The gold linker has known issues of failing the build in random and predictible ways. H.J. stated:
"Since building a workable kernel for different kernel configurations isn't a requirement for gold, I don't recommend gold for kernel." So instead of dealing with attempts to duct tape gold support without understanding the root cause, fail the build when gold is detected. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <t...@linutronix.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/came9roqmqkq0lnpm25ye_yt0fkp05wmhorwc0ardb53mifk...@mail.gmail.com --- scripts/Kconfig.include | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) --- a/scripts/Kconfig.include +++ b/scripts/Kconfig.include @@ -35,5 +35,8 @@ ld-option = $(success,$(LD) -v $(1)) $(error-if,$(failure,command -v $(CC)),compiler '$(CC)' not found) $(error-if,$(failure,command -v $(LD)),linker '$(LD)' not found) +# Fail if the linker is gold as it's not capable of linking the kernel proper +$(error-if,$(success, command -v $(LD) -v | grep -q gold), gold linker '$(LD)' not supported) + # gcc version including patch level gcc-version := $(shell,$(srctree)/scripts/gcc-version.sh $(CC))
