@@ -129,20 +129,10 @@ SECTIONS
*(.__image_copy_end)
}
- . = ALIGN(8);
-
- .rel_dyn_start :
- {
- *(.__rel_dyn_start)
- }
-
- .rela.dyn : {
+ .rela.dyn ALIGN(8) : {
+ __rel_dyn_start = .;
*(.rela*)
- }
-
- .rel_dyn_end :
- {
- *(.__rel_dyn_end)
+ __rel_dyn_end = .;
}
_end = .;
@@ -166,18 +166,10 @@ SECTIONS
*(.__image_copy_end)
}
- .rel_dyn_start :
- {
- *(.__rel_dyn_start)
- }
-
- .rel.dyn : {
+ .rel.dyn ALIGN(4) : {
+ __rel_dyn_start = .;
*(.rel*)
- }
-
- .rel_dyn_end :
- {
- *(.__rel_dyn_end)
+ __rel_dyn_end = .;
}
.end :
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
char __image_copy_start[0] __section(".__image_copy_start");
char __image_copy_end[0] __section(".__image_copy_end");
-char __rel_dyn_start[0] __section(".__rel_dyn_start");
-char __rel_dyn_end[0] __section(".__rel_dyn_end");
char __secure_start[0] __section(".__secure_start");
char __secure_end[0] __section(".__secure_end");
char __secure_stack_start[0] __section(".__secure_stack_start");
@@ -71,18 +71,10 @@ SECTIONS
*(.__image_copy_end)
}
- .rel_dyn_start :
- {
- *(.__rel_dyn_start)
- }
-
- .rel.dyn : {
+ .rel.dyn ALIGN(8) : {
+ __rel_dyn_start = .;
*(.rel*)
- }
-
- .rel_dyn_end :
- {
- *(.__rel_dyn_end)
+ __rel_dyn_end = .;
}
.end :
commit 47bd65ef057f ("arm: make __rel_dyn_{start, end} compiler-generated") were moving the __rel_dyn_start/end on c generated variables that were injected in their own sections. The reason was that we needed relative relocations for position independent code and linker bugs back then prevented us from doing so [0]. However, the linker documentation pages states that symbols that are defined within a section definition will create a relocatable type with the value being a fixed offset from the base of a section [1]. [0] binutils commit 6b3b0ab89663 ("Make linker assigned symbol dynamic only for shared object") [1] https://sourceware.org/binutils/docs/ld/Expression-Section.html Suggested-by: Sam Edwards <CFSworks@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Sam Edwards <CFSworks@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org> Tested-by: Sam Edwards <CFSworks@gmail.com> # Binary output identical Signed-off-by: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org> --- arch/arm/cpu/armv8/u-boot.lds | 16 +++------------- arch/arm/cpu/u-boot.lds | 14 +++----------- arch/arm/lib/sections.c | 2 -- arch/arm/mach-zynq/u-boot.lds | 14 +++----------- 4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)