Problem compiling (linking) linux-2.4.18-rc4

Meinhard E. Mayer (hardy@weyl.ps.uci.edu)
Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:12:25 -0800


I got the following link error message when compiling linux-2.4.18-rc4 :

ld -m elf_i386 -T /src/linux/arch/i386/vmlinux.lds -e stext
arch/i386/kernel/head.o arch/i386/kernel/init_task.o init/main.o
init/version.o \
--start-group \
arch/i386/kernel/kernel.o
arch/i386/mm/mm.o kernel/kernel.o mm/mm.o fs/fs.o ipc/ipc.o \
drivers/parport/driver.o drivers/char/char.o
drivers/block/block.o drivers/misc/misc.o drivers/net/net.o
drivers/media/media.o drivers/char/agp/agp.o drivers/char/drm/drm.o
drivers/ide/idedriver.o drivers/scsi/scsidrv.o drivers/cdrom/driver.o
drivers/sound/sounddrivers.o drivers/pci/driver.o drivers/pnp/pnp.o
drivers/video/video.o drivers/usb/usbdrv.o \
net/network.o \
/src/linux/arch/i386/lib/lib.a
/src/linux/lib/lib.a /src/linux/arch/i386/lib/lib.a \
--end-group \
-o vmlinux
fs/fs.o: In function dput':
fs/fs.o(.text+0x11918): undefined
reference to atomic_dec_and_lock'
make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1

Apparently the latest patch (rc3->rc4) messed something up in fs.
atomic_dec_and_loc occurs in 4 source files there.

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Hardy
(Meinhard E. Mayer)
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