Subject: Re: linux-next: build warnings after merge of the kbuild tree

From: Michal Marek <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2016 14:59:59 +0200

On 2016-08-17 03:44, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi Michal,
> 
> After merging the kbuild tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc
> ppc64_defconfig) produced these warnings:
> 
> WARNING: 25 bad relocations
> c000000000cf2570 R_PPC64_ADDR64    __crc___arch_hweight16
[...]
> Introduced by commit
> 
>   9445aa1a3062 ("ppc: move exports to definitions")
> 
> I have reverted that commit for today.
> 
> [cc-ing the ppc guys for clues - also involved is commit
> 
>   22823ab419d8 ("EXPORT_SYMBOL() for asm")
> ]

FWIW, I see these warnings as well. Any help from ppc developers is
appreciated - should the R_PPC64_ADDR64 be whitelisted for exported asm
symbols (their CRCs actually)?

Thanks,
Michal