On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 09:32:03PM +0800, Xi Ruoyao wrote: > Hi all, > > The latest GNU assembler (binutils-2.36.1) is removing unused section symbols > like Clang [1]. So linux-5.10.15 can't be built with binutils-2.36.1 now. It > has been reported as https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=211693. > > I can confirm this commit fixes the issue. It should be cherry-picked into > stable branches, so the following stable releases will be able to built with > latest GNU toolchain. > > [1]: https://sourceware.org/pipermail/binutils/2020-December/114671.html > > At last, happy new lunar year guys :). > > On 2020-12-16 13:49 +0000, tip-bot2 for Josh Poimboeuf wrote: > > The following commit has been merged into the objtool/urgent branch of tip: > > > > Commit-ID: 44f6a7c0755d8dd453c70557e11687bb080a6f21 Now queued up for 5.10.y. If people want it in older kernels, please provide a working backport. thanks, greg k-h
