Re: [PATCH v3] x86, kaslr: Prevent .bss from overlaping initrd

[Greg Thelen]

On Mon, Nov 17 2014, Greg Thelen wrote:
[...]
> Given that bss and brk are nobits (i.e. only ALLOC) sections, does
> file_offset make sense as a load address.  This fails with gold:
>
> $ git checkout v3.18-rc5
> $ make  # with gold
> [...]
> ..bss and .brk lack common file offset
> ..bss and .brk lack common file offset
> ..bss and .brk lack common file offset
> ..bss and .brk lack common file offset
>   MKPIGGY arch/x86/boot/compressed/piggy.S
> Usage: arch/x86/boot/compressed/mkpiggy compressed_file run_size
> make[2]: *** [arch/x86/boot/compressed/piggy.S] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux] Error 2
> make: *** [bzImage] Error 2
[...]

I just saw http://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg1869328.html which
fixes things for me.  Sorry for the noise.
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