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From: jsun@junsun.net (Jun Sun)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] Valid relocation symbol for FLAT format on ARM, v2
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:26:45 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100101012645.GB16887@Pogoplug> (raw)

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Jun
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Apparently newer GCC would generate ANCHOR symbols beyond the end of
data/bss segment on ARM CPUs. As a result, the exiting validity checking
for relocation symbols in FLAT format will fail.

Signed-off-by: Jun Sun <jsun@junsun.net>
---

diff -Nru linux-2.6.32.2/arch/arm/include/asm/flat.h.orig linux-2.6.32.2/arch/arm/include/asm/flat.h
--- linux-2.6.32.2/arch/arm/include/asm/flat.h.orig	2009-12-18 14:27:07.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.32.2/arch/arm/include/asm/flat.h	2009-12-31 17:08:28.000000000 -0800
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@
 
 #define	flat_argvp_envp_on_stack()		1
 #define	flat_old_ram_flag(flags)		(flags)
-#define	flat_reloc_valid(reloc, size)		((reloc) <= (size))
+#define	flat_reloc_valid(reloc, size)		((reloc) <= (size) + 0x1000)
+/* [jsun] new gcc 4.x generates ANCHOR symbols in order to reduce the size
+ * of GOT table for PIC code. It is possible the ANCHOR is placed beyond
+ * the end of data/bss segment up to 4K bytes(12 bits), because ARM allows
+ * negative 12-bit offset. Thus we allow 0x1000 extra in reloc address range.
+ */
 #define	flat_get_addr_from_rp(rp, relval, flags, persistent) get_unaligned(rp)
 #define	flat_put_addr_at_rp(rp, val, relval)	put_unaligned(val,rp)
 #define	flat_get_relocate_addr(rel)		(rel)

             reply	other threads:[~2010-01-01  1:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-01-01  1:26 Jun Sun [this message]
2010-01-01  6:23 ` [uClinux-dev] [PATCH] Valid relocation symbol for FLAT format on ARM, v2 Mike Frysinger
2010-01-02 23:07   ` Jamie Lokier
2010-01-02 23:09 ` Jamie Lokier
2010-01-04 18:58   ` Jun Sun

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