From: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
To: "Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP)" <chleroy@kernel.org>
Cc: Feng Tang <feng.tang@linux.alibaba.com>,
kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>,
linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>,
clang-built-linux@googlegroups.com,
oe-kbuild-all@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>
Subject: Re: ld.lld: error: relocation R_PPC_ADDR16_LO cannot be used against symbol 'init_task'; recompile with -fPIC
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2026 16:41:54 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260712204154.GB1697833@ax162> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <37fe4a15-e51b-411e-9667-a1c670f413e1@kernel.org>
On Fri, Jul 10, 2026 at 06:33:49AM +0200, Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP) wrote:
> + Clang
>
> Le 10/07/2026 à 04:51, Feng Tang a écrit :
> > Thanks for the report!
> >
> > Add Powerpc list.
>
> This is a Clang build with Clang linker, did you reproduce the problem with
> a normal GCC build ?
This does not reproduce with either the GNU toolchain or LLVM + the GNU
assembler. It only reproduces with clang's integrated assembler. I am
pretty sure I have seen this error before so I suspect that this
bisection is bogus like mentioned below.
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 10, 2026 at 06:18:50AM +0800, kernel test robot wrote:
> > > tree: https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgit.kernel.org%2Fpub%2Fscm%2Flinux%2Fkernel%2Fgit%2Ftorvalds%2Flinux.git&data=05%7C02%7Cchristophe.leroy2%40cs-soprasteria.com%7C016c05b801ba48f2593f08dede2e29c2%7C8b87af7d86474dc78df45f69a2011bb5%7C0%7C0%7C639192487094863506%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=fQm6QfsJ2ggaKoRJWCz4dsaquz7Wo3uhRnOexVUrTnQ%3D&reserved=0 master
> > > head: 0e35b9b6ec0ffcc5e23cbdec09f5c622ad532b53
> > > commit: d5cae2261b86913e602452ce4a07e6aefc0f603b dma-contiguous: simplify numa cma area handling
> > > date: 6 weeks ago
> > > config: powerpc-randconfig-r133-20260709 (https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdownload.01.org%2F0day-ci%2Farchive%2F20260710%2F202607100652.WPUlEAfx-lkp%40intel.com%2Fconfig&data=05%7C02%7Cchristophe.leroy2%40cs-soprasteria.com%7C016c05b801ba48f2593f08dede2e29c2%7C8b87af7d86474dc78df45f69a2011bb5%7C0%7C0%7C639192487094899182%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=BkT0BYyJtniz6YPzGpYbO0jn2T7vBDBLaK2Tsh1LcnE%3D&reserved=0)
> > > compiler: clang version 21.1.8 (https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fllvm%2Fllvm-project&data=05%7C02%7Cchristophe.leroy2%40cs-soprasteria.com%7C016c05b801ba48f2593f08dede2e29c2%7C8b87af7d86474dc78df45f69a2011bb5%7C0%7C0%7C639192487094917538%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=5%2BLVtRoojuNbhEMr3BhM2xF50PV%2FIYh%2FWw3ipDIWG%2FY%3D&reserved=0 2078da43e25a4623cab2d0d60decddf709aaea28)
> > > sparse: v0.6.5-rc1
> > > reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdownload.01.org%2F0day-ci%2Farchive%2F20260710%2F202607100652.WPUlEAfx-lkp%40intel.com%2Freproduce&data=05%7C02%7Cchristophe.leroy2%40cs-soprasteria.com%7C016c05b801ba48f2593f08dede2e29c2%7C8b87af7d86474dc78df45f69a2011bb5%7C0%7C0%7C639192487094935016%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2BrpcCLuNecZIfyF6N5X%2FFcHhdG9YzLBAErvBGHyjjak%3D&reserved=0)
> >
> >
> > > All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):
> > >
> > > > > ld.lld: error: relocation R_PPC_ADDR16_LO cannot be used against symbol 'init_task'; recompile with -fPIC
> > > >>> defined in vmlinux.a(init/init_task.o)
> > > >>> referenced by head_44x.S:101 (arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.S:101)
> > > >>> arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.o:(.head.text+0x42) in archive vmlinux.a
> > > --
> > > > > ld.lld: error: relocation R_PPC_ADDR16_HI cannot be used against symbol 'init_thread_union'; recompile with -fPIC
> > > >>> defined in ./arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds:133
> > > >>> referenced by head_44x.S:108 (arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.S:108)
> > > >>> arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.o:(.head.text+0x4e) in archive vmlinux.a
> >
> > I checked the patch and couldn't find obvious clue between the patch and
> > the error.
> >
> > commit d5cae2261b8691 only changes kernel/dma/contiguous.c, which is under
> > CONFIG_DMA_CMA per kernel/dma/Makefile. In your config above, CONFIG_DMA_CMA
> > is not even set, so the contigous.c should not be compiled. Could you help
> > to double check? thanks!
> >
> > - Feng
> >
> > > Kconfig warnings: (for reference only)
> > > WARNING: unmet direct dependencies detected for HOTPLUG_CPU
> > > Depends on [n]: SMP [=y] && (PPC_PSERIES [=n] || PPC_PMAC [=n] || PPC_POWERNV [=n] || FSL_SOC_BOOKE [=n])
> > > Selected by [y]:
> > > - PM_SLEEP_SMP [=y] && SMP [=y] && (ARCH_SUSPEND_POSSIBLE [=y] || ARCH_HIBERNATION_POSSIBLE [=y]) && PM_SLEEP [=y]
> > >
> > > --
> > > 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service
> > > https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fintel%2Flkp-tests%2Fwiki&data=05%7C02%7Cchristophe.leroy2%40cs-soprasteria.com%7C016c05b801ba48f2593f08dede2e29c2%7C8b87af7d86474dc78df45f69a2011bb5%7C0%7C0%7C639192487094952205%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=sqz%2BJ2dpT3ZZjlQyyvAhgPdP9jS0kJLpbRKTcV4rM50%3D&reserved=0
> >
>
--
Cheers,
Nathan
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-12 20:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-09 22:18 kernel test robot
2026-07-10 2:51 ` Feng Tang
2026-07-10 4:33 ` Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP)
2026-07-10 9:44 ` Feng Tang
2026-07-12 20:41 ` Nathan Chancellor [this message]
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