Module.c should not define linker variables on its own. We have an include file for that. Cc: Rusty Russell Cc: Andi Kleen Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter --- kernel/module.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/kernel/module.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/module.c 2007-11-21 13:11:28.495858392 -0800 +++ linux-2.6/kernel/module.c 2007-11-21 13:11:29.322858718 -0800 @@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include extern int module_sysfs_initialized; @@ -338,9 +339,6 @@ static inline unsigned int block_size(in return val; } -/* Created by linker magic */ -extern char __per_cpu_start[], __per_cpu_end[]; - static void *percpu_modalloc(unsigned long size, unsigned long align, const char *name) { --