[PATCH] arm64: Fix relocation of env_addr if POSITION_INDEPENDENT=y

Marek Vasut marex at denx.de
Sun Jun 27 03:42:34 CEST 2021


On 6/15/21 8:33 AM, Kunihiko Hayashi wrote:
> If both POSITION_INDEPENDENT and SYS_RELOC_GD_ENV_ADDR are enabled,
> wherever original env is placed anywhere, it should be relocated to
> the right address.
> 
> Relocation offset gd->reloc_off is calculated with SYS_TEXT_BASE in
> setup_reloc() and env address gd->env_addr is relocated by the offset in
> initr_reloc_global_data().
> 
> gd->env_addr
>    = (orig env) + gd->reloc_off
>    = (orig env) + (gd->relocaddr - SYS_TEXT_BASE)
> 
> However, SYS_TEXT_BASE isn't always runtime base address when
> POSITION_INDEPENDENT is enabled. So the relocated env_addr might point to
> wrong address. For example, if SYS_TEXT_BASE is zero, gd->env_addr is
> out of memory location and memory exception will occur.
> 
> There is a difference between linked address such as SYS_TEXT_BASE and
> runtime base address. In _main, the difference is calculated as
> "run-vs-link" offset. The env_addr should also be added to the offset
> to fix the address.
> 
> gd->env_addr
>    = (orig env) + ("run-vs-link" offset)   + gd->reloc_off
>    = (orig env) + (SYS_TEXT_BASE - _start) + (gd->relocaddr - SYS_TEXT_BASE)
>    = (orig env) + (gd->relocaddr - _start)
> 
> Cc: Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de>
> Signed-off-by: Kunihiko Hayashi <hayashi.kunihiko at socionext.com>

Thank you for debugging and fixing this properly.

Acked-by: Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de>
Tested-by: Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de>

I did manage to reproduce it on RCar3, and this patch fixes the crash on 
boot indeed.

Tom, it would be good to include it in this release too.


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