关于linux内核编译时出现错误 objtool: missing symbol table的解决方法

在内核编译时出现了objtool: missing symbol table的错误导致编译失败上网找了一圈之后找到下面的方法。

新建一个文件thunkpatch.patch填入

---
 tools/objtool/elf.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 
diff --git a/tools/objtool/elf.c b/tools/objtool/elf.c
index be89c741ba9a..2b0f4f52f7b5 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/elf.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/elf.c
@@ -380,8 +380,11 @@ static int read_symbols(struct elf *elf)
 
 	symtab = find_section_by_name(elf, ".symtab");
 	if (!symtab) {
-		WARN("missing symbol table");
-		return -1;
+		/*
+		 * A missing symbol table is actually possible if it's an empty
+		 * .o file.  This can happen for thunk_64.o.
+		 */
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	symtab_shndx = find_section_by_name(elf, ".symtab_shndx");
-- 
2.29.2

然后在linux源码目录下执行

patch -p1 < thunkpatch.patch所在目录/thunkpatch.patch

再次编译就可以解决问题