Re: [main-line]Build warnings on PowerPC system

[Venkat Rao Bagalkote <venkat88@linux.ibm.com>]

On 27/03/25 7:22 pm, Madhavan Srinivasan wrote:
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> On 3/27/25 12:33 AM, Venkat Rao Bagalkote wrote:
>> Greetings!!!
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>> I see below build warnings while compiling mainline kernel on IBM Power9 system.
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>> Repo Link: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/
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>> Head Commit: f6e0150b2003fb2b9265028a618aa1732b3edc8f
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>> Attached is the .config.
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>> Machine: IBM Power9
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>> gcc version 11.5.0
> What is the ld version in your system.

Please find the ld version below.

GNU ld version 2.35.2-59.el9


Regards,

Venkat.

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> Reason for asking is that currently with
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> commit  579aee9fc594a ("powerpc: suppress some linker warnings in recent linker versions")
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> ld version greater than >2.39, this warning is being suppressed.
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> Maddy
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>>
>> Warnings:
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>> ld: warning: arch/powerpc/boot/zImage.epapr has a LOAD segment with RWX permissions
>> ld: warning: arch/powerpc/boot/zImage.pseries has a LOAD segment with RWX permissions
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>>
>> If you happen to fix this, please add below tag.
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>> Reported-by: Venkat Rao Bagalkote <venkat88@linux.ibm.com>
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>> Regards,
>>
>> Venkat.