Re: [BUG] 4.9.0 build error on Alpha

[Bob Tracy <rct@gherkin.frus.com>]

On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 10:11:45AM +0000, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> (...) 
>  You need to keep the `*(.alphalib)' line only, i.e. drop the first and 
> the last line added by the patch, as the output section statement and its 
> curly braces surrounding input section specifiers are already produced 
> elsewhere.
> (...)

Thought to try this, but, bad news.

With '.section .alphalib,"ax"' added to the top of "arch/alpha/lib/*.S"
(below opening comment block, if present, but prior to any include directives),
and the modified patch to "arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S", I now get
multiple relocation errors as follows:

  LD      init/built-in.o
arch/alpha/lib/lib.a(strcat.o): In function `strcat':
(.text+0x60): relocation truncated to fit: BRADDR against symbol `__stxcpy' defined in .text section in arch/alpha/lib/lib.a(stxcpy.o)
arch/alpha/lib/lib.a(strncat.o): In function `strncat':
(.text+0x60): relocation truncated to fit: BRADDR against symbol `__stxncpy' defined in .text section in arch/alpha/lib/lib.a(stxncpy.o)
drivers/built-in.o: In function `radeon_cs_parser_init.part.4':
drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_cs.o:(.text+0x119bd0): relocation truncated to fit: BRSGP against symbol `__copy_user' defined in .alphalib section in arch/alpha/lib/lib.a(copy_user.o)
drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_cs.o:(.text+0x119cd8): relocation truncated to fit: BRSGP against symbol `__copy_user' defined in .alphalib section in arch/alpha/lib/lib.a(copy_user.o)
drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_cs.o:(.text+0x119db4): relocation truncated to fit: BRSGP against symbol `__copy_user' defined in .alphalib section in arch/alpha/lib/lib.a(copy_user.o)
drivers/built-in.o: In function `radeon_cs_ioctl':
(.text+0x11aa28): relocation truncated to fit: BRSGP against symbol `__copy_user' defined in .alphalib section in arch/alpha/lib/lib.a(copy_user.o)
drivers/built-in.o: In function `radeon_cs_ioctl':
(.text+0x11aaf8): relocation truncated to fit: BRSGP against symbol `__copy_user' defined in .alphalib section in arch/alpha/lib/lib.a(copy_user.o)
drivers/built-in.o: In function `vga_arb_read':
drivers/gpu/vga/.tmp_vgaarb.o:(.text+0x215844): relocation truncated to fit: BRSGP against symbol `__copy_user' defined in .alphalib section in arch/alpha/lib/lib.a(copy_user.o)
drivers/built-in.o: In function `vga_arb_write':
drivers/gpu/vga/.tmp_vgaarb.o:(.text+0x2162c4): relocation truncated to fit: BRSGP against symbol `__copy_user' defined in .alphalib section in arch/alpha/lib/lib.a(copy_user.o)
drivers/built-in.o: In function `dma_buf_ioctl':
drivers/dma-buf/.tmp_dma-buf.o:(.text+0x233998): relocation truncated to fit: BRSGP against symbol `__copy_user' defined in .alphalib section in arch/alpha/lib/lib.a(copy_user.o)
drivers/built-in.o: In function `generic_ide_ioctl':
(.text+0x237c64): additional relocation overflows omitted from the output
Makefile:969: recipe for target 'vmlinux' failed
make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1

--Bob