Otherwise the build fails because prom_init is calling symbols it's not allowed to, eg:
Error: External symbol 'ftrace_likely_update' referenced from prom_init.c make[3]: *** [arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile:197: arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init_check] Error 1 Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <m...@ellerman.id.au> --- arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile index 4fdd8a3e775b..717b52b65d62 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ CFLAGS_btext.o += $(DISABLE_LATENT_ENTROPY_PLUGIN) CFLAGS_prom.o += $(DISABLE_LATENT_ENTROPY_PLUGIN) CFLAGS_prom_init.o += $(call cc-option, -fno-stack-protector) +CFLAGS_prom_init.o += -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER # Do not trace early boot code @@ -39,7 +40,6 @@ KASAN_SANITIZE_btext.o := n ifdef CONFIG_KASAN CFLAGS_early_32.o += -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING CFLAGS_cputable.o += -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING -CFLAGS_prom_init.o += -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING CFLAGS_btext.o += -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING endif -- 2.21.0