On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 07:57:52AM +0200, Helge Deller wrote:
> On 12.04.2017 04:59, Bob Tracy wrote:
> > Bottom line is, no kernel I've built since 4.9 can load a module. All
> > attempts to load a module result in the error message emitted by
> > "arch/alpha/kernel/module.c" as follows:
> >
> > module XXX: Unknown relocation: 1
> >
>
> I assume it's due this commmit "modversions: treat symbol CRCs as 32 bit
> quantities":
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=71810db27c1c853b335675bee335d893bc3d324b
>
> For parisc this patch solves it:
> parisc: support R_PARISC_SECREL32 relocation in modules
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5f655322b1ba4bd46e26e307d04098f9c84df764
>
> > module XXX: Unknown relocation: 1
>
> For alpha it seems you need to add similar code to handle R_ALPHA_REFLONG
> to apply_relocate_add() in arch/alpha/kernel/module.c
Would the attached patch fix it? Untested because I don't see the
above issue.
Cheers
Michael.
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/module.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/module.c
index 936bc8f89a67..47632fa8c24e 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/module.c
@@ -181,6 +181,9 @@ apply_relocate_add(Elf64_Shdr *sechdrs, const char *strtab,
switch (r_type) {
case R_ALPHA_NONE:
break;
+ case R_ALPHA_REFLONG:
+ *(u32 *)location = value;
+ break;
case R_ALPHA_REFQUAD:
/* BUG() can produce misaligned relocations. */
((u32 *)location)[0] = value;
