tools/objtool/check.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Fix compilation failure when compiling the kernel with the x32 toolchain.
In file included from check.c:16:
check.c: In function ‘check_abs_references’:
/usr/src/git/linux-2.6/tools/objtool/include/objtool/warn.h:47:17: error: format ‘%lx’ expects argument of type ‘long unsigned int’, but argument 7 has type ‘u64’ {aka ‘long
long unsigned int’} [-Werror=format=]
47 | "%s%s%s: objtool" extra ": " format "\n", \
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/src/git/linux-2.6/tools/objtool/include/objtool/warn.h:54:9: note: in expansion of macro ‘___WARN’
54 | ___WARN(severity, "", format, ##__VA_ARGS__)
| ^~~~~~~
/usr/src/git/linux-2.6/tools/objtool/include/objtool/warn.h:74:27: note: in expansion of macro ‘__WARN’
74 | #define WARN(format, ...) __WARN(WARN_STR, format, ##__VA_ARGS__)
| ^~~~~~
check.c:4713:33: note: in expansion of macro ‘WARN’
4713 | WARN("section %s has absolute relocation at offset 0x%lx",
| ^~~~
Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
Fixes: 0d6e4563fc03 ("objtool: Add action to check for absence of absolute relocations")
---
tools/objtool/check.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Index: linux-2.6/tools/objtool/check.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/tools/objtool/check.c 2025-10-13 21:42:48.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/tools/objtool/check.c 2025-10-13 21:48:33.000000000 +0200
@@ -4710,8 +4710,8 @@ static int check_abs_references(struct o
for_each_reloc(sec->rsec, reloc) {
if (arch_absolute_reloc(file->elf, reloc)) {
- WARN("section %s has absolute relocation at offset 0x%lx",
- sec->name, reloc_offset(reloc));
+ WARN("section %s has absolute relocation at offset 0x%llx",
+ sec->name, (unsigned long long)reloc_offset(reloc));
ret++;
}
}On Mon, Oct 20, 2025 at 02:23:58PM +0200, Mikulas Patocka wrote:
> Fix compilation failure when compiling the kernel with the x32 toolchain.
>
> In file included from check.c:16:
> check.c: In function ‘check_abs_references’:
> /usr/src/git/linux-2.6/tools/objtool/include/objtool/warn.h:47:17: error: format ‘%lx’ expects argument of type ‘long unsigned int’, but argument 7 has type ‘u64’ {aka ‘long
> long unsigned int’} [-Werror=format=]
> 47 | "%s%s%s: objtool" extra ": " format "\n", \
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> /usr/src/git/linux-2.6/tools/objtool/include/objtool/warn.h:54:9: note: in expansion of macro ‘___WARN’
> 54 | ___WARN(severity, "", format, ##__VA_ARGS__)
> | ^~~~~~~
> /usr/src/git/linux-2.6/tools/objtool/include/objtool/warn.h:74:27: note: in expansion of macro ‘__WARN’
> 74 | #define WARN(format, ...) __WARN(WARN_STR, format, ##__VA_ARGS__)
> | ^~~~~~
> check.c:4713:33: note: in expansion of macro ‘WARN’
> 4713 | WARN("section %s has absolute relocation at offset 0x%lx",
> | ^~~~
>
> Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
> Fixes: 0d6e4563fc03 ("objtool: Add action to check for absence of absolute relocations")
You could've kept Ard's Ack. I'll go add it manually.
Thanks!
The following commit has been merged into the objtool/urgent branch of tip:
Commit-ID: 49c98f30f4021b560676a336f8a46a4f642eee2b
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/49c98f30f4021b560676a336f8a46a4f642eee2b
Author: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
AuthorDate: Mon, 20 Oct 2025 14:23:58 +02:00
Committer: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
CommitterDate: Wed, 22 Oct 2025 15:21:55 +02:00
objtool: Fix failure when being compiled on x32 system
Fix compilation failure when compiling the kernel with the x32 toolchain.
In file included from check.c:16:
check.c: In function ¡check_abs_references¢:
/usr/src/git/linux-2.6/tools/objtool/include/objtool/warn.h:47:17: error: format ¡%lx¢ expects argument of type ¡long unsigned int¢, but argument 7 has type ¡u64¢ {aka ¡long
long unsigned int¢} [-Werror=format=]
47 | "%s%s%s: objtool" extra ": " format "\n", \
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/src/git/linux-2.6/tools/objtool/include/objtool/warn.h:54:9: note: in expansion of macro ¡___WARN¢
54 | ___WARN(severity, "", format, ##__VA_ARGS__)
| ^~~~~~~
/usr/src/git/linux-2.6/tools/objtool/include/objtool/warn.h:74:27: note: in expansion of macro ¡__WARN¢
74 | #define WARN(format, ...) __WARN(WARN_STR, format, ##__VA_ARGS__)
| ^~~~~~
check.c:4713:33: note: in expansion of macro ¡WARN¢
4713 | WARN("section %s has absolute relocation at offset 0x%lx",
| ^~~~
Fixes: 0d6e4563fc03 ("objtool: Add action to check for absence of absolute relocations")
Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/1ac32fff-2e67-5155-f570-69aad5bf5412@redhat.com
---
tools/objtool/check.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/objtool/check.c b/tools/objtool/check.c
index 3c7ab91..620854f 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/check.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/check.c
@@ -4711,8 +4711,8 @@ static int check_abs_references(struct objtool_file *file)
for_each_reloc(sec->rsec, reloc) {
if (arch_absolute_reloc(file->elf, reloc)) {
- WARN("section %s has absolute relocation at offset 0x%lx",
- sec->name, reloc_offset(reloc));
+ WARN("section %s has absolute relocation at offset 0x%llx",
+ sec->name, (unsigned long long)reloc_offset(reloc));
ret++;
}
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