Commit 1d489151e9f9d1647110277ff77282fe4d96d09b upstream. Thanks to a recent binutils change which doesn't generate unused symbols, it's now possible for thunk_64.o be completely empty without CONFIG_PREEMPTION: no text, no data, no symbols. We could edit the Makefile to only build that file when CONFIG_PREEMPTION is enabled, but that will likely create confusion if/when the thunks end up getting used by some other code again. Just ignore it and move on. Reported-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@xxxxxxx> Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@xxxxxxxxx> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1254 Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> --- This fixes a build break caused by the most recent version of binutils (2.36). tools/objtool/elf.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/objtool/elf.c b/tools/objtool/elf.c index 4e1d7460574b..9452cfb01ef1 100644 --- a/tools/objtool/elf.c +++ b/tools/objtool/elf.c @@ -354,8 +354,11 @@ static int read_symbols(struct elf *elf) symtab = find_section_by_name(elf, ".symtab"); if (!symtab) { - WARN("missing symbol table"); - return -1; + /* + * A missing symbol table is actually possible if it's an empty + * .o file. This can happen for thunk_64.o. + */ + return 0; } symtab_shndx = find_section_by_name(elf, ".symtab_shndx"); -- 2.29.2
