[PATCH V2] modpost: Amend ppc64 save/restfpr symnames for -Os build
René Rebe
rene at exactco.de
Sun Nov 23 23:13:30 AEDT 2025
Building a size optimized ppc64 kernel (-Os), gcc emits more FP
save/restore symbols, that the linker generates on demand into the
.sfpr section. Explicitly allow-list those in scripts/mod/modpost.c,
too. They are needed for the amdgpu in-kernel floating point support.
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>
---
V2: description
Theoretically for -stable, but no previous commit that broke it.
---
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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René Rebe, ExactCODE GmbH, Berlin, Germany
https://exactco.de • https://t2linux.com • https://patreon.com/renerebe
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