Possible regression in next-20150323 due to "ARM, arm64: kvm: get rid of the bounce page"

[Tyler Baker]

Hi Simon,

On 23 March 2015 at 17:45, Simon Horman <horms at verge.net.au> wrote:
> Hi Ard,
>
> I have observe what appears to be a build regression in next-20150323
> caused by 06f75a1f62000 ("ARM, arm64: kvm: get rid of the bounce page").
>
> # make
> ...
> arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi-ld:./arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds:546: syntax error
>
> I have observed this using the cross-compiler that is available on kernel.org:
>
> https://www.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/files/bin/x86_64/4.6.3/
>
> # arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi-gcc --version
> arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi-gcc (GCC) 4.6.3
> Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
> warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
>
> # arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi-ld --version
> GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.22
> Copyright 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This program is free software; you may redistribute it under the terms of
> the GNU General Public License version 3 or (at your option) a later version.
> This program has absolutely no warranty.

I've also ran into this issue here[1], and can confirm that patch
causes problems with gcc 4.6 and gcc 4.7.

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[1] http://lists.linaro.org/pipermail/kernel-build-reports/2015-March/007884.html