From: mark.rutland@arm.com (Mark Rutland)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 4/8] arm64: efi: clean up Image header after PE header has been split off
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 19:26:40 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170330182640.GC8062@leverpostej> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170323190051.14882-5-ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 07:00:47PM +0000, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> After having split off the PE header, clean up the bits that remain:
> use .long consistently, merge two adjacent #ifdef CONFIG_EFI blocks,
> fix the offset of the PE header pointer and remove the redundant .align
> that follows it.
>
> Also, since we will be eliminating all open coded constants from the
> EFI header in subsequent patches, let's replace the open coded "ARM\x64"
> magic number with its .ascii equivalent.
>
> No changes to the resulting binary image are intended.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
FWIW:
Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Mark.
> ---
> arch/arm64/kernel/head.S | 12 +++---------
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
> index c1977bed01db..6d49e716bf40 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
> @@ -91,20 +91,14 @@ _head:
> .quad 0 // reserved
> .quad 0 // reserved
> .quad 0 // reserved
> - .byte 0x41 // Magic number, "ARM\x64"
> - .byte 0x52
> - .byte 0x4d
> - .byte 0x64
> + .ascii "ARM\x64" // Magic number
> #ifdef CONFIG_EFI
> .long pe_header - _head // Offset to the PE header.
> -#else
> - .word 0 // reserved
> -#endif
>
> -#ifdef CONFIG_EFI
> - .align 3
> pe_header:
> __EFI_PE_HEADER
> +#else
> + .long 0 // reserved
> #endif
>
> __INIT
> --
> 2.9.3
>
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Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-03-23 19:00 [PATCH v3 0/8] arm64: efi: PE/COFF cleanup/hardening Ard Biesheuvel
2017-03-23 19:00 ` [PATCH v3 1/8] include: pe.h: allow for use in assembly Ard Biesheuvel
2017-03-23 19:00 ` [PATCH v3 2/8] include: pe.h: add some missing definitions Ard Biesheuvel
2017-03-23 19:00 ` [PATCH v3 3/8] arm64: efi: move EFI header and related data to a separate .S file Ard Biesheuvel
2017-03-23 19:00 ` [PATCH v3 4/8] arm64: efi: clean up Image header after PE header has been split off Ard Biesheuvel
2017-03-30 18:26 ` Will Deacon
2017-03-30 18:26 ` Mark Rutland [this message]
2017-03-23 19:00 ` [PATCH v3 5/8] arm64: efi: remove forbidden values from the PE/COFF header Ard Biesheuvel
2017-03-23 19:00 ` [PATCH v3 6/8] arm64: efi: remove pointless dummy .reloc section Ard Biesheuvel
2017-03-23 19:00 ` [PATCH v3 7/8] arm64: efi: replace open coded constants with symbolic ones Ard Biesheuvel
2017-03-23 19:00 ` [PATCH v3 8/8] arm64: efi: split Image code and data into separate PE/COFF sections Ard Biesheuvel
2017-03-30 18:29 ` Mark Rutland
2017-04-04 15:33 ` [PATCH v3 0/8] arm64: efi: PE/COFF cleanup/hardening Ard Biesheuvel
2017-04-04 16:57 ` Catalin Marinas
2017-04-04 17:02 ` Ard Biesheuvel
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