Hi Qian, Thank you for the patch! Yet something to improve: [auto build test ERROR on linus/master] [cannot apply to v5.3-rc8 next-20190904] [if your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, please drop us a note to help improve the system] url: https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Qian-Cai/powerpc-lockdep-fix-a-false-positive-warning/20190910-053719 config: powerpc-ps3_defconfig (attached as .config) compiler: powerpc64-linux-gcc (GCC) 7.4.0 reproduce: wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross # save the attached .config to linux build tree GCC_VERSION=7.4.0 make.cross ARCH=powerpc If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag Reported-by: kbuild test robot All errors (new ones prefixed by >>): >> kernel/locking/lockdep.o:(.toc+0x0): undefined reference to `bss_hole_start' >> kernel/locking/lockdep.o:(.toc+0x8): undefined reference to `bss_hole_end' --- 0-DAY kernel test infrastructure Open Source Technology Center https://lists.01.org/pipermail/kbuild-all Intel Corporation