[U-Boot] [PATCH v3 1/4] rpi: push fw_dtb_pointer in the .data section

[Alexander Graf]

On 12.11.19 13:00, matthias.bgg at kernel.org wrote:
> From: Matthias Brugger <mbrugger at suse.com>
>
> The fw_dtb_pointer was defined in the assembly code, which makes him
> live in section .text_rest
> Put that's not necessary, we can push the variable in the .data section.
>
> This will prevent relocation errors like:
> board/raspberrypi/rpi/rpi.c:317:(.text.board_get_usable_ram_top+0x8):
> relocation truncated to fit: R_AARCH64_LDST64_ABS_LO12_NC against symbol
> `fw_dtb_pointer' defined in .text section in board/raspberrypi/rpi/built-in.o
>
> Signed-off-by: Matthias Brugger <mbrugger at suse.com>
>
> ---
>
> Changes in v3:
> - fix armv7 build
>
> Changes in v2:
> - push fw_dtb_pointer into the .data section
>
>   board/raspberrypi/rpi/lowlevel_init.S | 12 ++----------
>   board/raspberrypi/rpi/rpi.c           |  4 ++--
>   2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/board/raspberrypi/rpi/lowlevel_init.S b/board/raspberrypi/rpi/lowlevel_init.S
> index 435eed521f..8c39b3e12e 100644
> --- a/board/raspberrypi/rpi/lowlevel_init.S
> +++ b/board/raspberrypi/rpi/lowlevel_init.S
> @@ -6,15 +6,6 @@
>   
>   #include <config.h>
>   
> -.align 8
> -.global fw_dtb_pointer
> -fw_dtb_pointer:
> -#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64
> -	.dword 0x0
> -#else
> -	.word 0x0
> -#endif
> -
>   /*
>    * Routine: save_boot_params (called after reset from start.S)
>    * Description: save ATAG/FDT address provided by the firmware at boot time
> @@ -28,7 +19,8 @@ save_boot_params:
>   	adr	x8, fw_dtb_pointer
>   	str	x0, [x8]
>   #else
> -	str	r2, fw_dtb_pointer
> +	ldr	r8, =fw_dtb_pointer
> +	str	r2, [r8]
>   #endif
>   
>   	/* Returns */
> diff --git a/board/raspberrypi/rpi/rpi.c b/board/raspberrypi/rpi/rpi.c
> index 9e0abdda31..0e05d59e1f 100644
> --- a/board/raspberrypi/rpi/rpi.c
> +++ b/board/raspberrypi/rpi/rpi.c
> @@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
>   
>   DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
>   
> -/* From lowlevel_init.S */
> -extern unsigned long fw_dtb_pointer;
> +/* Assigned in lowlevel_init.S */
> +unsigned long fw_dtb_pointer = 0x1;


I assume you assign the 0x1 here so that it doesn't land in .bss which 
may get cleared after you wrote it? If so, please document that in the 
comment. Also even better yet, document it in a comment and just 
manually assign the variable to the ".data" section using

   __attribute__((section(".data")))



Alex