[PATCH 59/74] lto: Handle LTO common symbols in module loader

[Andi Kleen]

From: Joe Mario <jmario@xxxxxxxxxx>

Here is the workaround I made for having the kernel not reject modules
built with -flto.  The clean solution would be to get the compiler to not
emit the symbol.  Or if it has to emit the symbol, then emit it as
initialized data but put it into a comdat/linkonce section.

Minor tweaks by AK over Joe's patch.

Cc: rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/module.c |    4 ++++
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index c00565a..2cbbae3 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -1904,6 +1904,10 @@ static int simplify_symbols(struct module *mod, const struct load_info *info)
 
 		switch (sym[i].st_shndx) {
 		case SHN_COMMON:
+			/* Ignore common symbols */
+			if (!strncmp(name, "__gnu_lto", 9))
+				break;
+
 			/* We compiled with -fno-common.  These are not
 			   supposed to happen.  */
 			pr_debug("Common symbol: %s\n", name);
-- 
1.7.7.6

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