[PATCH 2/2] riscv: Provide __image_copy_{start_end} symbols in linkerscript

Jonas Karlman jonas at kwiboo.se
Mon Apr 7 13:10:32 CEST 2025


Hi,

On 2025-04-07 05:37, Yao Zi wrote:
> Binman looks for __image_copy_start to determine the base address of an
> entry if elf-base-sym isn't specified, which is missing in RISC-V port.
> This causes binman skips RISC-V SPL entries without filling addresses
> into its .binman_sym_table section.
> 
> This patch defines __image_copy_start in linkerscript of both SPL and
> proper U-Boot to ensure binman_sym functions correctly with the default
> binman.dtsi. The paired symbol, __image_copy_end, is introduced as well
> for completeness.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yao Zi <ziyao at disroot.org>
> ---
>  arch/riscv/cpu/u-boot-spl.lds | 2 ++
>  arch/riscv/cpu/u-boot.lds     | 3 +++
>  2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/cpu/u-boot-spl.lds b/arch/riscv/cpu/u-boot-spl.lds
> index 907094620bd..18eb62c01c6 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/cpu/u-boot-spl.lds
> +++ b/arch/riscv/cpu/u-boot-spl.lds
> @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ ENTRY(_start)
>  SECTIONS
>  {
>  	. = ALIGN(4);
> +	__image_copy_start = ADDR(.text);
>  	.text : {
>  		arch/riscv/cpu/start.o	(.text)
>  		*(.text*)
> @@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ SECTIONS
>  
>  	_end = .;
>  	_image_binary_end = .;
> +	_image_copy_end = .;

This looks like a typo, should probably be with two _ ?

Regards,
Jonas

>  
>  	.bss : {
>  		__bss_start = .;
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/cpu/u-boot.lds b/arch/riscv/cpu/u-boot.lds
> index 2ffe6ba3c8f..b11ea8b56d2 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/cpu/u-boot.lds
> +++ b/arch/riscv/cpu/u-boot.lds
> @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ ENTRY(_start)
>  SECTIONS
>  {
>  	. = ALIGN(4);
> +	__image_copy_start = ADDR(.text);
>  	.text : {
>  		arch/riscv/cpu/start.o	(.text)
>  	}
> @@ -57,6 +58,8 @@ SECTIONS
>  		__efi_runtime_rel_stop = .;
>  	}
>  
> +	__image_copy_end = .;
> +
>  	/DISCARD/ : { *(.rela.plt*) }
>  	.rela.dyn : {
>  		__rel_dyn_start = .;



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