Re: [PATCH v9 4/6] init: allow initcall tables to be emitted using relative references

Hi Ard,

I love your patch! Yet something to improve:

[auto build test ERROR on linus/master]
[also build test ERROR on v4.18-rc2 next-20180629]
[if your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, please drop us a note to help improve the system]

url:    https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Ard-Biesheuvel/arch-enable-relative-relocations-for-arm64-power-and-x86/20180627-025148
config: powerpc-allyesconfig (attached as .config)
compiler: powerpc64-linux-gnu-gcc (Debian 7.2.0-11) 7.2.0
reproduce:
        wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross
        chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
        # save the attached .config to linux build tree
        GCC_VERSION=7.2.0 make.cross ARCH=powerpc 

All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):

   {standard input}: Assembler messages:

quoted

{standard input}: Error: .size expression for .discard does not evaluate to a constant

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