Re: [PATCH -next] xtensa: Fix fix linker script transformation for .text / .text.fixup

From: Max Filippov
Date: Wed Apr 08 2015 - 02:14:37 EST


Hi Guenter,

On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 8:49 AM, Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Commit 779c88c94c34 ("ARM: 8321/1: asm-generic: introduce .text.fixup
> input section") introduced a new .text.fixup section which is merged
> with .text at link time. This causes xtensa builds to fail with lots
> of error messages similar to the following.
>
> lib/lib.a(kobject.o): In function `kobject_create':
> (.text+0x498): dangerous relocation: l32r: literal placed after use:
> (.literal+0x150)
>
> Linker script transformation needs to be updated to detect and handle
> the new section.

I've posted a patch for it to the linux-xtensa ML a while ago:
http://lists.linux-xtensa.org/pipermail/linux-xtensa/Week-of-Mon-20150330/001913.html

> Fixes: 779c88c94c34 ("ARM: 8321/1: asm-generic: introduce .text.fixup
> input section")
> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/xtensa/kernel/Makefile | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/Makefile b/arch/xtensa/kernel/Makefile
> index 18d962a..d3a0f0f 100644
> --- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/Makefile
> @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ AFLAGS_head.o += -mtext-section-literals
>
> sed-y = -e 's/\*(\(\.[a-z]*it\|\.ref\|\)\.text)/*(\1.literal \1.text)/g' \
> -e 's/\.text\.unlikely/.literal.unlikely .text.unlikely/g' \
> + -e 's/\*(\(\.text .*\))/*(.literal \1)/g' \

This doesn't handle literals for .text.fixup AFAICT.

--
Thanks.
-- Max
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