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authorChris Metcalf <cmetcalf@ezchip.com>2016-01-21 01:59:12 +0300
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2016-01-21 04:09:18 +0300
commitf5948701891322770ad6ede317da5fc9cf33d2f0 (patch)
tree284fb3f9187e9ae46c13c1b65660967e873956f8 /lib
parent243c2137cda52599f6112f52b6be5e61fa6536ae (diff)
downloadlinux-f5948701891322770ad6ede317da5fc9cf33d2f0.tar.xz
lib/clz_tab.c: put in lib-y rather than obj-y
The clz table (__clz_tab) in lib/clz_tab.c is also provided as part of libgcc.a, and many architectures link against libgcc. To allow the linker to avoid a multiple-definition link failure, clz_tab.o has to be in lib/lib.a rather than lib/builtin.o. The specific issue is that libgcc.a comes before lib/builtin.o on vmlinux.o's link command line, so its _clz.o is pulled to satisfy __clz_tab, and then when the remainder of lib/builtin.o is pulled in to satisfy all the other dependencies, the __clz_tab symbols conflict. By putting clz_tab.o in lib.a, the linker can simply avoid pulling it into vmlinux.o when this situation arises. The definitions of __clz_tab are the same in libgcc.a and in the kernel; arguably we could also simply rename the kernel version, but it's unlikely the libgcc version will ever change to become incompatible, so just using it seems reasonably safe. Signed-off-by: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@ezchip.com> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r--lib/Makefile2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index fdeb7e304554..b2a82e600987 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_GLOB) += glob.o
obj-$(CONFIG_MPILIB) += mpi/
obj-$(CONFIG_SIGNATURE) += digsig.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_CLZ_TAB) += clz_tab.o
+lib-$(CONFIG_CLZ_TAB) += clz_tab.o
obj-$(CONFIG_DDR) += jedec_ddr_data.o