linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] of: move empty_root and unittest data DTBs to .init.rodata section

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Message-ID: <CAK7LNARAr9r6pzFzONQnNfFsbFFf_NpE39HBdmVHMBEGe1-nfQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 02:32:15 +0900
From: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
Cc: Saravana Kannan <saravanak@...gle.com>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] of: move empty_root and unittest data DTBs to
 .init.rodata section

On Wed, Aug 28, 2024 at 12:52 AM Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 09:48:01PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> > Some architectures can embed DTB(s) in vmlinux. Most of them expect a
> > single DTB in the .dtb.init.rodata section.
> >
> > For example, RISC-V previously allowed embedding multiple DTBs in
> > vmlinux, but only the first DTB in the .dtb.init.rodata section was
> > used. Which DTB was used was unpredictable, as it depended on the link
> > order (i.e., the order in Makefile).
> >
> > Commit 2672031b20f6 ("riscv: dts: Move BUILTIN_DTB_SOURCE to common
> > Kconfig") changed the Makefiles to ensure only one DTB is embedded.
> >
> > However, commit 7b937cc243e5 ("of: Create of_root if no dtb provided by
> > firmware") introduced another DTB into the .dtb.init.rodata section.
> >
> > Since then, the symbol dump (sorted by address) for ARCH=riscv
> > nommu_k210_defconfig is as follows:
> >
> >     00000000801290e0 D __dtb_k210_generic_begin
> >     00000000801290e0 D __dtb_start
> >     000000008012b571 D __dtb_k210_generic_end
> >     000000008012b580 D __dtb_empty_root_begin
> >     000000008012b5c8 D __dtb_empty_root_end
> >     000000008012b5e0 D __dtb_end
> >
> > The .dtb.init.rodata section now contains the following two DTB files:
> >
> >     arch/riscv/boot/dts/canaan/k210_generic.dtb
> >     drivers/of/empty_root.dtb
> >
> > This is not an immediate problem because the boot code picks up the
> > first DTB. The second one, empty_root.dtb is just ignored.
> >
> > However, as mentioned above, it is fragile to rely on the link order,
> > as future Makefile changes may break the behavior.
> >
> > The cmd_wrap_S_dtb rule in scripts/Makefile.lib is used for embedding a
> > DTB into the .dtb.init.rodata, so that the arch boot code can find it by
> > the __dtb_start symbol.
> >
> > empty_root.dtb is looked up by its own symbol, so it does not need to
> > be located in the .dtb.init.rodata. It can be moved to the .init.rodata
> > section.
> >
> > When CONFIG_OF_UNITTEST is enabled, more unittest DTBOs are embedded in
> > the .dtb.init.rodata section. These are also looked up by name and for
> > generic purposes, so they can be moved to the .init.rodata section as
> > well.
> >
> > I added a wrapper source file, drivers/of/empty_root_dtb.S, because this
> > is the only wrapper used in driver/of/Makefile. I moved the rule for
> > generating *.dtbo.S to drivers/of/unittest-data/Makefile because it is
> > not used anywhere else.
>
> That is likely to change. We've had fixup overlays (fixup an old dt
> to a new binding) added into the kernel from time to time. There were 2,
> but they've been removed. However, I just recently suggested adding some
> new ones[1].


Heh, surprising.

Will something like commit 841281fe52a7 come back?




> It seems we need a named section when we access the dtb by variable
> name and an unnamed or boot dt section for the one boot dtb.


built-in boot dtb --> stay in .dtb.init.rodata
                      (arch boot code does not know the DTB name)

drivers and drivers/of/  --> can be moved to .init.rodata section
                             because look-up by name is possible.





So, do you want to keep the build rule in scripts/Makefile.lib,
but for a different section?



> Rob
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240812212139.GA1797954-robh@kernel.org/
>


-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada