Subject: [BUG] as of trunk build Linux kernel trunk entry_32.S got error Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2011 14:30:51 -0000 From: Alan Modra X-Patchwork-Id: 606241 On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 05:48:01AM -0800, H.J. Lu wrote: > On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 10:16 PM, Hui Zhu wrote: > > as -version > > GNU assembler (GNU Binutils) 2.21.51.20110303 > >  AS      arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.o > > /home/teawater/big/kernel/linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S: > > Assembler messages: > > /home/teawater/big/kernel/linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S:1422: > > Error: .size expression does not evaluate to a constant > > > > When I change back to the as of system, everything is OK. > > > > Because I always use the as of trunk, so I think a recent PATCH caused > > the problem. > > > > You need > > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/hjl/linux-2.6.37.y.git;a=commitdiff;h=2c5ce9c1b8eb927c131a31d4466e24e00647e9cb That doesn't fix the similar entry_32.S problem. Here you go. diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S index c8b4efa..9ca3b0e 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S @@ -1413,7 +1413,7 @@ ENTRY(async_page_fault) CFI_ADJUST_CFA_OFFSET 4 jmp error_code CFI_ENDPROC -END(apf_page_fault) +END(async_page_fault) #endif /*