* [RESEND RESEND PATCH] depmod: Ignore PowerPC64 ABIv2 .TOC. symbol
@ 2016-06-10 5:24 Michael Ellerman
2016-06-11 3:27 ` Lucas De Marchi
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Michael Ellerman @ 2016-06-10 5:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: lucas.de.marchi; +Cc: Anton Blanchard, linux-modules
From: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>
The .TOC. symbol on the PowerPC64 ABIv2 identifies the GOT
pointer, similar to how other architectures use _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_.
This is not a symbol that needs relocation, and should be ignored
by depmod.
---
tools/depmod.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/depmod.c b/tools/depmod.c
index 6e9bb4d..a2e07c1 100644
--- a/tools/depmod.c
+++ b/tools/depmod.c
@@ -2153,6 +2153,8 @@ static void depmod_add_fake_syms(struct depmod *depmod)
depmod_symbol_add(depmod, "__this_module", true, 0, NULL);
/* On S390, this is faked up too */
depmod_symbol_add(depmod, "_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_", true, 0, NULL);
+ /* On PowerPC64 ABIv2, .TOC. is more or less _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_ */
+ depmod_symbol_add(depmod, "TOC.", true, 0, NULL);
}
static int depmod_load_symvers(struct depmod *depmod, const char *filename)
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* Re: [RESEND RESEND PATCH] depmod: Ignore PowerPC64 ABIv2 .TOC. symbol
2016-06-10 5:24 [RESEND RESEND PATCH] depmod: Ignore PowerPC64 ABIv2 .TOC. symbol Michael Ellerman
@ 2016-06-11 3:27 ` Lucas De Marchi
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Lucas De Marchi @ 2016-06-11 3:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Michael Ellerman; +Cc: Anton Blanchard, linux-modules
On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 2:24 AM, Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> wrote:
> From: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>
>
> The .TOC. symbol on the PowerPC64 ABIv2 identifies the GOT
> pointer, similar to how other architectures use _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_.
>
> This is not a symbol that needs relocation, and should be ignored
> by depmod.
>
> ---
> tools/depmod.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/tools/depmod.c b/tools/depmod.c
> index 6e9bb4d..a2e07c1 100644
> --- a/tools/depmod.c
> +++ b/tools/depmod.c
> @@ -2153,6 +2153,8 @@ static void depmod_add_fake_syms(struct depmod *depmod)
> depmod_symbol_add(depmod, "__this_module", true, 0, NULL);
> /* On S390, this is faked up too */
> depmod_symbol_add(depmod, "_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_", true, 0, NULL);
> + /* On PowerPC64 ABIv2, .TOC. is more or less _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_ */
> + depmod_symbol_add(depmod, "TOC.", true, 0, NULL);
> }
>
> static int depmod_load_symvers(struct depmod *depmod, const char *filename)
Applied, thanks
Lucas De Marchi
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