[U-Boot] [PATCH RFC] armv7: fixloop: don't fixup if location is NULL

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Mon Jan 10 11:20:52 CET 2011


Dear Minkyu Kang,

In message <AANLkTimvXwEBjUXQuwFyRwHb8y-oX-goCvpFcL1_1CCu at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
> 
> Declared function pointer.
> 
> int (*test_func)(void);

This results in a symbol in bss segment, right?

> And then, set to NULL at arch_cpu_init()

Such an assignment is illegal then. Bss has not been initalized before
relocation, and must not be accessed (neither read nor write).

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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