[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 0/4] Get rid of R_ARM_ABS32 relocation records

Albert ARIBAUD albert.u.boot at aribaud.net
Wed Mar 13 22:15:38 CET 2013


On Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:58:56 +0100, Albert ARIBAUD
<albert.u.boot at aribaud.net> wrote:

> R_ARM_ABS32 relocation records cause symbol references
> to be zero before relocation, and become correct only
> after relocation. On the other hand, R_ARM_RELATIVE
> records make references correct before as well as
> after relocation.
> 
> This patch series aims at removing all R_ARM_ABS32
> relocations from ARM targets.
> 
> the main contributor of R_ARM_ABS32 relocations is the
> support code for linker-lists, aka Linker-Generated
> Arrays. This is due to the fact that LGA start and end
> symbols, used for ranging these arrays, are linker-
> generated symbols, which always relocate as R_ARM_ABS32
> even though they are supposed *not* to be absolute.
> 
> V1 of this patch series fixed LGAs so that start or
> end symbols are actually compiler-generated, and thus
> their references are relocated using R_ARM_RELATIVE;
> V2 also fixes crt0 so that BSS start and end references
> do not produce R_ARM_ABS32 relocations either.
> 
> With V2, none of the targets built with MAKEALL -a arm
> produces any R_ARM_ABS32 relocation.
> 
> This series has been build-tested with ARM (295 targets
> clean) and powerpc (634 targets clean)
> 
> Changes in v2:
> - fixed missing .sram memory mapping in OMAP lds
> - removed useless linker script sections in SPL lds files
> - made BSS start and end compiler-generated
> - moved SPL linker script changes to their own commit
> - added KEEP() to all linker files
> - removed spurious change to common/command.c
> - changed empty type from struct {} to char[0]
> - dropped patch to removed board/micronas/vct/u-boot.lds
> - removed all references to u-boot.lst
> 
> Albert ARIBAUD (4):
>   arm: omap: map u_boot_lists section to .sram
>   Remove linker lists (LGAs) from SPL linker scripts
>   arm: make __bss_start and __bss_end__ compiler-generated
>   Refactor linker-generated arrays
> 
>  .gitignore                                       |    1 -
>  Makefile                                         |   13 +-
>  arch/arm/cpu/arm920t/ep93xx/u-boot.lds           |    2 +-
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>  arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/spear/u-boot-spl.lds      |    6 -
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>  arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/u-boot-spl.lds    |    4 -
>  arch/arm/cpu/ixp/u-boot.lds                      |   14 +-
>  arch/arm/cpu/u-boot-spl.lds                      |   93 ++++++++
>  arch/arm/cpu/u-boot.lds                          |   14 +-
>  arch/arm/lib/Makefile                            |    1 +
>  arch/arm/lib/bss.c                               |   39 ++++
>  arch/avr32/cpu/u-boot.lds                        |    2 +-
>  arch/blackfin/cpu/u-boot.lds                     |    2 +-
>  arch/microblaze/cpu/u-boot.lds                   |    2 +-
>  arch/mips/cpu/u-boot.lds                         |    2 +-
>  arch/nds32/cpu/n1213/u-boot.lds                  |    2 +-
>  arch/nios2/cpu/u-boot.lds                        |    2 +-
>  arch/powerpc/cpu/74xx_7xx/u-boot.lds             |    2 +-
>  arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc512x/u-boot.lds              |    2 +-
>  arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc5xx/u-boot.lds               |    2 +-
>  arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc5xxx/u-boot-customlayout.lds |    2 +-
>  arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc5xxx/u-boot.lds              |    2 +-
>  arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8220/u-boot.lds              |    2 +-
>  arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc824x/u-boot.lds              |    2 +-
>  arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8260/u-boot.lds              |    2 +-
>  arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc83xx/u-boot.lds              |    2 +-
>  arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/u-boot-nand.lds         |    2 +-
>  arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/u-boot-nand_spl.lds     |    2 +-
>  arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/u-boot.lds              |    2 +-
>  arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc86xx/u-boot.lds              |    2 +-
>  arch/powerpc/cpu/ppc4xx/u-boot.lds               |    2 +-
>  arch/sandbox/cpu/u-boot.lds                      |    2 +-
>  arch/sh/cpu/sh2/u-boot.lds                       |    2 +-
>  arch/sh/cpu/sh3/u-boot.lds                       |    2 +-
>  arch/sh/cpu/sh4/u-boot.lds                       |    2 +-
>  arch/x86/cpu/u-boot.lds                          |    2 +-
>  board/BuS/eb_cpu5282/u-boot.lds                  |    2 +-
>  board/LEOX/elpt860/u-boot.lds                    |    2 +-
>  board/RPXClassic/u-boot.lds                      |    2 +-
>  board/RPXClassic/u-boot.lds.debug                |    2 +-
>  board/RPXlite/u-boot.lds                         |    2 +-
>  board/RPXlite/u-boot.lds.debug                   |    2 +-
>  board/RPXlite_dw/u-boot.lds                      |    2 +-
>  board/RPXlite_dw/u-boot.lds.debug                |    2 +-
>  board/RRvision/u-boot.lds                        |    2 +-
>  board/actux1/u-boot.lds                          |   24 ++-
>  board/actux2/u-boot.lds                          |   24 ++-
>  board/actux3/u-boot.lds                          |   18 +-
>  board/adder/u-boot.lds                           |    2 +-
>  board/ait/cam_enc_4xx/u-boot-spl.lds             |    4 -
>  board/altera/nios2-generic/u-boot.lds            |    2 +-
>  board/amcc/acadia/u-boot-nand.lds                |    2 +-
>  board/amcc/bamboo/u-boot-nand.lds                |    2 +-
>  board/amcc/canyonlands/u-boot-nand.lds           |    2 +-
>  board/amcc/kilauea/u-boot-nand.lds               |    2 +-
>  board/amcc/sequoia/u-boot-nand.lds               |    2 +-
>  board/amcc/sequoia/u-boot-ram.lds                |    2 +-
>  board/astro/mcf5373l/u-boot.lds                  |    2 +-
>  board/cobra5272/u-boot.lds                       |    2 +-
>  board/cogent/u-boot.lds                          |    2 +-
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>  board/cray/L1/u-boot.lds.debug                   |    2 +-
>  board/dave/PPChameleonEVB/u-boot.lds             |    2 +-
>  board/davinci/da8xxevm/u-boot-spl-da850evm.lds   |    5 -
>  board/davinci/da8xxevm/u-boot-spl-hawk.lds       |    5 -
>  board/dvlhost/u-boot.lds                         |   18 +-
>  board/eltec/mhpc/u-boot.lds                      |    2 +-
>  board/eltec/mhpc/u-boot.lds.debug                |    2 +-
>  board/emk/top860/u-boot.lds                      |    2 +-
>  board/ep88x/u-boot.lds                           |    2 +-
>  board/esd/dasa_sim/u-boot.lds                    |    2 +-
>  board/esd/pmc440/u-boot-nand.lds                 |    2 +-
>  board/esd/tasreg/u-boot.lds                      |    2 +-
>  board/esteem192e/u-boot.lds                      |    2 +-
>  board/evb64260/u-boot.lds                        |    2 +-
>  board/fads/u-boot.lds                            |    2 +-
>  board/flagadm/u-boot.lds                         |    2 +-
>  board/flagadm/u-boot.lds.debug                   |    2 +-
>  board/freescale/m5208evbe/u-boot.lds             |    2 +-
>  board/freescale/m52277evb/u-boot.lds             |    2 +-
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>  board/freescale/m5271evb/u-boot.lds              |    2 +-
>  board/freescale/m5272c3/u-boot.lds               |    2 +-
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>  board/gaisler/gr_cpci_ax2000/u-boot.lds          |    2 +-
>  board/gaisler/gr_ep2s60/u-boot.lds               |    2 +-
>  board/gaisler/gr_xc3s_1500/u-boot.lds            |    2 +-
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>  board/gen860t/u-boot-flashenv.lds                |    2 +-
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>  board/korat/u-boot-F7FC.lds                      |    2 +-
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>  board/manroland/uc100/u-boot.lds                 |    2 +-
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>  board/mbx8xx/u-boot.lds                          |    2 +-
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>  board/mousse/u-boot.lds                          |    2 +-
>  board/mpl/pip405/u-boot.lds.debug                |    2 +-
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>  board/openrisc/openrisc-generic/u-boot.lds       |    2 +-
>  board/quantum/u-boot.lds                         |    2 +-
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>  board/renesas/sh7757lcr/u-boot.lds               |    2 +-
>  board/rsdproto/u-boot.lds                        |    2 +-
>  board/samsung/smdk5250/smdk5250-uboot-spl.lds    |    2 +-
>  board/samsung/smdk6400/u-boot-nand.lds           |    2 +-
>  board/sandburst/karef/u-boot.lds.debug           |    2 +-
>  board/sandburst/metrobox/u-boot.lds.debug        |    2 +-
>  board/sandpoint/u-boot.lds                       |    2 +-
>  board/sixnet/u-boot.lds                          |    2 +-
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>  board/spc1920/u-boot.lds                         |    2 +-
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>  board/spd8xx/u-boot.lds.debug                    |    2 +-
>  board/stx/stxxtc/u-boot.lds                      |    2 +-
>  board/stx/stxxtc/u-boot.lds.debug                |    2 +-
>  board/svm_sc8xx/u-boot.lds                       |    2 +-
>  board/tqc/tqm8xx/u-boot.lds                      |    2 +-
>  board/v37/u-boot.lds                             |    2 +-
>  board/vpac270/u-boot-spl.lds                     |    4 -
>  board/w7o/u-boot.lds.debug                       |    2 +-
>  board/xes/xpedite1000/u-boot.lds.debug           |    2 +-
>  common/cmd_help.c                                |    2 +-
>  config.mk                                        |    2 -
>  doc/README.commands                              |   18 +-
>  helper.mk                                        |   64 ------
>  include/command.h                                |    2 +-
>  include/configs/am335x_evm.h                     |    2 +-
>  include/configs/pcm051.h                         |    2 +-
>  include/env_callback.h                           |    2 +-
>  include/linker_lists.h                           |  252 +++++++++++++++++-----
>  nand_spl/board/freescale/mpc8536ds/Makefile      |    7 +-
>  nand_spl/board/freescale/mpc8569mds/Makefile     |    7 +-
>  nand_spl/board/freescale/mpc8572ds/Makefile      |    7 +-
>  nand_spl/board/freescale/mx31pdk/Makefile        |    7 +-
>  nand_spl/board/freescale/mx31pdk/u-boot.lds      |    2 +-
>  nand_spl/board/freescale/p1010rdb/Makefile       |    7 +-
>  nand_spl/board/freescale/p1023rds/Makefile       |    7 +-
>  nand_spl/board/freescale/p1_p2_rdb/Makefile      |    7 +-
>  nand_spl/board/karo/tx25/Makefile                |    7 +-
>  nand_spl/board/karo/tx25/u-boot.lds              |    2 +-
>  nand_spl/board/samsung/smdk6400/u-boot.lds       |    2 +-
>  spl/.gitignore                                   |    1 -
>  spl/Makefile                                     |    8 +-
>  190 files changed, 665 insertions(+), 424 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 arch/arm/cpu/armv7/am33xx/u-boot-spl.lds
>  create mode 100644 arch/arm/cpu/u-boot-spl.lds
>  create mode 100644 arch/arm/lib/bss.c
>  delete mode 100644 helper.mk

Applied to u-boot-arm/master.

Amicalement,
-- 
Albert.


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