Re: [PATCH] modpost: Skip .llvm.call-graph-profile section check

From: Denis Nikitin
Date: Tue Aug 22 2023 - 13:21:53 EST


On Tue, Aug 22, 2023 at 8:47 AM Nick Desaulniers
<ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 11:54 PM Denis Nikitin <denik@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > .llvm.call-graph-profile section is added when the kernel is built with
> > profiles (e.g. -fprofile-sample-use=<llvm.profile>). The section holds
> > metadata for symbols beloning to other sections and hence doesn't need
> > modpost checks.
> >
> > This change fixes the kernel build with sample profiles which fails
> > with:
> > "FATAL: modpost: Please add code to calculate addend for this architecture"
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Denis Nikitin <denik@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Thanks for the patch. If you send a v2 with Fangrui's suggested
> changes+additions, feel free to carry forward my reviewed by tag.
>
> Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>
>

Thanks! Will do shortly.

- Denis