+ if { verlt "${kversion}" "5.11"; } && { vergte "${kversion}" "4.10"; } ; then
+ # Binutils > 2.35 strips empty symbol tables, causing obltool to fail
+ # in certain cases when files are empty.
+ # @see https://gitlab.com/linux-kernel/stable/-/commit/1d489151e9f9d1647110277ff77282fe4d96d09b
+ #
+ # There doesn't seem to be any LD/AS/AR flags to control this behaviour,
+ # therefore patching tools/objtool/elf.c is attempted.
+ patch_linux_kernel 1d489151e9f9d1647110277ff77282fe4d96d09b
+ if { verlt "${kversion}" "4.18"; } ; then
+ patch_linux_kernel e81e0724432542af8d8c702c31e9d82f57b1ff31
+ fi
+ fi
+
+ if { vergt "${selected_cc_version}" "7"; } && { vergte "${kversion}" "4.15"; } && { verlt "${kversion}" "4.17"; } ; then
+ # Builds fail due to -Werror=restrict in pager.o and str_error_r.o
+ if { verlt "${kversion}" "4.16"; } ; then
+ # This is patched since objtool's Makefile doesn't respect HOSTCFLAGS
+ # @see https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ad343a98e74e85aa91d844310e797f96fee6983b
+ patch_linux_kernel ad343a98e74e85aa91d844310e797f96fee6983b
+ fi
+ if { verlt "${kversion}" "4.17"; } ; then
+ # This is patched since objtool's Makefile doesn't respect HOSTCFLAGS
+ # @see https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=854e55ad289ef8888e7991f0ada85d5846f5afb9
+ patch_linux_kernel 854e55ad289ef8888e7991f0ada85d5846f5afb9
+ fi
+
+ fi
+
+ if { vergt "${selected_cc_version}" "9"; } && { verlt "${kversion}" "5.6"; } ; then
+ # Duplicate decalarations of __force_order
+ # @see https://gitlab.com/linux-kernel/stable/-/commit/df6d4f9db79c1a5d6f48b59db35ccd1e9ff9adfc
+ patch_linux_kernel df6d4f9db79c1a5d6f48b59db35ccd1e9ff9adfc
+ # However, kaslr_64.c doesn't exit in 4.15, 4.16, it's named pagetable.c
+ if [ -f arch/x86/boot/compressed/pagetable.c ] ; then
+ sed -i '/^unsigned long __force_order;$/d' arch/x86/boot/compressed/pagetable.c
+ fi
+ fi
+
+ if { vergte "${kversion}" "4.15"; } && { verlt "${kversion}" "4.18"; } ; then
+ # Some old kernels fail to build when make is too new
+ # @see https://gitlab.com/linux-kernel/stable/-/commit/9feeb638cde083c737e295c0547f1b4f28e99583
+ patch_linux_kernel 9564a8cf422d7b58f6e857e3546d346fa970191e
+ # @see https://gitlab.com/linux-kernel/stable/-/commit/9feeb638cde083c737e295c0547f1b4f28e99583
+ patch_linux_kernel 9feeb638cde083c737e295c0547f1b4f28e99583
+ fi
+
+ if { vergte "${kversion}" "4.12"; } && { verlt "${kversion}" "4.19"; } ; then
+ # Old kernels can fail to build while on newer host kernels with errors
+ # such as:
+ # In file included from scripts/selinux/genheaders/genheaders.c:19:
+ # ./security/selinux/include/classmap.h:249:2: error: #error New address family defined, please update secclass_map.
+ # @see https://gitlab.com/linux-kernel/stable/-/commit/dfbd199a7cfe3e3cd8531e1353cdbd7175bfbc5e
+ #
+ patch_linux_kernel dfbd199a7cfe3e3cd8531e1353cdbd7175bfbc5e
+ fi
+
+ if { vergte "${kversion}" "3.18"; } && { verlt "${kversion}" "4.4"; } ; then
+ # Compatibility with binutils >= ~ 2.31
+ patch_linux_kernel b21ebf2fb4cde1618915a97cc773e287ff49173e
+ fi
+
+ # The above patch only partially applies linux 3.17, and has been, so a
+ # rebased version is used instead.
+ if { vergte "${kversion}" "3.17"; } && { verlt "${kversion}" "3.18"; } ; then
+ cat <<'EOF' | patch -p1
+diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c
+index 48598105..0652c5b6 100644
+--- a/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c
++++ b/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c
+@@ -516,6 +516,7 @@ int arch_kexec_apply_relocations_add(const Elf64_Ehdr *ehdr,
+ goto overflow;
+ break;
+ case R_X86_64_PC32:
++ case R_X86_64_PLT32:
+ value -= (u64)address;
+ *(u32 *)location = value;
+ break;
+diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/module.c b/arch/x86/kernel/module.c
+index e69f9882..7c6bc9fe 100644
+--- a/arch/x86/kernel/module.c
++++ b/arch/x86/kernel/module.c
+@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ int apply_relocate_add(Elf64_Shdr *sechdrs,
+ goto overflow;
+ break;
+ case R_X86_64_PC32:
++ case R_X86_64_PLT32:
+ val -= (u64)loc;
+ *(u32 *)loc = val;
+ #if 0
+diff --git a/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c b/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
+index bbb1d225..8deeacbc 100644
+--- a/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
++++ b/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
+@@ -763,6 +763,7 @@ static int do_reloc64(struct section *sec, Elf_Rel *rel, ElfW(Sym) *sym,
+ switch (r_type) {
+ case R_X86_64_NONE:
+ case R_X86_64_PC32:
++ case R_X86_64_PLT32:
+ /*
+ * NONE can be ignored and PC relative relocations don't
+ * need to be adjusted.
+EOF
+ fi
+
+ if ( { vergte "${kversion}" "3.14"; } && { verlt "${kversion}" "4.4"; } ) ||
+ ( { vergte "${kversion}" "4.15"; } && { verlt "${kversion}" "4.17"; } ); then
+ # While the original motivation of this patch is for fixing builds using
+ # clang, the same error occurs between linux >= 3.14 and < 4.4, and in
+ # 4.15, 4.16.
+ #
+ # This patch only partially applies due to changes in kernel/Makefile,
+ # so a supplementary patch is needed
+ #
+ # Without this patch, builds fail with
+ # Cannot find symbol for section 2: .text.
+ # kernel/elfcore.o: failed
+ #
+ # @see https://github.com/linuxppc/issues/issues/388
+ # @see https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20201204165742.3815221-2-arnd@kernel.org/
+ #
+ patch_linux_kernel 6e7b64b9dd6d96537d816ea07ec26b7dedd397b9
+ if grep -q elfcore.o kernel/Makefile ; then
+ sed -i '/^.* += elfcore.o$/d' kernel/Makefile
+ fi
+ fi
+ # Same as above for the v4.4 branch
+ if ( { vergte "${kversion}" "4.4"; } && { verlt "${kversion}" "4.4.257"; } ); then
+ patch_linux_kernel 3140b0740b31cc63cf2ee08bc3f746b423eb068d
+ if grep -q elfcore.o kernel/Makefile ; then
+ sed -i '/^.* += elfcore.o$/d' kernel/Makefile
+ fi
+ fi
+
+ if { vergte "${kversion}" "4.5"; } && { verlt "${kversion}" "4.8"; } ; then
+ # Kernels between v4.5 and v4.8 built with gcc >= 8 on arm will hit an
+ # assembler error :
+ #
+ # kernel/.tmp_fork.s: Assembler messages:
+ # kernel/.tmp_fork.s:1790: Error: .err encountered
+ #
+ # @see https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85745
+ #
+ patch_linux_kernel 9f73bd8bb445e0cbe4bcef6d4cfc788f1e184007
+ fi
+