[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/5] purgatory: put variables altered by kexec in .data not .bss
On 16/09/13 13:43, Daniel Kiper wrote: > On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 09:00:38PM +0100, David Vrabel wrote: >> From: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx> >> >> elf_rel_set_symbol() fails if the symbol is in the .bss section. >> >> Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@xxxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> purgatory/arch/i386/console-x86.c | 6 +++--- >> purgatory/arch/i386/crashdump_backup.c | 8 +++++--- >> purgatory/arch/x86_64/purgatory-x86_64.c | 6 +++--- >> purgatory/include/purgatory.h | 4 ++++ >> purgatory/purgatory.c | 4 ++-- >> 5 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/purgatory/arch/i386/console-x86.c >> b/purgatory/arch/i386/console-x86.c >> index 9773573..40a734b 100644 >> --- a/purgatory/arch/i386/console-x86.c >> +++ b/purgatory/arch/i386/console-x86.c >> @@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ static void putchar_vga(int ch) >> */ >> >> /* Base Address */ >> -uint8_t console_serial = 0; >> -uint16_t serial_base = 0x3f8; /* TTYS0 */ >> -uint32_t serial_baud = 0; >> +uint8_t console_serial __data = 0; >> +uint16_t serial_base __data = 0x3f8; /* TTYS0 */ >> +uint32_t serial_baud __data = 0; > > Hmmm... I do not know why we need this patch. I can build kexec-tools > in my env without it. I suppose that most of people can too. > Could you check what is wrong with your build system? Regardless of whether it works with some tools, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to try and set the value of symbols in the .bss section. .bss is only for symbols with a value of zero. David _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
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