Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 1 Jun 2020 15:46:07 +0100 | From | Russell King - ARM Linux admin <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/5] arm: decompressor: set malloc pool size for the decompressor |
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On Mon, Jun 01, 2020 at 04:27:50PM +0200, Łukasz Stelmach wrote: > Move the definition of malloc pool size of the decompressor to > a single place. This value will be exposed later for kexec_file loader. > > Signed-off-by: Łukasz Stelmach <l.stelmach@samsung.com> > --- > arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile | 2 ++ > arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S | 6 ++++-- > 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile > index 9c11e7490292..b3594cd1588c 100644 > --- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile > +++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile > @@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ KBSS_SZ = $(shell echo $$(($$($(NM) $(obj)/../../../../vmlinux | \ > sed -n -e 's/^\([^ ]*\) [AB] __bss_start$$/-0x\1/p' \ > -e 's/^\([^ ]*\) [AB] __bss_stop$$/+0x\1/p') )) ) > LDFLAGS_vmlinux = --defsym _kernel_bss_size=$(KBSS_SZ) > +# malloc pool size > +LDFLAGS_vmlinux += --defsym _malloc_size=0x10000 > # Supply ZRELADDR to the decompressor via a linker symbol. > ifneq ($(CONFIG_AUTO_ZRELADDR),y) > LDFLAGS_vmlinux += --defsym zreladdr=$(ZRELADDR) > diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S > index e8e1c866e413..dcc1afa60fb9 100644 > --- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S > +++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S > @@ -309,7 +309,8 @@ restart: adr r0, LC0 > #ifndef CONFIG_ZBOOT_ROM > /* malloc space is above the relocated stack (64k max) */ > add sp, sp, r0 > - add r10, sp, #0x10000 > + ldr r10, =_malloc_size > + add r10, r10, sp
This says "locate _malloc_size in a literal pool somewhere, and load it using a PC-relative offset". Are you sure that the literal pool is sensibly located?
Would it be better to use a definition for this?
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