Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Fix "attempt to move .org backwards" error

[Guenter Roeck]

On 08/10/2014 05:20 PM, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi Guenter,
>
> On Fri,  8 Aug 2014 22:22:12 -0700 Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Once again, we see
> >
> > arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S: Assembler messages:
> > arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S:865: Error: attempt to move .org backwards
> > arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S:866: Error: attempt to move .org backwards
> > arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S:890: Error: attempt to move .org backwards
> >
> > when compiling ppc:allmodconfig.
> >
> > This time the problem has been caused by to commit 0869b6fd209bda
> > ("powerpc/book3s: Add basic infrastructure to handle HMI in Linux"),
> > which adds functions hmi_exception_early and hmi_exception_after_realmode
> > into a critical (size-limited) code area, even though that does not appear
> > to be necessary.
> >
> > Move those functions to a non-critical area of the file.
> >
> > Cc: Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Compile tested with all ppc configurations.
> > The reported checkpatch error appears to be a false positive.
>
> Thanks.
>
> I have added that to my fixes tree for today.
Thanks!

Guenter

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