Re: [PATCH -next 2/3] arm64: head: Mark constants as data

[Ard Biesheuvel]

On Thu, 22 Sept 2022 at 15:08, Chen Zhongjin <chenzhongjin@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Add data annotations to constants part of the image header.
>
> Signed-off-by: Julien Thierry <jthierry@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Chen Zhongjin <chenzhongjin@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/kernel/head.S | 6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
> index 814b6587ccb7..f298e88e2d23 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
> @@ -57,9 +57,10 @@
>         /*
>          * DO NOT MODIFY. Image header expected by Linux boot-loaders.
>          */
> -       efi_signature_nop                       // special NOP to identity as PE/COFF executable
> +SYM_DATA_LOCAL(efi_nop, efi_signature_nop)     // special NOP to identity as PE/COFF executable

This is an instruction not data

>         b       primary_entry                   // branch to kernel start, magic
> -       .quad   0                               // Image load offset from start of RAM, little-endian
> +SYM_DATA_LOCAL(_zero_reserved, .quad   0)      // Image load offset from start of RAM, little-endian

Why convert this quad? And why does it need a symbol?

> +SYM_DATA_START_LOCAL(_arm64_common_header)
>         le64sym _kernel_size_le                 // Effective size of kernel image, little-endian
>         le64sym _kernel_flags_le                // Informative flags, little-endian
>         .quad   0                               // reserved

But not this one?

> @@ -67,6 +68,7 @@
>         .quad   0                               // reserved
>         .ascii  ARM64_IMAGE_MAGIC               // Magic number
>         .long   .Lpe_header_offset              // Offset to the PE header.
> +SYM_DATA_END(_arm64_common_header)
>
>         __EFI_PE_HEADER
>
> --
> 2.17.1
>