From: Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@kernel.org>
To: Paul Walmsley <pjw@kernel.org>,
Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>,
Albert Ou <aou@eecs.berkeley.edu>,
Alexandre Ghiti <alex@ghiti.fr>
Cc: linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] riscv: further remove XIP
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2026 09:00:49 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260805010049.13918-1-jszhang@kernel.org> (raw)
After commit 9b3a2be84803 ("riscv: Remove support for XIP kernel"),
something relatd with XIP are still there. Remove them to clean up the
code.
Signed-off-by: Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@kernel.org>
---
arch/riscv/Makefile | 4 +-
arch/riscv/boot/.gitignore | 1 -
arch/riscv/boot/Makefile | 3 +-
arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S | 143 ----------------------------
4 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 148 deletions(-)
delete mode 100644 arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
diff --git a/arch/riscv/Makefile b/arch/riscv/Makefile
index ce0cc737f870..5ea0f7bccaef 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Makefile
+++ b/arch/riscv/Makefile
@@ -172,12 +172,12 @@ vdso-install-y += arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/vdso.so.dbg
vdso-install-$(CONFIG_RISCV_USER_CFI) += arch/riscv/kernel/vdso_cfi/vdso-cfi.so.dbg
vdso-install-$(CONFIG_COMPAT) += arch/riscv/kernel/compat_vdso/compat_vdso.so.dbg
-BOOT_TARGETS := Image Image.gz Image.bz2 Image.lz4 Image.lzma Image.lzo Image.zst Image.xz loader loader.bin xipImage vmlinuz.efi
+BOOT_TARGETS := Image Image.gz Image.bz2 Image.lz4 Image.lzma Image.lzo Image.zst Image.xz loader loader.bin vmlinuz.efi
all: $(notdir $(KBUILD_IMAGE))
loader.bin: loader
-Image.gz Image.bz2 Image.lz4 Image.lzma Image.lzo Image.zst Image.xz loader xipImage vmlinuz.efi: Image
+Image.gz Image.bz2 Image.lz4 Image.lzma Image.lzo Image.zst Image.xz loader vmlinuz.efi: Image
$(BOOT_TARGETS): vmlinux
$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot) $(boot)/$@
diff --git a/arch/riscv/boot/.gitignore b/arch/riscv/boot/.gitignore
index e1bc507e8cb2..5d123ceaa012 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/boot/.gitignore
+++ b/arch/riscv/boot/.gitignore
@@ -5,4 +5,3 @@ loader
loader.lds
loader.bin
vmlinuz*
-xipImage
diff --git a/arch/riscv/boot/Makefile b/arch/riscv/boot/Makefile
index fcfbe3f814d6..4a2d75b7e42d 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/riscv/boot/Makefile
@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@
OBJCOPYFLAGS_Image :=-O binary -R .note -R .note.gnu.build-id -R .comment -S
OBJCOPYFLAGS_loader.bin :=-O binary
-OBJCOPYFLAGS_xipImage :=-O binary -R .note -R .note.gnu.build-id -R .comment -S
-targets := Image Image.* loader loader.o loader.lds loader.bin xipImage
+targets := Image Image.* loader loader.o loader.lds loader.bin
$(obj)/Image: vmlinux FORCE
$(call if_changed,objcopy)
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S b/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
deleted file mode 100644
index a7611789bad5..000000000000
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,143 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2012 Regents of the University of California
- * Copyright (C) 2017 SiFive
- * Copyright (C) 2020 Vitaly Wool, Konsulko AB
- */
-
-#include <asm/pgtable.h>
-#define LOAD_OFFSET KERNEL_LINK_ADDR
-/* No __ro_after_init data in the .rodata section - which will always be ro */
-#define RO_AFTER_INIT_DATA
-
-#include <asm/vmlinux.lds.h>
-#include <asm/page.h>
-#include <asm/cache.h>
-#include <asm/thread_info.h>
-#include <asm/set_memory.h>
-
-OUTPUT_ARCH(riscv)
-ENTRY(_start)
-
-jiffies = jiffies_64;
-
-SECTIONS
-{
- /* Beginning of code and text segment */
- . = LOAD_OFFSET;
- _xiprom = .;
- _start = .;
- HEAD_TEXT_SECTION
- INIT_TEXT_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
- /* we have to discard exit text and such at runtime, not link time */
- __exittext_begin = .;
- .exit.text :
- {
- EXIT_TEXT
- }
- __exittext_end = .;
-
- .text : {
- _text = .;
- _stext = .;
- TEXT_TEXT
- SCHED_TEXT
- LOCK_TEXT
- KPROBES_TEXT
- ENTRY_TEXT
- IRQENTRY_TEXT
- SOFTIRQENTRY_TEXT
- _etext = .;
- }
- RO_DATA(L1_CACHE_BYTES)
- .srodata : {
- *(.srodata*)
- }
- .init.rodata : {
- INIT_SETUP(16)
- INIT_CALLS
- CON_INITCALL
- INIT_RAM_FS
- }
- _exiprom = .; /* End of XIP ROM area */
-
-
-/*
- * From this point, stuff is considered writable and will be copied to RAM
- */
- __data_loc = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE); /* location in file */
- . = ALIGN(SECTION_ALIGN); /* location in memory */
-
-#undef LOAD_OFFSET
-#define LOAD_OFFSET (KERNEL_LINK_ADDR + _sdata - __data_loc)
-
- _sdata = .; /* Start of data section */
- _data = .;
- RW_DATA(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
- _edata = .;
- __start_ro_after_init = .;
- .data.ro_after_init : AT(ADDR(.data.ro_after_init) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
- *(.data..ro_after_init)
- }
- __end_ro_after_init = .;
-
- . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
- __init_begin = .;
- .init.data : {
- INIT_DATA
- }
- .exit.data : {
- EXIT_DATA
- }
- . = ALIGN(8);
- __soc_early_init_table : {
- __soc_early_init_table_start = .;
- KEEP(*(__soc_early_init_table))
- __soc_early_init_table_end = .;
- }
- __soc_builtin_dtb_table : {
- __soc_builtin_dtb_table_start = .;
- KEEP(*(__soc_builtin_dtb_table))
- __soc_builtin_dtb_table_end = .;
- }
-
- __init_end = .;
-
- . = ALIGN(16);
- .xip.traps : {
- __xip_traps_start = .;
- *(.xip.traps)
- __xip_traps_end = .;
- }
-
- . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
- .sdata : {
- __global_pointer$ = . + 0x800;
- *(.sdata*)
- *(.sbss*)
- }
-
- BSS_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE, 0)
-
- PERCPU_SECTION(L1_CACHE_BYTES)
-
- .rel.dyn : AT(ADDR(.rel.dyn) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
- *(.rel.dyn*)
- }
-
- /*
- * End of copied data. We need a dummy section to get its LMA.
- * Also located before final ALIGN() as trailing padding is not stored
- * in the resulting binary file and useless to copy.
- */
- .data.endmark : AT(ADDR(.data.endmark) - LOAD_OFFSET) { }
- _edata_loc = LOADADDR(.data.endmark);
-
- . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
- _end = .;
-
- STABS_DEBUG
- DWARF_DEBUG
-
- DISCARDS
-}
--
2.53.0
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From: Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@kernel.org>
To: Paul Walmsley <pjw@kernel.org>,
Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>,
Albert Ou <aou@eecs.berkeley.edu>,
Alexandre Ghiti <alex@ghiti.fr>
Cc: linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] riscv: further remove XIP
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2026 09:00:49 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260805010049.13918-1-jszhang@kernel.org> (raw)
After commit 9b3a2be84803 ("riscv: Remove support for XIP kernel"),
something relatd with XIP are still there. Remove them to clean up the
code.
Signed-off-by: Jisheng Zhang <jszhang@kernel.org>
---
arch/riscv/Makefile | 4 +-
arch/riscv/boot/.gitignore | 1 -
arch/riscv/boot/Makefile | 3 +-
arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S | 143 ----------------------------
4 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 148 deletions(-)
delete mode 100644 arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
diff --git a/arch/riscv/Makefile b/arch/riscv/Makefile
index ce0cc737f870..5ea0f7bccaef 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Makefile
+++ b/arch/riscv/Makefile
@@ -172,12 +172,12 @@ vdso-install-y += arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/vdso.so.dbg
vdso-install-$(CONFIG_RISCV_USER_CFI) += arch/riscv/kernel/vdso_cfi/vdso-cfi.so.dbg
vdso-install-$(CONFIG_COMPAT) += arch/riscv/kernel/compat_vdso/compat_vdso.so.dbg
-BOOT_TARGETS := Image Image.gz Image.bz2 Image.lz4 Image.lzma Image.lzo Image.zst Image.xz loader loader.bin xipImage vmlinuz.efi
+BOOT_TARGETS := Image Image.gz Image.bz2 Image.lz4 Image.lzma Image.lzo Image.zst Image.xz loader loader.bin vmlinuz.efi
all: $(notdir $(KBUILD_IMAGE))
loader.bin: loader
-Image.gz Image.bz2 Image.lz4 Image.lzma Image.lzo Image.zst Image.xz loader xipImage vmlinuz.efi: Image
+Image.gz Image.bz2 Image.lz4 Image.lzma Image.lzo Image.zst Image.xz loader vmlinuz.efi: Image
$(BOOT_TARGETS): vmlinux
$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot) $(boot)/$@
diff --git a/arch/riscv/boot/.gitignore b/arch/riscv/boot/.gitignore
index e1bc507e8cb2..5d123ceaa012 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/boot/.gitignore
+++ b/arch/riscv/boot/.gitignore
@@ -5,4 +5,3 @@ loader
loader.lds
loader.bin
vmlinuz*
-xipImage
diff --git a/arch/riscv/boot/Makefile b/arch/riscv/boot/Makefile
index fcfbe3f814d6..4a2d75b7e42d 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/riscv/boot/Makefile
@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@
OBJCOPYFLAGS_Image :=-O binary -R .note -R .note.gnu.build-id -R .comment -S
OBJCOPYFLAGS_loader.bin :=-O binary
-OBJCOPYFLAGS_xipImage :=-O binary -R .note -R .note.gnu.build-id -R .comment -S
-targets := Image Image.* loader loader.o loader.lds loader.bin xipImage
+targets := Image Image.* loader loader.o loader.lds loader.bin
$(obj)/Image: vmlinux FORCE
$(call if_changed,objcopy)
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S b/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
deleted file mode 100644
index a7611789bad5..000000000000
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,143 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2012 Regents of the University of California
- * Copyright (C) 2017 SiFive
- * Copyright (C) 2020 Vitaly Wool, Konsulko AB
- */
-
-#include <asm/pgtable.h>
-#define LOAD_OFFSET KERNEL_LINK_ADDR
-/* No __ro_after_init data in the .rodata section - which will always be ro */
-#define RO_AFTER_INIT_DATA
-
-#include <asm/vmlinux.lds.h>
-#include <asm/page.h>
-#include <asm/cache.h>
-#include <asm/thread_info.h>
-#include <asm/set_memory.h>
-
-OUTPUT_ARCH(riscv)
-ENTRY(_start)
-
-jiffies = jiffies_64;
-
-SECTIONS
-{
- /* Beginning of code and text segment */
- . = LOAD_OFFSET;
- _xiprom = .;
- _start = .;
- HEAD_TEXT_SECTION
- INIT_TEXT_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
- /* we have to discard exit text and such at runtime, not link time */
- __exittext_begin = .;
- .exit.text :
- {
- EXIT_TEXT
- }
- __exittext_end = .;
-
- .text : {
- _text = .;
- _stext = .;
- TEXT_TEXT
- SCHED_TEXT
- LOCK_TEXT
- KPROBES_TEXT
- ENTRY_TEXT
- IRQENTRY_TEXT
- SOFTIRQENTRY_TEXT
- _etext = .;
- }
- RO_DATA(L1_CACHE_BYTES)
- .srodata : {
- *(.srodata*)
- }
- .init.rodata : {
- INIT_SETUP(16)
- INIT_CALLS
- CON_INITCALL
- INIT_RAM_FS
- }
- _exiprom = .; /* End of XIP ROM area */
-
-
-/*
- * From this point, stuff is considered writable and will be copied to RAM
- */
- __data_loc = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE); /* location in file */
- . = ALIGN(SECTION_ALIGN); /* location in memory */
-
-#undef LOAD_OFFSET
-#define LOAD_OFFSET (KERNEL_LINK_ADDR + _sdata - __data_loc)
-
- _sdata = .; /* Start of data section */
- _data = .;
- RW_DATA(L1_CACHE_BYTES, PAGE_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE)
- _edata = .;
- __start_ro_after_init = .;
- .data.ro_after_init : AT(ADDR(.data.ro_after_init) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
- *(.data..ro_after_init)
- }
- __end_ro_after_init = .;
-
- . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
- __init_begin = .;
- .init.data : {
- INIT_DATA
- }
- .exit.data : {
- EXIT_DATA
- }
- . = ALIGN(8);
- __soc_early_init_table : {
- __soc_early_init_table_start = .;
- KEEP(*(__soc_early_init_table))
- __soc_early_init_table_end = .;
- }
- __soc_builtin_dtb_table : {
- __soc_builtin_dtb_table_start = .;
- KEEP(*(__soc_builtin_dtb_table))
- __soc_builtin_dtb_table_end = .;
- }
-
- __init_end = .;
-
- . = ALIGN(16);
- .xip.traps : {
- __xip_traps_start = .;
- *(.xip.traps)
- __xip_traps_end = .;
- }
-
- . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
- .sdata : {
- __global_pointer$ = . + 0x800;
- *(.sdata*)
- *(.sbss*)
- }
-
- BSS_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE, 0)
-
- PERCPU_SECTION(L1_CACHE_BYTES)
-
- .rel.dyn : AT(ADDR(.rel.dyn) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
- *(.rel.dyn*)
- }
-
- /*
- * End of copied data. We need a dummy section to get its LMA.
- * Also located before final ALIGN() as trailing padding is not stored
- * in the resulting binary file and useless to copy.
- */
- .data.endmark : AT(ADDR(.data.endmark) - LOAD_OFFSET) { }
- _edata_loc = LOADADDR(.data.endmark);
-
- . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
- _end = .;
-
- STABS_DEBUG
- DWARF_DEBUG
-
- DISCARDS
-}
--
2.53.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-08-05 1:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-05 1:00 Jisheng Zhang [this message]
2026-08-05 1:00 ` [PATCH] riscv: further remove XIP Jisheng Zhang
2026-08-05 10:42 ` Nam Cao
2026-08-05 10:42 ` Nam Cao
2026-08-06 2:39 ` Paul Walmsley
2026-08-06 2:39 ` Paul Walmsley
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