[PATCH v3] x86, realmode: explicitly set entry via ENTRY in linker script

From: Nick Desaulniers
Date: Wed Sep 25 2019 - 14:09:20 EST


Linking with ld.lld via $ make LD=ld.lld produces the warning:
ld.lld: warning: cannot find entry symbol _start; defaulting to 0x1000

Linking with ld.bfd shows the default entry is 0x1000:
$ readelf -h arch/x86/realmode/rm/realmode.elf | grep Entry
Entry point address: 0x1000

While ld.lld is being pedantic, just set the entry point explicitly,
instead of depending on the implicit default. The symbol pa_text_start
refers to the start of the .text section, which may not be at 0x1000 if
the preceding sections listed in arch/x86/realmode/rm/realmode.lds.S
were large enough. This matches behavior in arch/x86/boot/setup.ld.

Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/216
Suggested-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Peter Smith <Peter.Smith@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/realmode/rm/realmode.lds.S | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/realmode/rm/realmode.lds.S b/arch/x86/realmode/rm/realmode.lds.S
index 3bb980800c58..64d135d1ee63 100644
--- a/arch/x86/realmode/rm/realmode.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/realmode/rm/realmode.lds.S
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@

OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf32-i386")
OUTPUT_ARCH(i386)
+ENTRY(pa_text_start)

SECTIONS
{
--
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