bpf_slow_path: sibling call to `skb_copy_bits' not allowed multiple TOCs (ppc)

Stephen Rothwell sfr at canb.auug.org.au
Thu Mar 29 14:30:40 EST 2012


Hi Paul,

On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:54:56 -0400 Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker at windriver.com> wrote:
>
> coverage.   Even in the absence of the skb error, it still fails to link with:
> 
>     "powerpc-linux-ld: TOC section size exceeds 64k"
> 
> i.e. it never links into anything a person could actually try and boot anyway.
> 
> So, just knowing "yes that is bogus because you've got a giant kernel
> with multiple TOC" would be useful information here.

This last message has been known for a long time and would require us to
change the way we link the kernel to fix.  I had a go at it a year or so
ago, but ran into binutils bugs :-(

The other message may be a result of the TOC section size problem, but I
am not sure.
-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr at canb.auug.org.au
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