frv build failure in mainline kernel

[Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>]

Hi all,

frv fails to build in mainline with the following build errors.

kernel/built-in.o: In function `__do_softirq':
(.text+0x6460): relocation truncated to fit: R_FRV_GPREL12 against symbol
`jiffies' defined in *ABS* section in .tmp_vmlinux1
kernel/built-in.o: In function `__do_softirq':
(.text+0x6574): relocation truncated to fit: R_FRV_GPREL12 against symbol
`jiffies' defined in *ABS* section in .tmp_vmlinux1
kernel/built-in.o: In function `pwq_activate_delayed_work':
workqueue.c:(.text+0x15b9c): relocation truncated to fit: R_FRV_GPREL12 against
symbol `jiffies' defined in *ABS* section in .tmp_vmlinux1
kernel/built-in.o: In function `worker_enter_idle':
workqueue.c:(.text+0x1612c): relocation truncated to fit: R_FRV_GPREL12 against
symbol `jiffies' defined in *ABS* section in .tmp_vmlinux1
workqueue.c:(.text+0x161f0): relocation truncated to fit: R_FRV_GPREL12 against
symbol `jiffies' defined in *ABS* section in .tmp_vmlinux1
kernel/built-in.o: In function `pool_mayday_timeout':
workqueue.c:(.text+0x1630c): relocation truncated to fit: R_FRV_GPREL12 against
symbol `jiffies' defined in *ABS* section in .tmp_vmlinux1
kernel/built-in.o: In function `idle_worker_timeout':
workqueue.c:(.text+0x1649c): relocation truncated to fit: R_FRV_GPREL12 against
symbol `jiffies' defined in *ABS* section in .tmp_vmlinux1
workqueue.c:(.text+0x164f8): relocation truncated to fit: R_FRV_GPREL12 against
symbol `jiffies' defined in *ABS* section in .tmp_vmlinux1
kernel/built-in.o: In function `__queue_work':
workqueue.c:(.text+0x170f4): relocation truncated to fit: R_FRV_GPREL12 against
symbol `jiffies' defined in *ABS* section in .tmp_vmlinux1
kernel/built-in.o: In function `__queue_delayed_work':
workqueue.c:(.text+0x1745c): relocation truncated to fit: R_FRV_GPREL12 against
symbol `jiffies' defined in *ABS* section in .tmp_vmlinux1
kernel/built-in.o: In function `worker_thread':
workqueue.c:(.text+0x182e4): additional relocation overflows omitted from the output

Bisect points to commit 7c30f352c852 ("jiffies.h: declare jiffies and jiffies_64
with ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp"). Bisect log is attached.

Guenter

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# first bad commit: [7c30f352c852bae2715ad65ac4a38ca9af7d7696] jiffies.h: declare jiffies and jiffies_64 with ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp