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From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb+git@google.com>
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>, Paul Walmsley <pjw@kernel.org>,
	Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>,
	 Albert Ou <aou@eecs.berkeley.edu>,
	Alexandre Ghiti <alex@ghiti.fr>,
	linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] riscv: Use _stext not _text to denote the start of kernel code
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 17:43:47 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261111164345.4059964-6-ardb+git@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261111164345.4059964-5-ardb+git@google.com>

From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>

On RISC-V, _text and _stext currently refer to the same location, i.e.,
the start of the .text output section, which follows the image header
(.head.text) emitted by HEAD_TEXT_SECTION. _start is the symbol that
refers to the actual start of the image.

On most other architectures, _text refers to the start of the image, and
_stext to the start of the kernel code, and generic code (such as the
EFI stub) may start relying on this distinction.

So switch the only user of _text in arch/riscv, i.e., the "Kernel code"
resource that is exposed via /proc/iomem (and from which the "Kernel
image" resource inherits its start address), over to _stext. This is a
no-op given that both symbols currently resolve to the same address, but
it permits _text to be moved to the start of the image, making it an
alias of _start.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
---
 arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
index d79f99b86033..e6112d424fde 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static int __init add_kernel_resources(void)
 	 * child nodes.
 	 */
 
-	code_res.start = __pa_symbol(_text);
+	code_res.start = __pa_symbol(_stext);
 	code_res.end = __pa_symbol(_etext) - 1;
 	code_res.flags = IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM | IORESOURCE_BUSY;
 
-- 
2.56.0.611.g1030f0b940-goog



  reply	other threads:[~2026-11-11 16:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-11 16:43 [PATCH 0/3] riscv: Align section markers with other archs Ard Biesheuvel
2026-11-11 16:43 ` Ard Biesheuvel [this message]
2026-11-11 16:43 ` [PATCH 2/3] riscv: Make _text point to the start of the kernel image Ard Biesheuvel
2026-11-11 16:43 ` [PATCH 3/3] riscv: Rename __init_text_end to __inittext_end like other archs Ard Biesheuvel
2026-11-12  4:35 ` [PATCH 0/3] riscv: Align section markers with " Jisheng Zhang

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