Subject: Re: linux-next: build warning after merge of the tip tree

From: Kees Cook <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2020 13:11:37 -0700

On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 01:22:49PM +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> After merging the tip tree, today's linux-next build (x86_64 allmodconfig)
> produced this warning:
> 
> x86_64-linux-gnu-ld: warning: orphan section `.ctors.65435' from `kernel/trace/trace_selftest_dynamic.o' being placed in section `.ctors.65435'
> [...]

Hmm, I wasn't seeing that...

Which gcc and bintuils versions are you using?

> Probably exposed by commit
> 
>   83109d5d5fba ("x86/build: Warn on orphan section placement")

Very likely! :)

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Kees Cook