[arm-gnu] undefined reference to '__gnu_mcount_nc', Fall release 2009 Lite-version

[Bas van Tiel <bvantiel@xxxxxxxxx>]

Building the Linux kernel (linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip.git, tag
v2.6.31.6-rt19)
results in the following error with the Fall Release 2009 of the Lite version:

CHK     include/linux/compile.h
UPD     include/linux/compile.h
CC      init/version.o
LD      init/built-in.o
LD      .tmp_vmlinux1
init/built-in.o: In function `do_one_initcall':
calibrate.c:(.text+0x14): undefined reference to `__gnu_mcount_nc'
init/built-in.o: In function `run_init_process':
calibrate.c:(.text+0x1d0): undefined reference to `__gnu_mcount_nc'
init/built-in.o: In function `init_post':
calibrate.c:(.text+0x1fc): undefined reference to `__gnu_mcount_nc'
init/built-in.o: In function `name_to_dev_t':
calibrate.c:(.text+0x328): undefined reference to `__gnu_mcount_nc'
init/built-in.o: In function `rest_init':
calibrate.c:(.ref.text+0x10): undefined reference to `__gnu_mcount_nc'
init/built-in.o:calibrate.c:(.cpuinit.text+0x10): more undefined
references to `__gnu_mcount_nc'

The ftrace option: kernel function tracer has been selected, this
trigger the error

regards
Bas