[Gold] problem building linux kernel

[Markus Trippelsdorf <markus at trippelsdorf dot de>]

I use gold as the default linker here and it's working fine except when
I build the linux kernel:

LD      drivers/built-in.o
  LD      vmlinux.o
  MODPOST vmlinux.o
WARNING: modpost: Found 6 section mismatch(es).
To see full details build your kernel with:
'make CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH=y'
  GEN     .version
  CHK     include/generated/compile.h
  UPD     include/generated/compile.h
  CC      init/version.o
  LD      init/built-in.o
  LD      .tmp_vmlinux1
  KSYM    .tmp_kallsyms1.S
  AS      .tmp_kallsyms1.o
  LD      .tmp_vmlinux2
  KSYM    .tmp_kallsyms2.S
  AS      .tmp_kallsyms2.o
  LD      vmlinux
  SYSMAP  System.map
  SYSMAP  .tmp_System.map
  CC      arch/x86/boot/a20.o
  AS      arch/x86/boot/bioscall.o
  CC      arch/x86/boot/cmdline.o
  AS      arch/x86/boot/copy.o
  HOSTCC  arch/x86/boot/mkcpustr
  CC      arch/x86/boot/cpucheck.o
  CC      arch/x86/boot/early_serial_console.o
  CC      arch/x86/boot/edd.o
  VOFFSET arch/x86/boot/voffset.h
  CC      arch/x86/boot/main.o
  CC      arch/x86/boot/mca.o
  LDS     arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds
  AS      arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.o
  CC      arch/x86/boot/memory.o
  CC      arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.o
  CC      arch/x86/boot/pm.o
  CC      arch/x86/boot/compressed/string.o
  CC      arch/x86/boot/compressed/cmdline.o
  CC      arch/x86/boot/compressed/early_serial_console.o
  AS      arch/x86/boot/pmjump.o
  CC      arch/x86/boot/printf.o
  CC      arch/x86/boot/regs.o
  OBJCOPY arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin
BFD: arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin: warning: allocated section `.data..percpu' not in segment
objcopy:arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin[.text]: File truncated
objcopy:arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin: File truncated
make[2]: *** [arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....

So I'm forced to use "make LD=/usr/bin/ld.bfd" to get around this error.

Would it be hard to fix this issue in gold or is this a kernel side
problem?

-- 
Markus