Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 8 Sep 2022 08:42:41 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/1] arch/powerpc: Don't assume start_text & head_end align | From | Christophe Leroy <> |
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Le 13/03/2019 à 04:38, Alastair D'Silva a écrit : > From: Alastair D'Silva <alastair@d-silva.org> > > When building LTO kernels, the start_text symbol is not guaranteed to mark > the end of the head section. > > Instead, look explicitly for __head_end.
Could you please give more details ?
Have you encountered a problem ?
From commit c494adefef9f ("powerpc/64: Tool to check head sections location sanity"), I understand that we want to make sure text_start is where it is, not that __head_end is.
Thanks Christophe
> > Signed-off-by: Alastair D'Silva <alastair@d-silva.org> > --- > arch/powerpc/tools/head_check.sh | 10 +++++----- > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/tools/head_check.sh b/arch/powerpc/tools/head_check.sh > index ad9e57209aa4..1b0f634038c3 100644 > --- a/arch/powerpc/tools/head_check.sh > +++ b/arch/powerpc/tools/head_check.sh > @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ nm="$1" > vmlinux="$2" > > # gcc-4.6-era toolchain make _stext an A (absolute) symbol rather than T > -$nm "$vmlinux" | grep -e " [TA] _stext$" -e " t start_first_256B$" -e " a text_start$" -e " t start_text$" -m4 > .tmp_symbols.txt > +$nm "$vmlinux" | grep -e " [TA] _stext$" -e " t start_first_256B$" -e " a text_start$" -e " T __head_end$" -m4 > .tmp_symbols.txt > > > vma=$(cat .tmp_symbols.txt | grep -e " [TA] _stext$" | cut -d' ' -f1) > @@ -63,12 +63,12 @@ fi > > top_vma=$(echo $vma | cut -d'0' -f1) > > -expected_start_text_addr=$(cat .tmp_symbols.txt | grep " a text_start$" | cut -d' ' -f1 | sed "s/^0/$top_vma/") > +expected_head_end_addr=$(cat .tmp_symbols.txt | grep " a text_start$" | cut -d' ' -f1 | sed "s/^0/$top_vma/") > > -start_text_addr=$(cat .tmp_symbols.txt | grep " t start_text$" | cut -d' ' -f1) > +head_end_addr=$(cat .tmp_symbols.txt | grep " T __head_end$" | cut -d' ' -f1) > > -if [ "$start_text_addr" != "$expected_start_text_addr" ]; then > - echo "ERROR: start_text address is $start_text_addr, should be $expected_start_text_addr" > +if [ "$head_end_addr" != "$expected_head_end_addr" ]; then > + echo "ERROR: __head_end address is $head_end_addr, should be $expected_head_end_addr" > echo "ERROR: try to enable LD_HEAD_STUB_CATCH config option" > echo "ERROR: see comments in arch/powerpc/tools/head_check.sh" >
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