linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [MIPS] Place __kernel_entry at the beginning of text section

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Message-ID: <CAK7LNAQi_R_ppZu3Y7ZBEbGpGviCYoD=vBUvt9rgaPLkaLZ9Xw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 12:42:26 +0900
From: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To: Chris Packham <chris.packham@...iedtelesis.co.nz>, Rong Xu <xur@...gle.com>
Cc: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>, Klara Modin <klarasmodin@...il.com>, 
	Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>, Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>, 
	Nicolas Schier <nicolas@...sle.eu>, "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...am.me.uk>, linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [MIPS] Place __kernel_entry at the beginning of text section

On Tue, Nov 26, 2024 at 8:42 AM Chris Packham
<chris.packham@...iedtelesis.co.nz> wrote:
>
>
> On 26/11/24 12:09, Rong Xu wrote:
> > Mark __kernel_entry as ".head.text" and place HEAD_TEXT before
> > TEXT_TEXT in the linker script. This ensures that __kernel_entry
> > will be placed at the beginning of text section.
> >
> > Drop mips from scripts/head-object-list.txt.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Rong Xu <xur@...gle.com>
> > Reported-by: Chris Packham <chris.packham@...iedtelesis.co.nz>
>
> Works for me on my RTL9302C based board
>
> Tested-by: Chris Packham <chris.packham@...iedtelesis.co.nz>
>
> > ---
> >   arch/mips/kernel/head.S        | 1 +
> >   arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 +
> >   scripts/head-object-list.txt   | 1 -
> >   3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/head.S b/arch/mips/kernel/head.S
> > index e90695b2b60e..6d5fc498c6f9 100644
> > --- a/arch/mips/kernel/head.S
> > +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/head.S
> > @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
> >
> >   #include <kernel-entry-init.h>
> >
> > +     __HEAD
>
> I'm not and expert on any of this but... should this go below the
> setup_c0_status_* macros (just before the CONFIG_NO_EXCEPT_FILL) line? I
> don't think it makes any actual difference but as a reader it feels more
> logical that the __HEAD annotation is applying to the .fill and
> __kernel_entry.


Agree.

Having __HEAD right before the allocated code would be better.


We have one more section marker, __REF, some lines below.
This is placed right before the affected code.


Rong, could please send v2 as Chris suggested?

Then, I will insert this to my tree to avoid regression.

I will drop the previous commit
(MIPS: move _stext definition to vmlinux.lds.S).
It changed the location of _stext when
CONFIG_NO_EXCEPT_FILL is disabled.

Thanks.




>
> >       /*
> >        * For the moment disable interrupts, mark the kernel mode and
> >        * set ST0_KX so that the CPU does not spit fire when using
> > diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> > index d575f945d422..c9c1ba85ac7b 100644
> > --- a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> > +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> > @@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ SECTIONS
> >       _text = .;      /* Text and read-only data */
> >       _stext = .;
> >       .text : {
> > +             HEAD_TEXT
> >               TEXT_TEXT
> >               SCHED_TEXT
> >               LOCK_TEXT
> > diff --git a/scripts/head-object-list.txt b/scripts/head-object-list.txt
> > index fd5d00bac447..f12b4a7b8406 100644
> > --- a/scripts/head-object-list.txt
> > +++ b/scripts/head-object-list.txt
> > @@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ arch/m68k/coldfire/head.o
> >   arch/m68k/kernel/head.o
> >   arch/m68k/kernel/sun3-head.o
> >   arch/microblaze/kernel/head.o
> > -arch/mips/kernel/head.o
> >   arch/nios2/kernel/head.o
> >   arch/openrisc/kernel/head.o
> >   arch/parisc/kernel/head.o
> >
> > base-commit: 3596c721c4348b2a964e43f9296a0c01509ba927



-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada