Matthias Kaehlcke <[email protected]> wrote: > Commit 7c30f352c852 ("jiffies.h: declare jiffies and jiffies_64 with > ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp") removed a section specification from the > jiffies declaration that caused conflicts on some platforms. Unfortunately > this change broke the build for frv: > > kernel/built-in.o: In function `__do_softirq': > (.text+0x6460): relocation truncated to fit: R_FRV_GPREL12 against symbol > `jiffies' defined in *ABS* section in .tmp_vmlinux1 > kernel/built-in.o: In function `__do_softirq': > (.text+0x6574): relocation truncated to fit: R_FRV_GPREL12 against symbol > `jiffies' defined in *ABS* section in .tmp_vmlinux1 > kernel/built-in.o: In function `pwq_activate_delayed_work': > workqueue.c:(.text+0x15b9c): relocation truncated to fit: R_FRV_GPREL12 > against > symbol `jiffies' defined in *ABS* section in .tmp_vmlinux1 > ... > > Add __jiffy_arch_data to the declaration of jiffies and use it on frv to > include the section specification. For all other platforms __jiffy_arch_data > (currently) has no effect. > > Fixes: 7c30f352c852 ("jiffies.h: declare jiffies and jiffies_64 with > ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp") > Signed-off-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: David Howells <[email protected]>

