[PATCH] modpost: amend ppc symnames for -Os build

René Rebe rene at exactco.de
Tue Nov 18 23:17:35 AEDT 2025


Building a size optimized ppc kernel, gcc emmits more symbols than
currently allowed listed in scripts/mod/modpost.c. Add to fix:

MODPOST Module.symvers
ERROR: modpost: "_restfpr_20" [drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.ko] undefined!
ERROR: modpost: "_restfpr_26" [drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.ko] undefined!
ERROR: modpost: "_restfpr_22" [drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.ko] undefined!
ERROR: modpost: "_savegpr1_27" [drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.ko] undefined!
ERROR: modpost: "_savegpr1_25" [drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.ko] undefined!
ERROR: modpost: "_restfpr_28" [drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.ko] undefined!
ERROR: modpost: "_savegpr1_29" [drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.ko] undefined!
ERROR: modpost: "_savefpr_20" [drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.ko] undefined!
ERROR: modpost: "_savefpr_22" [drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.ko] undefined!
ERROR: modpost: "_restfpr_15" [drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.ko] undefined!
WARNING: modpost: suppressed 56 unresolved symbol warnings because there were too many)

Signed-off-by: René Rebe <rene at exactco.de>

---
 scripts/mod/modpost.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 47c8aa2a6939..133dfa16308a 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -602,6 +602,10 @@ static int ignore_undef_symbol(struct elf_info *info, const char *symname)
 		/* Special register function linked on all modules during final link of .ko */
 		if (strstarts(symname, "_restgpr0_") ||
 		    strstarts(symname, "_savegpr0_") ||
+		    strstarts(symname, "_restgpr1_") ||
+		    strstarts(symname, "_savegpr1_") ||
+		    strstarts(symname, "_restfpr_") ||
+		    strstarts(symname, "_savefpr_") ||
 		    strstarts(symname, "_restvr_") ||
 		    strstarts(symname, "_savevr_") ||
 		    strcmp(symname, ".TOC.") == 0)
-- 
2.46.0

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