[PATCH] linker_lists: set LINKER_LIST_ALIGN to 8 if 64BIT

[Heinrich Schuchardt]

On 07.10.24 14:55, Jerome Forissier wrote:
>
>
> On 10/7/24 11:42, Jerome Forissier wrote:
>> CPU_MIPS64 needs 8-byte alignment on the linker lists, otherwise an
>> exception may occur. In fact all 64BIT architectures should default
>> to 8; that's what this patch does.
>> Fixes an issue found on malta64 with QEMU:
>>
>>   Breakpoint 1, lists_driver_lookup_name (name=0xffffffffbe043578 "root_driver") at /home/uboot/u-boot/drivers/core/lists.c:31
>>   31                      if (!strcmp(name, entry->name))
>>   [...]
>>   ld      a1,0(s0)
>>
>>   (gdb) p/x &entry->name
>>   0xffffffffbe04b0d4
>>   (gdb) p/x $s0
>>   0xffffffffbe04b0d4
>>
>>   $ grep __u_boot_list /tmp/malta64/u-boot.objdump
>>   4 __u_boot_list 000018e0  ffffffffbe04a4d4  ffffffffbe04a4d4  0004a584  2**2
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jerome Forissier <jerome.forissier at linaro.org>
>> ---
>>   arch/Kconfig | 2 +-
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
>> index 8f1f4667012..72bf4029251 100644
>> --- a/arch/Kconfig
>> +++ b/arch/Kconfig
>> @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ config SYS_CACHELINE_SIZE
>>   config LINKER_LIST_ALIGN
>>   	int
>>   	default 32 if SANDBOX
>> -	default 8 if ARM64 || X86
>> +	default 8 if 64BIT
>>   	default 4
>>   	help
>>   	  Force the each linker list to be aligned to this boundary. This
>
> Superseded by https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/uboot/patch/20241007094206.2928071-1-jerome.forissier@linaro.org/

It seems you are pointing to this very patch. You probably wanted to
respond to an earlier version.

Best regards

Heinrich