Re: linux-next: manual merge of the tip tree with the kbuild tree

From: Stephen Rothwell
Date: Wed Oct 14 2020 - 21:57:52 EST


Hi all,

On Fri, 25 Sep 2020 15:25:45 +1000 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Today's linux-next merge of the tip tree got a conflict in:
>
> arch/arm/Makefile
>
> between commit:
>
> 596b0474d3d9 ("kbuild: preprocess module linker script")
>
> from the kbuild tree and commit:
>
> 5a17850e251a ("arm/build: Warn on orphan section placement")
>
> from the tip tree.
>
> I fixed it up (see below) and can carry the fix as necessary. This
> is now fixed as far as linux-next is concerned, but any non trivial
> conflicts should be mentioned to your upstream maintainer when your tree
> is submitted for merging. You may also want to consider cooperating
> with the maintainer of the conflicting tree to minimise any particularly
> complex conflicts.
>
> diff --cc arch/arm/Makefile
> index e15f76ca2887,e589da3c8949..000000000000
> --- a/arch/arm/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/arm/Makefile
> @@@ -16,6 -16,14 +16,10 @@@ LDFLAGS_vmlinux += --be
> KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE += --be8
> endif
>
> + # We never want expected sections to be placed heuristically by the
> + # linker. All sections should be explicitly named in the linker script.
> + LDFLAGS_vmlinux += $(call ld-option, --orphan-handling=warn)
> +
> -ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARM_MODULE_PLTS),y)
> -KBUILD_LDS_MODULE += $(srctree)/arch/arm/kernel/module.lds
> -endif
> -
> GZFLAGS :=-9
> #KBUILD_CFLAGS +=-pipe
>

This is now a conflict between the kbuild tree and Linus' tree.

--
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell

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