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Message-ID: <5f7e9b88-f70f-406e-9eb3-2619594ad4fd@ghiti.fr>
Date: Mon, 27 May 2024 14:47:04 +0200
From: Alexandre Ghiti <alex@...ti.fr>
To: Nam Cao <namcao@...utronix.de>, Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>, Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>,
linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] riscv: drop the use of XIP_OFFSET in
XIP_FIXUP_FLASH_OFFSET
On 10/05/2024 08:28, Nam Cao wrote:
> XIP_OFFSET is the hard-coded offset of writable data section within the
> kernel.
>
> By hard-coding this value, the read-only section of the kernel (which is
> placed before the writable data section) is restricted in size.
>
> As a preparation to remove this hard-coded macro XIP_OFFSET entirely, stop
> using XIP_OFFSET in XIP_FIXUP_FLASH_OFFSET. Instead, use __data_loc and
> _sdata to do the same thing.
>
> While at it, also add a description for XIP_FIXUP_FLASH_OFFSET.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nam Cao <namcao@...utronix.de>
> ---
> arch/riscv/include/asm/xip_fixup.h | 16 ++++++++++++----
> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/xip_fixup.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/xip_fixup.h
> index 9ed2cfae09e0..f3d56299bc22 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/xip_fixup.h
> +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/xip_fixup.h
> @@ -24,13 +24,21 @@
> sub \reg, \reg, t0
> .endm
> .macro XIP_FIXUP_FLASH_OFFSET reg
> + /* In linker script, at the transition from read-only section to
> + * writable section, the VMA is increased while LMA remains the same.
> + * (See in linker script how _sdata, __data_loc and LOAD_OFFSET is
> + * changed)
> + *
> + * Consequently, early during boot before MMU is up, the generated code
> + * reads the "writable" section at wrong addresses, because VMA is used
> + * by compiler to generate code, but the data is located in Flash using
> + * LMA.
> + */
> + la t0, _sdata
> + sub \reg, \reg, t0
> la t0, __data_loc
> - REG_L t1, _xip_phys_offset
> - sub \reg, \reg, t1
> add \reg, \reg, t0
> .endm
> -
> -_xip_phys_offset: .dword CONFIG_XIP_PHYS_ADDR + XIP_OFFSET
> #else
> .macro XIP_FIXUP_OFFSET reg
> .endm
Reviewed-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@...osinc.com>
Thanks,
Alex
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