linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ARM: add a private asm/unaligned.h

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Date:   Mon, 30 Oct 2017 16:38:17 +0000
From:   Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To:     Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@...e-electrons.com>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>,
        Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@....fi>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrea Adami <andrea.adami@...il.com>,
        Romain Izard <romain.izard.pro@...il.com>,
        Sven Schmidt <4sschmid@...ormatik.uni-hamburg.de>,
        Petr Cvek <petrcvekcz@...il.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: add a private asm/unaligned.h

On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 05:24:34PM +0100, Gregory CLEMENT wrote:
> Hi Russell King,
>  
> Here you will find all the objects included the vmlinux:
> 
> http://free-electrons.com/~gregory/pub/compressed.tgz

Thanks.  Unfortunately, nothing stands out, but I do see a difference
between the output of your linker from mine.

Yours:

Idx Name          Size      VMA       LMA       File off  Algn
  0 .text         00005ef8  00000000  00000000  00010000  2**5
                  CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, READONLY, CODE

Mine:

Idx Name          Size      VMA       LMA       File off  Algn
  0 .text         00005f00  00000000  00000000  00010000  2**5
                  CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, READONLY, CODE

That has the effect of moving the addresses of the following
sections in your vmlinux down by 8 bytes.  However, I don't think
that's the cause of this - but it does hint at something being
different in binutils in the way sections are processed in the
linker.

Please add to your linker script after the assignment of _edata:

  .image_end (NOLOAD) : {
    _edata_foo = .;
  }

relink the decompressor, and see what value _edata_foo ends up with
compared to _edata?  They should be the same, but I suspect using
your linker, they will be different.

Also try adding
    BYTE(0);

after the _edata_foo assignment as a separate test, and see whether
that makes any difference - with that you should end up with the
.image_end section in the output image.

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