Re: [PATCH -next] MIPS: VDSO: Fix build error with binutils 2.24 and earlier

From: Guenter Roeck
Date: Sun Jan 03 2016 - 18:08:38 EST


On 12/23/2015 09:04 PM, Guenter Roeck wrote:
Commit 2a037f310bab ("MIPS: VDSO: Fix build error") tries to fix a build
error seen with binutils 2.24 and earlier. However, the fix does not work,
and again results in the already known build errors if the kernel is built
with an earlier version of binutils.

CC arch/mips/vdso/gettimeofday.o
/tmp/ccnOVbHT.s: Assembler messages:
/tmp/ccnOVbHT.s:50: Error: can't resolve `_start' {*UND* section} - `L0 {.text section}
/tmp/ccnOVbHT.s:374: Error: can't resolve `_start' {*UND* section} - `L0 {.text section}
scripts/Makefile.build:258: recipe for target 'arch/mips/vdso/gettimeofday.o' failed
make[2]: *** [arch/mips/vdso/gettimeofday.o] Error 1


Fixes: 2a037f310bab ("MIPS: VDSO: Fix build error")

The above patch, and thus the build error with binutils 2.24 and earlier introduced by it,
has now made it into the mainline kernel.

Guenter

Cc: Qais Yousef <qais.yousef@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Tested with binutils 2.25 and 2.22.

arch/mips/vdso/Makefile | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/mips/vdso/Makefile b/arch/mips/vdso/Makefile
index 018f8c7b94f2..14568900fc1d 100644
--- a/arch/mips/vdso/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/vdso/Makefile
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ aflags-vdso := $(ccflags-vdso) \
# the comments on that file.
#
ifndef CONFIG_CPU_MIPSR6
- ifeq ($(call ld-ifversion, -lt, 22500000, y),)
+ ifeq ($(call ld-ifversion, -lt, 22500000, y),y)
$(warning MIPS VDSO requires binutils >= 2.25)
obj-vdso-y := $(filter-out gettimeofday.o, $(obj-vdso-y))
ccflags-vdso += -DDISABLE_MIPS_VDSO


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