On Thu, 03 Jul 2014 15:34:38 +0100 "Jan Beulich" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Certain ld versions (observed with 2.20.0) put an empty .rela.dyn > section into shared object files, breaking the assumption on the number > of sections to be copied to the final output. Simply discard any empty > SHT_REL and SHT_RELA sections to address this. > > Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <[email protected]> > Cc: Andy Lutomirski <[email protected]> > --- > arch/x86/vdso/vdso2c.h | 3 +++ > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) > > --- 3.16-rc3/arch/x86/vdso/vdso2c.h > +++ 3.16-rc3-x86-vdso-build/arch/x86/vdso/vdso2c.h > @@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ static void BITSFUNC(copy_section)(struc > uint64_t flags = GET_LE(&in->sh_flags); > > bool copy = flags & SHF_ALLOC && > + (GET_LE(&in->sh_size) || > + (GET_LE(&in->sh_type) != SHT_RELA && > + GET_LE(&in->sh_type) != SHT_REL)) && > strcmp(name, ".altinstructions") && > strcmp(name, ".altinstr_replacement"); Tested-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> (hint) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
