From: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 07:24:09 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: x86, relocs: Workaround for binutils 2.22.52.0.1 section bug
X-Git-Tag: v3.5-rc1~45^2~3
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x86, relocs: Workaround for binutils 2.22.52.0.1 section bug

GNU ld 2.22.52.0.1 has a bug that it blindly changes symbols from
section-relative to absolute if they are in a section of zero length.
This turns the symbols __init_begin and __init_end into absolute
symbols.  Let the relocs program know that those should be treated as
relative symbols.

Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
---

diff --git a/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c b/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
index 74e16bb15dc4..4df285450e8c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ static const char * const sym_regex_kernel[S_NSYMTYPES] = {
  * as absolute (typically defined outside any section in the linker script.)
  */
 	[S_REL] =
-	"^_end$",
+	"^(__init_begin|__init_end|_end)$"
 };