The original patch was missing a linker script file added
as part of the test suite. Attached is an updated patch
with the script. Below are test results for ppc64le.

		=== gdb Summary ===

                               PATCHED   unpatched
# of expected passes		27832       27830
# of unexpected failures	87          87
# of unexpected successes	1           1
# of expected failures		57          57
# of known failures		54          54
# of unresolved testcases	1           1
# of untested testcases		35          35
# of unsupported tests		264         264

On 02/17/2015 01:06 PM, Martin Sebor wrote:
> The attached patch fixes the SEGV and lets GDB successfully
> load all kernel modules installed by default on RHEL 7. GDB
> still aborts when attempting to list functions in many of
> the modules but that's a separate problem (bug #17993).
>
> The patch has been tested on ppc64 with the results below.
>
>          === gdb Summary ===
>
>                                PATCHED   unpatched
> # of expected passes            29991       29989
> # of unexpected failures        103         103
> # of unexpected successes       1           1
> # of expected failures          67          67
> # of known failures             54          54
> # of untested testcases         32          32
> # of unsupported tests          190         190
>
> Martin
>