Re: "kernel ade access" oops on LoongArch

From: Xi Ruoyao
Date: Wed Feb 15 2023 - 03:35:56 EST


On Wed, 2023-02-15 at 16:25 +0800, Youling Tang wrote:
> Can you modify the kernel as follows and test it, so as to avoid
> possible relationship with the exception table data link position and
> alignment rules (or use EXCEPTION_TABLE(12))?
>
> --- a/arch/loongarch/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> +++ b/arch/loongarch/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
>   #include <asm/thread_info.h>
>
>   #define PAGE_SIZE _PAGE_SIZE
> -#define RO_EXCEPTION_TABLE_ALIGN       4
>
>   /*
>    * Put .bss..swapper_pg_dir as the first thing in .bss. This will
> @@ -54,6 +53,8 @@ SECTIONS
>          . = ALIGN(PECOFF_SEGMENT_ALIGN);
>          _etext = .;
>
> +       EXCEPTION_TABLE(16)
> +

It seems the kernel refuses to boot after the change, but I'm not
completely sure: I'm 5 km away from the board and operating it via ssh
so maybe it's a reboot failure or network failure. I'll report again in
the evening.

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Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xxxxxxxxxxx>
School of Aerospace Science and Technology, Xidian University