From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9576EC6787C for ; Sun, 14 Oct 2018 07:07:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16F6D2064E for ; Sun, 14 Oct 2018 07:07:17 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 16F6D2064E Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux.ee Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726499AbeJNOrQ (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Oct 2018 10:47:16 -0400 Received: from mx2.cyber.ee ([193.40.6.72]:58938 "EHLO mx2.cyber.ee" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726342AbeJNOrQ (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Oct 2018 10:47:16 -0400 To: linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Meelis Roos Subject: Relocation (type 4) overflow on alpha for big module Message-ID: <5bc11e00-258d-a6ea-fe63-ddcfdb847071@linux.ee> Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2018 10:07:13 +0300 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.2.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: et-EE Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I decided to try btrfs on one of my alphas and got a surprise - btrfs module does not load: modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'btrfs': Exec format error dmesg has module btrfs: Relocation (type 4) overflow vs btrfs_attach_transaction_barrier Happens both natively on alpha: binutils 2.30.0 (Gentoo 2.30 p2) and gcc version 7.3.0 (Gentoo 7.3.0-r3 p1.4) or in cross-compiling: binutils (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.31.1 and gcc version 8.1.0 (Debian 8.1.0-12) btrfs.ko has size 2939856. Build-in btrfs initializes and tests itself just fine. This seems to have happened in the distant past: https://www.redhat.com/archives/axp-list/2005-March/msg00060.html Do we have a similar binutils problem again with big modules? -- Meelis Roos