When building powerpc configurations in linux-5.4.y with binutils 2.43 or newer, there is an assembler error in arch/powerpc/boot/util.S:
arch/powerpc/boot/util.S: Assembler messages: arch/powerpc/boot/util.S:44: Error: junk at end of line, first unrecognized character is `0' arch/powerpc/boot/util.S:49: Error: syntax error; found `b', expected `,' arch/powerpc/boot/util.S:49: Error: junk at end of line: `b'
binutils 2.43 contains stricter parsing of certain labels [1], namely that leading zeros are no longer allowed. The GNU assembler documentation already somewhat forbade this construct:
To define a local label, write a label of the form 'N:' (where N represents any non-negative integer).
Eliminate the leading zero in the label to fix the syntax error. This is only needed in linux-5.4.y because commit 8b14e1dff067 ("powerpc: Remove support for PowerPC 601") removed this code altogether in 5.10.
Link: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=226749d5a6ff0d... [1] Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor nathan@kernel.org --- v1 -> v2: - Adjust commit message to make it clearer this construct was already incorrect under the existing GNU assembler documentation (Segher)
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/20250902235234.2046667-1-nathan@kernel.org/ --- arch/powerpc/boot/util.S | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/util.S b/arch/powerpc/boot/util.S index f11f0589a669..5ab2bc864e66 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/boot/util.S +++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/util.S @@ -41,12 +41,12 @@ udelay: srwi r4,r4,16 cmpwi 0,r4,1 /* 601 ? */ bne .Ludelay_not_601 -00: li r0,86 /* Instructions / microsecond? */ +0: li r0,86 /* Instructions / microsecond? */ mtctr r0 10: addi r0,r0,0 /* NOP */ bdnz 10b subic. r3,r3,1 - bne 00b + bne 0b blr
.Ludelay_not_601:
base-commit: c25f780e491e4734eb27d65aa58e0909fd78ad9f