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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S11
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index bf4700755184..b34ab80fddd5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -34,11 +34,9 @@ OUTPUT_FORMAT(CONFIG_OUTPUT_FORMAT, CONFIG_OUTPUT_FORMAT, CONFIG_OUTPUT_FORMAT)
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
OUTPUT_ARCH(i386)
ENTRY(phys_startup_32)
-jiffies = jiffies_64;
#else
OUTPUT_ARCH(i386:x86-64)
ENTRY(phys_startup_64)
-jiffies_64 = jiffies;
#endif
#if defined(CONFIG_X86_64) && defined(CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA)
@@ -142,6 +140,15 @@ SECTIONS
CACHELINE_ALIGNED_DATA(L1_CACHE_BYTES)
DATA_DATA
+ /*
+ * Workaround a binutils (2.20.51.0.12 to 2.21.51.0.3) bug.
+ * This makes jiffies relocatable in such binutils
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
+ jiffies = jiffies_64;
+#else
+ jiffies_64 = jiffies;
+#endif
CONSTRUCTORS
/* rarely changed data like cpu maps */