Re: [PATCH] x86: Don't clare __force_order in kaslr_64.c

[H.J. Lu]

On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 10:24 AM Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > On Jan 24, 2020, at 10:18 AM, H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > ïGCC 10 changed the default to -fno-common, which leads to
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> >  LD      arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux
> > ld: arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable_64.o:(.bss+0x0): multiple definition of `__force_order'; arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr_64.o:(.bss+0x0): first defined here
> > make[2]: *** [arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile:119: arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux] Error 1
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> > Since __force_order is already provided in pgtable_64.c, there is no
> > need to declare __force_order in kaslr_64.c.
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> Why does anything actually define that variable?  Surely any actual references are just an outright bug.  Is it needed for LTO?

It is needed by GCC 10 without LTO.

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H.J.