From: Alexander Sverdlin alexander.sverdlin@siemens.com

... otherwise it could be problematic to build external modules:

make[2]: Entering directory '.../kernel-module-hello-world' | CC [M] hello-world.o | MODPOST Module.symvers | CC [M] hello-world.mod.o | CC [M] .module-common.o | LD [M] hello-world.ko | powerpc-poky-linux-ld.bfd: cannot find arch/powerpc/lib/crtsavres.o: No such file or directory

Fixes: da3de6df33f5 ("[POWERPC] Fix -Os kernel builds with newer gcc versions") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Alexander Sverdlin alexander.sverdlin@siemens.com --- arch/powerpc/Makefile | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/Makefile index 9753fb87217c3..a58b1029592ce 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile +++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_PPC64)$(CONFIG_LD_IS_BFD),yy) # There is a corresponding test in arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE += --save-restore-funcs else -KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE += arch/powerpc/lib/crtsavres.o +KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE += $(objtree)/arch/powerpc/lib/crtsavres.o endif

ifdef CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN