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Arvind Sankar e78d334a54 x86/boot: Mark global variables as static 
Mike Lothian reports that after commit
  964124a97b ("efi/x86: Remove extra headroom for setup block")
gcc 10.1.0 fails with

  HOSTCC  arch/x86/boot/tools/build
  /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/10.1.0/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld:
  error: linker defined: multiple definition of '_end'
  /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/10.1.0/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld:
  /tmp/ccEkW0jM.o: previous definition here
  collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
  make[1]: *** [scripts/Makefile.host:103: arch/x86/boot/tools/build] Error 1
  make: *** [arch/x86/Makefile:303: bzImage] Error 2

The issue is with the _end variable that was added, to hold the end of
the compressed kernel from zoffsets.h (ZO__end). The name clashes with
the linker-defined _end symbol that indicates the end of the build
program itself.

Even when there is no compile-time error, this causes build to use
memory past the end of its .bss section.

To solve this, mark _end as static, and for symmetry, mark the rest of
the variables that keep track of symbols from the compressed kernel as
static as well.

Fixes: 964124a97b ("efi/x86: Remove extra headroom for setup block")
Reported-by: Mike Lothian <mike@fireburn.co.uk>
Tested-by: Mike Lothian <mike@fireburn.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@alum.mit.edu>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200511225849.1311869-1-nivedita@alum.mit.edu
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
History 2020-05-14 11:11:20 +02:00
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.gitignore .gitignore: add SPDX License Identifier 2020-03-25 11:50:48 +01:00
build.c x86/boot: Mark global variables as static 2020-05-14 11:11:20 +02:00