ld.lld: error: relocation R_PPC_ADDR16_LO cannot be used against local symbol; recompile with -fPIC

ld.lld: error: relocation R_PPC_ADDR16_LO cannot be used against local symbol; recompile with -fPIC

[kernel test robot]

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:::::: Manual check reason: "only suspicious fbc files changed"
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BCC: lkp@intel.com
CC: oe-kbuild-all@lists.linux.dev
CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
TO: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
head:   b71e635feefc852405b14620a7fc58c4c80c0f73
commit: 84ffc79bfbf70c779e60218563f2f3ad45288671 kbuild: Add '-fno-builtin-wcslen'
date:   9 months ago
:::::: branch date: 24 hours ago
:::::: commit date: 9 months ago
config: powerpc-randconfig-r072-20260113 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260114/202601140453.Jf8Sl7jZ-lkp@intel.com/config)
compiler: clang version 22.0.0git (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project 9b8addffa70cee5b2acc5454712d9cf78ce45710)
smatch version: v0.5.0-8985-g2614ff1a
reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20260114/202601140453.Jf8Sl7jZ-lkp@intel.com/reproduce)

If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/202601140453.Jf8Sl7jZ-lkp@intel.com/

All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):

>> ld.lld: error: relocation R_PPC_ADDR16_LO cannot be used against local symbol; recompile with -fPIC
   >>> defined in vmlinux.a(arch/powerpc/kernel/head_85xx.o)
   >>> referenced by head_85xx.S:168 (arch/powerpc/kernel/head_85xx.S:168)
   >>>               arch/powerpc/kernel/head_85xx.o:(.head.text+0x30a) in archive vmlinux.a
--
>> ld.lld: error: relocation R_PPC_ADDR16_LO cannot be used against local symbol; recompile with -fPIC
   >>> defined in vmlinux.a(arch/powerpc/kernel/head_85xx.o)
   >>> referenced by head_85xx.S:169 (arch/powerpc/kernel/head_85xx.S:169)
   >>>               arch/powerpc/kernel/head_85xx.o:(.head.text+0x316) in archive vmlinux.a
--
>> ld.lld: error: relocation R_PPC_ADDR16_LO cannot be used against local symbol; recompile with -fPIC
   >>> defined in vmlinux.a(arch/powerpc/kernel/head_85xx.o)
   >>> referenced by head_85xx.S:178 (arch/powerpc/kernel/head_85xx.S:178)
   >>>               arch/powerpc/kernel/head_85xx.o:(.head.text+0x382) in archive vmlinux.a
--
>> ld.lld: error: relocation R_PPC_ADDR16_LO cannot be used against local symbol; recompile with -fPIC
   >>> defined in vmlinux.a(arch/powerpc/kernel/head_85xx.o)
   >>> referenced by head_85xx.S:179 (arch/powerpc/kernel/head_85xx.S:179)
   >>>               arch/powerpc/kernel/head_85xx.o:(.head.text+0x38e) in archive vmlinux.a
--
>> ld.lld: error: relocation R_PPC_ADDR16_LO cannot be used against local symbol; recompile with -fPIC
   >>> defined in vmlinux.a(arch/powerpc/kernel/head_85xx.o)
   >>> referenced by head_85xx.S:180 (arch/powerpc/kernel/head_85xx.S:180)
   >>>               arch/powerpc/kernel/head_85xx.o:(.head.text+0x39a) in archive vmlinux.a
--
>> ld.lld: error: relocation R_PPC_ADDR16_LO cannot be used against local symbol; recompile with -fPIC
   >>> defined in vmlinux.a(arch/powerpc/kernel/head_85xx.o)
   >>> referenced by head_85xx.S:181 (arch/powerpc/kernel/head_85xx.S:181)
   >>>               arch/powerpc/kernel/head_85xx.o:(.head.text+0x3a6) in archive vmlinux.a
--
>> ld.lld: error: relocation R_PPC_ADDR16_LO cannot be used against local symbol; recompile with -fPIC
   >>> defined in vmlinux.a(arch/powerpc/kernel/head_85xx.o)
   >>> referenced by head_85xx.S:182 (arch/powerpc/kernel/head_85xx.S:182)
   >>>               arch/powerpc/kernel/head_85xx.o:(.head.text+0x3b2) in archive vmlinux.a
--
>> ld.lld: error: relocation R_PPC_ADDR16_LO cannot be used against local symbol; recompile with -fPIC
   >>> defined in vmlinux.a(arch/powerpc/kernel/head_85xx.o)
   >>> referenced by head_85xx.S:183 (arch/powerpc/kernel/head_85xx.S:183)
   >>>               arch/powerpc/kernel/head_85xx.o:(.head.text+0x3be) in archive vmlinux.a
--
>> ld.lld: error: relocation R_PPC_ADDR16_LO cannot be used against local symbol; recompile with -fPIC
   >>> defined in vmlinux.a(arch/powerpc/kernel/head_85xx.o)
   >>> referenced by head_85xx.S:170 (arch/powerpc/kernel/head_85xx.S:170)
   >>>               arch/powerpc/kernel/head_85xx.o:(.head.text+0x322) in archive vmlinux.a
--
>> ld.lld: error: relocation R_PPC_ADDR16_LO cannot be used against local symbol; recompile with -fPIC
   >>> defined in vmlinux.a(arch/powerpc/kernel/head_85xx.o)
   >>> referenced by head_85xx.S:171 (arch/powerpc/kernel/head_85xx.S:171)
   >>>               arch/powerpc/kernel/head_85xx.o:(.head.text+0x32e) in archive vmlinux.a
--
>> ld.lld: error: relocation R_PPC_ADDR16_LO cannot be used against local symbol; recompile with -fPIC
   >>> defined in vmlinux.a(arch/powerpc/kernel/head_85xx.o)
   >>> referenced by head_85xx.S:172 (arch/powerpc/kernel/head_85xx.S:172)
   >>>               arch/powerpc/kernel/head_85xx.o:(.head.text+0x33a) in archive vmlinux.a
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