_sdata is defined twice in vmlinux.lds.S. According to vmlinux.ld.h in asm-generic, _sdata should be marked at the beginning RO_DATA_SECTION. * _sdata = .; * RO_DATA_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE) * RW_DATA_SECTION(...) * _edata = .; Remove the one that is marked at RW_DATA_SECTION. Signed-off-by: Tony Wu <tung7970@xxxxxxxxx> --- arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 - 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S index a81176f..924da5e 100644 --- a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S @@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ SECTIONS RODATA /* writeable */ - _sdata = .; /* Start of data section */ .data : { /* Data */ . = . + DATAOFFSET; /* for CONFIG_MAPPED_KERNEL */ -- 1.7.4.4