+ kbuild-check-if-linker-supports-the-x-option.patch added to -mm tree

+ kbuild-check-if-linker-supports-the-x-option.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     kbuild: check if linker supports the -X option
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     kbuild-check-if-linker-supports-the-x-option.patch

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Subject: kbuild: check if linker supports the -X option
From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>

The new alternative `gold' linker in recent binutils doesn't support the
-X option.  This breaks allyesconfig builds that have
CONFIG_STRIP_ASM_SYMS enabled.  Check if the linker really supports the
option using ld-option.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 Makefile |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -puN Makefile~kbuild-check-if-linker-supports-the-x-option Makefile
--- a/Makefile~kbuild-check-if-linker-supports-the-x-option
+++ a/Makefile
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ LDFLAGS_MODULE += $(LDFLAGS_BUILD_ID)
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux += $(LDFLAGS_BUILD_ID)
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_STRIP_ASM_SYMS),y)
-LDFLAGS_vmlinux	+= -X
+LDFLAGS_vmlinux	+= $(call ld-option, -X,)
 endif
 
 # Default kernel image to build when no specific target is given.
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from andi@firstfloor.org are

linux-next.patch
mm-memory-failure-remove-config_unevictable_lru-config-option.patch
kbuild-fix-ld-option-makefile-macro-to-really-work.patch
kbuild-check-if-linker-supports-the-x-option.patch
kbuild-echo-the-record_mcount-command.patch
kbuild-fail-build-if-recordmcountpl-fails.patch
kbuild-set-fconserve-stack-option-for-gcc-45.patch
vfs-optimization-for-touch_atime.patch
vfs-optimize-touch_time-too.patch
hugetlb-restore-interleaving-of-bootmem-huge-pages.patch
documentation-memorytxt-remove-some-very-outdated-recommendations.patch
build_bug_on-fix-it-and-a-couple-of-bogus-uses-of-it.patch
video-console-use-div_round_up.patch
time-add-function-to-convert-between-calendar-time-and-broken-down-time-for-universal-use.patch
fatfs-use-common-time_to_tm-in-fat_time_unix2fat.patch
page-types-add-feature-for-walking-process-address-space.patch
memcg-improve-resource-counter-scalability.patch
memcg-improve-resource-counter-scalability-v5.patch
exec-make-do_coredump-more-resilient-to-recursive-crashes-v9.patch
exec-let-do_coredump-limit-the-number-of-concurrent-dumps-to-pipes-v9.patch
exec-allow-do_coredump-to-wait-for-user-space-pipe-readers-to-complete-v9.patch