* [PATCH] arm64/efi: set PE/COFF section alignment to 4 KB @ 2014-10-10 9:25 Ard Biesheuvel 2014-10-10 10:33 ` Mark Rutland 0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread From: Ard Biesheuvel @ 2014-10-10 9:25 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linux-arm-kernel Position independent AArch64 code needs to be linked and loaded at the same relative offset from a 4 KB boundary, or adrp/add and adrp/ldr pairs will not work correctly. (This is how PC relative symbol references with a 4 GB reach are emitted) We need to declare this in the PE/COFF header, otherwise the PE/COFF loader may load the Image and invoke the stub at an offset which violates this rule. Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> --- arch/arm64/kernel/head.S | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S index 0a6e4f924df8..5e83e5b8a9de 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S @@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ optional_header: extra_header_fields: .quad 0 // ImageBase - .long 0x20 // SectionAlignment + .long 0x1000 // SectionAlignment .long 0x8 // FileAlignment .short 0 // MajorOperatingSystemVersion .short 0 // MinorOperatingSystemVersion @@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ section_table: .short 0 // NumberOfRelocations (0 for executables) .short 0 // NumberOfLineNumbers (0 for executables) .long 0xe0500020 // Characteristics (section flags) - .align 5 + .align 12 #endif ENTRY(stext) -- 1.8.3.2 ^ permalink raw reply related [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* [PATCH] arm64/efi: set PE/COFF section alignment to 4 KB 2014-10-10 9:25 [PATCH] arm64/efi: set PE/COFF section alignment to 4 KB Ard Biesheuvel @ 2014-10-10 10:33 ` Mark Rutland 2014-10-10 10:37 ` Ard Biesheuvel 0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread From: Mark Rutland @ 2014-10-10 10:33 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linux-arm-kernel Hi Ard, On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 10:25:24AM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > Position independent AArch64 code needs to be linked and loaded at the same > relative offset from a 4 KB boundary, or adrp/add and adrp/ldr pairs will > not work correctly. (This is how PC relative symbol references with a 4 GB > reach are emitted) > > We need to declare this in the PE/COFF header, otherwise the PE/COFF loader > may load the Image and invoke the stub at an offset which violates this rule. Has this been observed happening, or was this just found by inspection? > Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> > --- > arch/arm64/kernel/head.S | 4 ++-- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S > index 0a6e4f924df8..5e83e5b8a9de 100644 > --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S > +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S > @@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ optional_header: > > extra_header_fields: > .quad 0 // ImageBase > - .long 0x20 // SectionAlignment > + .long 0x1000 // SectionAlignment > .long 0x8 // FileAlignment > .short 0 // MajorOperatingSystemVersion > .short 0 // MinorOperatingSystemVersion > @@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ section_table: > .short 0 // NumberOfRelocations (0 for executables) > .short 0 // NumberOfLineNumbers (0 for executables) > .long 0xe0500020 // Characteristics (section flags) > - .align 5 > + .align 12 Can we get a comment explaining why stext needs the additional alignment? Something like: /* * EFI will load stext onwards at the 4k section alignment * described in the PE/COFF header. To ensure that instruction * sequences using an adrp and a :lo12: immediate will function * correctly at this alignment, we must ensure that stext is * placed at a 4k boundary in the Image to begin with. */ .align 12 Otherwise this looks sane to me. Thanks, Mark. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* [PATCH] arm64/efi: set PE/COFF section alignment to 4 KB 2014-10-10 10:33 ` Mark Rutland @ 2014-10-10 10:37 ` Ard Biesheuvel 2014-10-10 14:09 ` Mark Rutland 2014-10-10 15:55 ` Roy Franz 0 siblings, 2 replies; 8+ messages in thread From: Ard Biesheuvel @ 2014-10-10 10:37 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linux-arm-kernel On 10 October 2014 12:33, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> wrote: > Hi Ard, > > On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 10:25:24AM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: >> Position independent AArch64 code needs to be linked and loaded at the same >> relative offset from a 4 KB boundary, or adrp/add and adrp/ldr pairs will >> not work correctly. (This is how PC relative symbol references with a 4 GB >> reach are emitted) >> >> We need to declare this in the PE/COFF header, otherwise the PE/COFF loader >> may load the Image and invoke the stub at an offset which violates this rule. > > Has this been observed happening, or was this just found by inspection? > This is also something found by inspection, or rather, by the discussion going on in the other thread. I am not aware of any PE/COFF loaders that may choose an offset that is not 4 KB aligned, even if the header we give it appears to allow it. >> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> >> --- >> arch/arm64/kernel/head.S | 4 ++-- >> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S >> index 0a6e4f924df8..5e83e5b8a9de 100644 >> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S >> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S >> @@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ optional_header: >> >> extra_header_fields: >> .quad 0 // ImageBase >> - .long 0x20 // SectionAlignment >> + .long 0x1000 // SectionAlignment >> .long 0x8 // FileAlignment >> .short 0 // MajorOperatingSystemVersion >> .short 0 // MinorOperatingSystemVersion >> @@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ section_table: >> .short 0 // NumberOfRelocations (0 for executables) >> .short 0 // NumberOfLineNumbers (0 for executables) >> .long 0xe0500020 // Characteristics (section flags) >> - .align 5 >> + .align 12 > > Can we get a comment explaining why stext needs the additional > alignment? Something like: > > /* > * EFI will load stext onwards at the 4k section alignment > * described in the PE/COFF header. To ensure that instruction > * sequences using an adrp and a :lo12: immediate will function > * correctly at this alignment, we must ensure that stext is > * placed at a 4k boundary in the Image to begin with. > */ > .align 12 > OK -- Ard. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* [PATCH] arm64/efi: set PE/COFF section alignment to 4 KB 2014-10-10 10:37 ` Ard Biesheuvel @ 2014-10-10 14:09 ` Mark Rutland 2014-10-10 14:50 ` Ard Biesheuvel 2014-10-10 15:55 ` Roy Franz 1 sibling, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread From: Mark Rutland @ 2014-10-10 14:09 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linux-arm-kernel On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 11:37:03AM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > On 10 October 2014 12:33, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> wrote: > > Hi Ard, > > > > On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 10:25:24AM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > >> Position independent AArch64 code needs to be linked and loaded at the same > >> relative offset from a 4 KB boundary, or adrp/add and adrp/ldr pairs will > >> not work correctly. (This is how PC relative symbol references with a 4 GB > >> reach are emitted) > >> > >> We need to declare this in the PE/COFF header, otherwise the PE/COFF loader > >> may load the Image and invoke the stub at an offset which violates this rule. > > > > Has this been observed happening, or was this just found by inspection? > > > > This is also something found by inspection, or rather, by the > discussion going on in the other thread. I am not aware of any PE/COFF > loaders that may choose an offset that is not 4 KB aligned, even if > the header we give it appears to allow it. > > >> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> > >> --- > >> arch/arm64/kernel/head.S | 4 ++-- > >> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > >> > >> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S > >> index 0a6e4f924df8..5e83e5b8a9de 100644 > >> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S > >> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S > >> @@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ optional_header: > >> > >> extra_header_fields: > >> .quad 0 // ImageBase > >> - .long 0x20 // SectionAlignment > >> + .long 0x1000 // SectionAlignment Looking at this again, I'm more confused than I was to begin with. Surely we know exactly where the .text section will be loaded because of its VirtualAddress? If that were the case, we can drop the .align 12 as we already load it at the offset any arp or :lo12: immediate will have been built for. I don't follow how SectionAlignment interacts with a given section's VirtualAddress. Thanks, Mark. > >> .long 0x8 // FileAlignment > >> .short 0 // MajorOperatingSystemVersion > >> .short 0 // MinorOperatingSystemVersion > >> @@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ section_table: > >> .short 0 // NumberOfRelocations (0 for executables) > >> .short 0 // NumberOfLineNumbers (0 for executables) > >> .long 0xe0500020 // Characteristics (section flags) > >> - .align 5 > >> + .align 12 > > > > Can we get a comment explaining why stext needs the additional > > alignment? Something like: > > > > /* > > * EFI will load stext onwards at the 4k section alignment > > * described in the PE/COFF header. To ensure that instruction > > * sequences using an adrp and a :lo12: immediate will function > > * correctly at this alignment, we must ensure that stext is > > * placed at a 4k boundary in the Image to begin with. > > */ > > .align 12 > > > > OK > > -- > Ard. > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* [PATCH] arm64/efi: set PE/COFF section alignment to 4 KB 2014-10-10 14:09 ` Mark Rutland @ 2014-10-10 14:50 ` Ard Biesheuvel 2014-10-10 15:21 ` Mark Rutland 0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread From: Ard Biesheuvel @ 2014-10-10 14:50 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linux-arm-kernel On 10 October 2014 16:09, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 11:37:03AM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: >> On 10 October 2014 12:33, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> wrote: >> > Hi Ard, >> > >> > On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 10:25:24AM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: >> >> Position independent AArch64 code needs to be linked and loaded at the same >> >> relative offset from a 4 KB boundary, or adrp/add and adrp/ldr pairs will >> >> not work correctly. (This is how PC relative symbol references with a 4 GB >> >> reach are emitted) >> >> >> >> We need to declare this in the PE/COFF header, otherwise the PE/COFF loader >> >> may load the Image and invoke the stub at an offset which violates this rule. >> > >> > Has this been observed happening, or was this just found by inspection? >> > >> >> This is also something found by inspection, or rather, by the >> discussion going on in the other thread. I am not aware of any PE/COFF >> loaders that may choose an offset that is not 4 KB aligned, even if >> the header we give it appears to allow it. >> >> >> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> >> >> --- >> >> arch/arm64/kernel/head.S | 4 ++-- >> >> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) >> >> >> >> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S >> >> index 0a6e4f924df8..5e83e5b8a9de 100644 >> >> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S >> >> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S >> >> @@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ optional_header: >> >> >> >> extra_header_fields: >> >> .quad 0 // ImageBase >> >> - .long 0x20 // SectionAlignment >> >> + .long 0x1000 // SectionAlignment > > Looking at this again, I'm more confused than I was to begin with. > :-) > Surely we know exactly where the .text section will be loaded because of > its VirtualAddress? If that were the case, we can drop the .align 12 as > we already load it at the offset any arp or :lo12: immediate will have > been built for. > No, not quite. It only tells us what the /offset/ should be of the section from the ImageBase chosen by the loader, not what the alignment of ImageBase itself should be. For instance, with a section VirtualAddress of 0x1000 and a SectionAlignment of 0x400, the section could legally be loaded @ 0x1400 or 0x1800 (for ImageBase == 0x400 or 0x800, respectively) -- Ard. > I don't follow how SectionAlignment interacts with a given section's > VirtualAddress. > > Thanks, > Mark. > >> >> .long 0x8 // FileAlignment >> >> .short 0 // MajorOperatingSystemVersion >> >> .short 0 // MinorOperatingSystemVersion >> >> @@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ section_table: >> >> .short 0 // NumberOfRelocations (0 for executables) >> >> .short 0 // NumberOfLineNumbers (0 for executables) >> >> .long 0xe0500020 // Characteristics (section flags) >> >> - .align 5 >> >> + .align 12 >> > >> > Can we get a comment explaining why stext needs the additional >> > alignment? Something like: >> > >> > /* >> > * EFI will load stext onwards at the 4k section alignment >> > * described in the PE/COFF header. To ensure that instruction >> > * sequences using an adrp and a :lo12: immediate will function >> > * correctly at this alignment, we must ensure that stext is >> > * placed at a 4k boundary in the Image to begin with. >> > */ >> > .align 12 >> > >> >> OK >> >> -- >> Ard. >> ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* [PATCH] arm64/efi: set PE/COFF section alignment to 4 KB 2014-10-10 14:50 ` Ard Biesheuvel @ 2014-10-10 15:21 ` Mark Rutland 0 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread From: Mark Rutland @ 2014-10-10 15:21 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linux-arm-kernel On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 03:50:49PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > On 10 October 2014 16:09, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 11:37:03AM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > >> On 10 October 2014 12:33, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> wrote: > >> > Hi Ard, > >> > > >> > On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 10:25:24AM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > >> >> Position independent AArch64 code needs to be linked and loaded at the same > >> >> relative offset from a 4 KB boundary, or adrp/add and adrp/ldr pairs will > >> >> not work correctly. (This is how PC relative symbol references with a 4 GB > >> >> reach are emitted) > >> >> > >> >> We need to declare this in the PE/COFF header, otherwise the PE/COFF loader > >> >> may load the Image and invoke the stub at an offset which violates this rule. > >> > > >> > Has this been observed happening, or was this just found by inspection? > >> > > >> > >> This is also something found by inspection, or rather, by the > >> discussion going on in the other thread. I am not aware of any PE/COFF > >> loaders that may choose an offset that is not 4 KB aligned, even if > >> the header we give it appears to allow it. > >> > >> >> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> > >> >> --- > >> >> arch/arm64/kernel/head.S | 4 ++-- > >> >> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > >> >> > >> >> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S > >> >> index 0a6e4f924df8..5e83e5b8a9de 100644 > >> >> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S > >> >> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S > >> >> @@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ optional_header: > >> >> > >> >> extra_header_fields: > >> >> .quad 0 // ImageBase > >> >> - .long 0x20 // SectionAlignment > >> >> + .long 0x1000 // SectionAlignment > > > > Looking at this again, I'm more confused than I was to begin with. > > > > :-) > > > Surely we know exactly where the .text section will be loaded because of > > its VirtualAddress? If that were the case, we can drop the .align 12 as > > we already load it at the offset any arp or :lo12: immediate will have > > been built for. > > > > No, not quite. It only tells us what the /offset/ should be of the > section from the ImageBase chosen by the loader, not what the > alignment of ImageBase itself should be. For instance, with a section > VirtualAddress of 0x1000 and a SectionAlignment of 0x400, the section > could legally be loaded @ 0x1400 or 0x1800 (for ImageBase == 0x400 or > 0x800, respectively) I see. I had myself confused between the image and sections, and (mistakenly) thought we had control over the alignment of the image as opposed to sections. I thought the loader chose an ImageBase that was sufficiently aligned, then just loaded each segment at the requested offset from that. It sounds like the loader actually has to try to reconcile the offset of each section against each other to determine an ImageBase to use. Given that the only thing we can control the alignment of is the .text section (with an offset applied below that), aligning the .text section to 4k sounds right. Thanks for bearing with me! Thanks, Mark. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* [PATCH] arm64/efi: set PE/COFF section alignment to 4 KB 2014-10-10 10:37 ` Ard Biesheuvel 2014-10-10 14:09 ` Mark Rutland @ 2014-10-10 15:55 ` Roy Franz 2014-10-10 15:59 ` Ard Biesheuvel 1 sibling, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread From: Roy Franz @ 2014-10-10 15:55 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linux-arm-kernel On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 3:37 AM, Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> wrote: > On 10 October 2014 12:33, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> wrote: >> Hi Ard, >> >> On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 10:25:24AM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: >>> Position independent AArch64 code needs to be linked and loaded at the same >>> relative offset from a 4 KB boundary, or adrp/add and adrp/ldr pairs will >>> not work correctly. (This is how PC relative symbol references with a 4 GB >>> reach are emitted) >>> >>> We need to declare this in the PE/COFF header, otherwise the PE/COFF loader >>> may load the Image and invoke the stub at an offset which violates this rule. >> >> Has this been observed happening, or was this just found by inspection? >> > > This is also something found by inspection, or rather, by the > discussion going on in the other thread. I am not aware of any PE/COFF > loaders that may choose an offset that is not 4 KB aligned, even if > the header we give it appears to allow it. > This also resolves the problematic FileAlignment that I noticed when reviewing the branch to stext patch. The PE/COFF spec description of FileAlignment The alignment factor (in bytes) that is used to align the raw data of sections in the image file. The value should be a power of 2 between 512 and 64 K, inclusive. The default is 512. If the SectionAlignment is less than the architecture's page size, then FileAlignment must match SectionAlignment. Previously the section alignment was less than the page size, and FileAlignment/SectionAlignment didn't match. Reviewed-by: Roy Franz <roy.franz@linaro.org> >>> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> >>> --- >>> arch/arm64/kernel/head.S | 4 ++-- >>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) >>> >>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S >>> index 0a6e4f924df8..5e83e5b8a9de 100644 >>> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S >>> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S >>> @@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ optional_header: >>> >>> extra_header_fields: >>> .quad 0 // ImageBase >>> - .long 0x20 // SectionAlignment >>> + .long 0x1000 // SectionAlignment >>> .long 0x8 // FileAlignment >>> .short 0 // MajorOperatingSystemVersion >>> .short 0 // MinorOperatingSystemVersion >>> @@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ section_table: >>> .short 0 // NumberOfRelocations (0 for executables) >>> .short 0 // NumberOfLineNumbers (0 for executables) >>> .long 0xe0500020 // Characteristics (section flags) >>> - .align 5 >>> + .align 12 >> >> Can we get a comment explaining why stext needs the additional >> alignment? Something like: >> >> /* >> * EFI will load stext onwards at the 4k section alignment >> * described in the PE/COFF header. To ensure that instruction >> * sequences using an adrp and a :lo12: immediate will function >> * correctly at this alignment, we must ensure that stext is >> * placed at a 4k boundary in the Image to begin with. >> */ >> .align 12 >> > > OK > > -- > Ard. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* [PATCH] arm64/efi: set PE/COFF section alignment to 4 KB 2014-10-10 15:55 ` Roy Franz @ 2014-10-10 15:59 ` Ard Biesheuvel 0 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread From: Ard Biesheuvel @ 2014-10-10 15:59 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linux-arm-kernel On 10 October 2014 17:55, Roy Franz <roy.franz@linaro.org> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 3:37 AM, Ard Biesheuvel > <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> wrote: >> On 10 October 2014 12:33, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> wrote: >>> Hi Ard, >>> >>> On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 10:25:24AM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: >>>> Position independent AArch64 code needs to be linked and loaded at the same >>>> relative offset from a 4 KB boundary, or adrp/add and adrp/ldr pairs will >>>> not work correctly. (This is how PC relative symbol references with a 4 GB >>>> reach are emitted) >>>> >>>> We need to declare this in the PE/COFF header, otherwise the PE/COFF loader >>>> may load the Image and invoke the stub at an offset which violates this rule. >>> >>> Has this been observed happening, or was this just found by inspection? >>> >> >> This is also something found by inspection, or rather, by the >> discussion going on in the other thread. I am not aware of any PE/COFF >> loaders that may choose an offset that is not 4 KB aligned, even if >> the header we give it appears to allow it. >> > > This also resolves the problematic FileAlignment that I noticed when reviewing > the branch to stext patch. > > The PE/COFF spec description of FileAlignment > > The alignment factor (in bytes) that is > used to align the raw data of sections > in the image file. The value should be > a power of 2 between 512 and 64 K, > inclusive. The default is 512. If the > SectionAlignment is less than the > architecture's page size, then > FileAlignment must match > SectionAlignment. > > Previously the section alignment was less than the page size, > and FileAlignment/SectionAlignment didn't match. > > Reviewed-by: Roy Franz <roy.franz@linaro.org> > Yes, but this also means (as I noticed just now), that our file alignment is out of spec, as it should be at least 0x200. Unfortunately, that means we have to pad the kernel .data section to 0x200 alignment as well. Oh, and our architecture does not have a single page size, so I wonder if we shouldn't just set both to 0x1000 and be done with it. Thanks, Ard. >>>> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> >>>> --- >>>> arch/arm64/kernel/head.S | 4 ++-- >>>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) >>>> >>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S >>>> index 0a6e4f924df8..5e83e5b8a9de 100644 >>>> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S >>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S >>>> @@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ optional_header: >>>> >>>> extra_header_fields: >>>> .quad 0 // ImageBase >>>> - .long 0x20 // SectionAlignment >>>> + .long 0x1000 // SectionAlignment >>>> .long 0x8 // FileAlignment >>>> .short 0 // MajorOperatingSystemVersion >>>> .short 0 // MinorOperatingSystemVersion >>>> @@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ section_table: >>>> .short 0 // NumberOfRelocations (0 for executables) >>>> .short 0 // NumberOfLineNumbers (0 for executables) >>>> .long 0xe0500020 // Characteristics (section flags) >>>> - .align 5 >>>> + .align 12 >>> >>> Can we get a comment explaining why stext needs the additional >>> alignment? Something like: >>> >>> /* >>> * EFI will load stext onwards at the 4k section alignment >>> * described in the PE/COFF header. To ensure that instruction >>> * sequences using an adrp and a :lo12: immediate will function >>> * correctly at this alignment, we must ensure that stext is >>> * placed at a 4k boundary in the Image to begin with. >>> */ >>> .align 12 >>> >> >> OK >> >> -- >> Ard. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
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