[PATCH v2 01/21] spl: fix entry_point equal to load_addr

[Lukasz Majewski]

On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 17:37:17 +0100
Giulio Benetti <giulio.benetti at benettiengineering.com> wrote:

> Hi Lukasz,
> 
> all patch series has already been applied, anyway I answer to your 
> suggestions since something was missing and I'm going to create a
> patch for that.
> 
> So...
> 
> On 1/28/20 9:09 AM, Lukasz Majewski wrote:
> > Hi Giulio,
> >   
> >> At the moment entry_point is set to image_get_load(header) that
> >> sets it to "load address" instead of "entry point", assuming
> >> entry_point is equal to load_addr, but it's not true. Then
> >> load_addr is set to "entry_point - header_size", but this is wrong
> >> too since load_addr is not an entry point.
> >>
> >> So use image_get_ep() for entry_point assignment and
> >> image_get_load() for load_addr assignment.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Giulio Benetti
> >> <giulio.benetti at benettiengineering.com> ---
> >>   common/spl/spl.c | 4 ++--
> >>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/common/spl/spl.c b/common/spl/spl.c
> >> index c1fce62b91..19085ad270 100644
> >> --- a/common/spl/spl.c
> >> +++ b/common/spl/spl.c
> >> @@ -284,9 +284,9 @@ int spl_parse_image_header(struct
> >> spl_image_info *spl_image, spl_image->entry_point =
> >> image_get_ep(header); spl_image->size =
> >> image_get_data_size(header); } else {
> >> -			spl_image->entry_point =
> >> image_get_load(header);
> >> +			spl_image->entry_point =
> >> image_get_ep(header); /* Load including the header */
> >> -			spl_image->load_addr =
> >> spl_image->entry_point -
> >> +			spl_image->load_addr =
> >> image_get_load(header) - header_size;
> >>   			spl_image->size =
> >> image_get_data_size(header) + header_size;  
> > 
> > I'm concerned, that this change will silently break several boards -
> > the problem is with assumption that entry point is equal to
> > load_addr.
> > 
> > It would be best to pull this change ASAP, so we would have a
> > chance to fix this by next release.  
> 
> It's been committed after Patrice fixed a lot of boards:
> https://gitlab.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot/commit/38a6cce65737096b836d43a22f09b7a54c9d020c
> and
> https://gitlab.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot/commit/74bb4570a952b06fecfafc5b961a5cb5147ec544
> 
> Indeed at the first moment it's been committed by Tom Rini and
> started to cause boot failure as you were worried for, then it's been
> reverted, then it's been re-applied after applying Patrice series.
> 

Ach... Ok. No problem then.

> Best regards




Best regards,

Lukasz Majewski

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