arm-linux-gnueabi-ld: error: .tmp_vmlinux1.btf.o is already in final BE8 format

From: kernel test robot

Date: Sat Feb 07 2026 - 00:27:42 EST


tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
head: 2687c848e57820651b9f69d30c4710f4219f7dbf
commit: 916aa36042db8ee230543ffe0d192f900e8b8c9f clocksource/drivers/timer-tegra186: Avoid 64-bit divide operation
date: 5 months ago
config: arm-randconfig-004-20260207 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260207/202602071318.Sgn17FhB-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/config)
compiler: arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc (GCC) 8.5.0
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260207/202602071318.Sgn17FhB-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/reproduce)

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| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202602071318.Sgn17FhB-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/

All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):

>> arm-linux-gnueabi-ld: error: .tmp_vmlinux1.btf.o is already in final BE8 format
arm-linux-gnueabi-ld: failed to merge target specific data of file .tmp_vmlinux1.btf.o

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