From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.active-venture.com (mail.active-venture.com [67.228.131.205]) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EAD71A04C6 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 02:25:12 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <53E8EE64.8020607@roeck-us.net> Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 09:25:08 -0700 From: Guenter Roeck MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Stephen Rothwell Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Fix "attempt to move .org backwards" error References: <1407561732-817-1-git-send-email-linux@roeck-us.net> <20140811102052.6d9c28cb@canb.auug.org.au> In-Reply-To: <20140811102052.6d9c28cb@canb.auug.org.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Mahesh Salgaonkar List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On 08/10/2014 05:20 PM, Stephen Rothwell wrote: > Hi Guenter, > > On Fri, 8 Aug 2014 22:22:12 -0700 Guenter Roeck wrote: >> >> Once again, we see >> >> arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S: Assembler messages: >> arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S:865: Error: attempt to move .org backwards >> arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S:866: Error: attempt to move .org backwards >> arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S:890: Error: attempt to move .org backwards >> >> when compiling ppc:allmodconfig. >> >> This time the problem has been caused by to commit 0869b6fd209bda >> ("powerpc/book3s: Add basic infrastructure to handle HMI in Linux"), >> which adds functions hmi_exception_early and hmi_exception_after_realmode >> into a critical (size-limited) code area, even though that does not appear >> to be necessary. >> >> Move those functions to a non-critical area of the file. >> >> Cc: Mahesh Salgaonkar >> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck >> --- >> Compile tested with all ppc configurations. >> The reported checkpatch error appears to be a false positive. > > Thanks. > > I have added that to my fixes tree for today. > Thanks! Guenter