proxy_pda was Re: What was in the x86 merge for .20

Andi Kleen
2006-12-08T21:06:34Z

On Friday 08 December 2006 21:35, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> Arkadiusz Miskiewicz wrote:
> > LD .tmp_vmlinux1
> > arch/i386/kernel/built-in.o: In function `math_emulate':
> > (.text+0x3809): undefined reference to `_proxy_pda'
> >
>
> Hm, in theory nothing should ever generate a reference to _proxy_pda.
> What compiler are you using?

Looking at Arkadiusz' output file it looks like gcc 4.2 decided to CSE the
address :/

movl $_proxy_pda+8, %edx #, tmp65

Very sad, but legitimate.

The only workaround I can think of would be to define it as a symbol
(or away in vmlinux.lds.S). Or do away with the idea of proxy_pda
again.

-Andi