain-mips_gcc4.1.2/bin/mips-linux-ld:
>>> init/do_mounts.o: bad reloc symbol index (0x20200 >= 0x84) for offset
>>> 0x0 in section `__mcount_loc'
>>>
>>> /OpenWrt-SDK-ar71xx-for-Linux-i686/staging_dir/toolchain-mips_gcc4.1.2/bin/mips-linux-ld
>>> -v
>>> GNU ld version 2.17
>>>
>>> The toolchain originated from OpenWRT Kamikaze and is available on their FTP[0].
>>>
>>> I've not been able to locate the exact point of failure.
>>>
>>>  - Arnaud
>>>
>>> [0]: http://downloads.openwrt.org/kamikaze/8.09.2/ar71xx/
>>>
>>>
>>
>



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