Build failure in v4.4.y.queue (ppc:allmodconfig)

[Michal Suchánek]

On Thu, 9 May 2019 06:07:31 -0700
Guenter Roeck <linux at roeck-us.net> wrote:

> On 5/9/19 2:49 AM, Michal Suchánek wrote:
> > On Thu, 9 May 2019 08:53:24 +0200
> > Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh at linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> >   
> >> On Wed, May 08, 2019 at 01:26:42PM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:  
> >>> I see multiple instances of:
> >>>
> >>> arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S:839: Error:
> >>> 	attempt to move .org backwards
> >>>
> >>> in v4.4.y.queue (v4.4.179-143-gc4db218e9451).
> >>>
> >>> This is due to commit 9b2d4e06d7f1 ("powerpc/64s: Add support for a store
> >>> forwarding barrier at kernel entry/exit"), which is part of a large patch
> >>> series and can not easily be reverted.
> >>>
> >>> Guess I'll stop doing ppc:allmodconfig builds in v4.4.y ?  
> >>
> >> Michael, I thought this patch series was supposed to fix ppc issues, not
> >> add to them :)
> >>
> >> Any ideas on what to do here?  
> > 
> > What exact code do you build?
> >  
> $ make ARCH=powerpc CROSS_COMPILE=powerpc64-linux- allmodconfig
> $ powerpc64-linux-gcc --version
> powerpc64-linux-gcc (GCC) 8.3.0
>

Gcc should not see this file. I am asking because I do not see an .org
directive at line 839 of 4.4.179. I probably need some different repo
or extra patches to see the same code as you do.

Thanks

Michal