Hi Lee,
On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 06:18:22PM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> Commit 09e5b3fd5672 ("Fonts: Support FONT_EXTRA_WORDS macros for
> built-in fonts") introduced the following error when building
> rpc_defconfig (only this build appears to be affected):
>
> `acorndata_8x8' referenced in section `.text' of arch/arm/boot/compressed/ll_char_wr.o:
> defined in discarded section `.data' of arch/arm/boot/compressed/font.o
> `acorndata_8x8' referenced in section `.data.rel.ro' of arch/arm/boot/compressed/font.o:
> defined in discarded section `.data' of arch/arm/boot/compressed/font.o
> make[3]: *** [/scratch/linux/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile:191: arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux] Error 1
> make[2]: *** [/scratch/linux/arch/arm/boot/Makefile:61: arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux] Error 2
> make[1]: *** [/scratch/linux/arch/arm/Makefile:317: zImage] Error 2
>
> The .data section is discarded at link time. Reinstating
> acorndata_8x8 as const ensures it is still available after linking.
Thanks a lot for fixing this up! I wasn't aware that the symbol is being
referenced in arch/arm/boot/compressed/ll_char_wr.S. I'm sorry for the
trouble. The patch is,
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Russell King <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Peilin Ye <yepeilin.cs@xxxxxxxxx>
Thank you,
Peilin Ye
