Re: [OpenRISC] [PATCH] openrisc: Add _text symbol to fix ksym build error

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Stafford,

On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 1:55 PM, Stafford Horne <shorne@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The build report reports:
>
>    .tmp_kallsyms1.o: In function `kallsyms_relative_base':
>>> (.rodata+0x8a18): undefined reference to `_text'
>
> This is when using 'make alldefconfig'. Adding this _text symbol to mark
> the start of the kernel as in other architecture fixes this.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stafford Horne <shorne@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/openrisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/openrisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/openrisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> index ef31fc2..58eaca0 100644
> --- a/arch/openrisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> +++ b/arch/openrisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> @@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ SECTIONS
>          /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
>          . = LOAD_BASE ;
>
> +       _text = .;
> +
>         /* _s_kernel_ro must be page aligned */
>         . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
>         _s_kernel_ro = .;
> @@ -66,6 +68,7 @@ SECTIONS
>          * fixup is definitely necessary
>          */
>
> +       _data = .;

This change is not mentioned in the patch description.
Is it required? Does it fix something different?

>         _sdata = .;
>
>         /* Page alignment required for RO_DATA_SECTION */

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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