[PATCH v4 15/22] ARM: linker script: create separate PT_LOAD segments for text, rodata, and data

[Sascha Hauer]

Fix the linker scripts to generate three distinct PT_LOAD segments with
correct permissions instead of combining .rodata with .data.

Before this fix, the linker auto-generated only two PT_LOAD segments:
1. Text segment (PF_R|PF_X)
2. Data segment (PF_R|PF_W) - containing .rodata, .data, .bss, etc.

With explicit PHDRS directives, we now generate three segments:
1. text segment (PF_R|PF_X): .text and related code sections
2. rodata segment (PF_R): .rodata and unwind tables
3. data segment (PF_R|PF_W): .data, .bss, and related sections

With this we can setup the MMU properly from outside the ELF binary.

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply at anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer at pengutronix.de>
---
 arch/arm/lib32/barebox.lds.S | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 arch/arm/lib64/barebox.lds.S | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/lib32/barebox.lds.S b/arch/arm/lib32/barebox.lds.S
index c704dd6d70f3ab157ceb67dfb14760e03f2a5d62..c09899361599dfc8d50b38e35b68c08f48ea9913 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib32/barebox.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/lib32/barebox.lds.S
@@ -7,14 +7,23 @@
 OUTPUT_FORMAT(BAREBOX_OUTPUT_FORMAT)
 OUTPUT_ARCH(BAREBOX_OUTPUT_ARCH)
 ENTRY(start)
+
+PHDRS
+{
+	text PT_LOAD FLAGS(5);		/* PF_R | PF_X */
+	rodata PT_LOAD FLAGS(4);	/* PF_R */
+	dynamic PT_DYNAMIC FLAGS(4);	/* PF_R */
+	data PT_LOAD FLAGS(6);		/* PF_R | PF_W */
+}
+
 SECTIONS
 {
 	. = 0x0;
-	.image_start : { *(.__image_start) }
+	.image_start : { *(.__image_start) } :text
 
 	. = ALIGN(4);
 
-	._text : { *(._text) }
+	._text : { *(._text) } :text
 	.text      :
 	{
 		_stext = .;
@@ -27,7 +36,7 @@ SECTIONS
 		KEEP(*(.text_exceptions*))
 		__exceptions_stop = .;
 		*(.text*)
-	}
+	} :text
 	BAREBOX_BARE_INIT_SIZE
 
 	. = ALIGN(4096);
@@ -35,7 +44,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	.rodata : {
 		*(.rodata*)
 		RO_DATA_SECTION
-	}
+	} :rodata
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARM_UNWIND
 	/*
@@ -46,20 +55,22 @@ SECTIONS
 		__start_unwind_idx = .;
 		*(.ARM.exidx*)
 		__stop_unwind_idx = .;
-	}
+	} :rodata
 	.ARM.unwind_tab : {
 		__start_unwind_tab = .;
 		*(.ARM.extab*)
 		__stop_unwind_tab = .;
-	}
+	} :rodata
 #endif
+	.dynamic : { *(.dynamic) } :rodata :dynamic
+
 	. = ALIGN(4096);
+
 	__end_rodata = .;
 	_etext = .;
 	_sdata = .;
 
-	. = ALIGN(4);
-	.data : { *(.data*) }
+	.data : { *(.data*) } :data
 
 	. = .;
 
@@ -69,12 +80,12 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	BAREBOX_EFI_RUNTIME
 
-	.image_end : { *(.__image_end) }
+	.image_end : { *(.__image_end) } :data
 
 	. = ALIGN(4);
-	.__bss_start :  { *(.__bss_start) }
-	.bss : { *(.bss*) }
-	.__bss_stop :  { *(.__bss_stop) }
+	.__bss_start :  { *(.__bss_start) } :data
+	.bss : { *(.bss*) } :data
+	.__bss_stop :  { *(.__bss_stop) } :data
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARM_SECURE_MONITOR
 	. = ALIGN(16);
diff --git a/arch/arm/lib64/barebox.lds.S b/arch/arm/lib64/barebox.lds.S
index 5ee5fbc3741e1f7644c00f9b37c0903c27704a3e..1ce2c67df03068e5328a41b394aa1bcbbe63c027 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib64/barebox.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/lib64/barebox.lds.S
@@ -6,14 +6,23 @@
 OUTPUT_FORMAT(BAREBOX_OUTPUT_FORMAT)
 OUTPUT_ARCH(BAREBOX_OUTPUT_ARCH)
 ENTRY(start)
+
+PHDRS
+{
+	text PT_LOAD FLAGS(5);		/* PF_R | PF_X */
+	rodata PT_LOAD FLAGS(4);	/* PF_R */
+	dynamic PT_DYNAMIC FLAGS(4);	/* PF_R */
+	data PT_LOAD FLAGS(6);		/* PF_R | PF_W */
+}
+
 SECTIONS
 {
 	. = 0x0;
 
-	.image_start : { *(.__image_start) }
+	.image_start : { *(.__image_start) } :text
 
 	. = ALIGN(4);
-	._text : { *(._text) }
+	._text : { *(._text) } :text
 	.text      :
 	{
 		_stext = .;
@@ -22,7 +31,7 @@ SECTIONS
 		*(.text_bare_init*)
 		__bare_init_end = .;
 		*(.text*)
-	}
+	} :text
 	BAREBOX_BARE_INIT_SIZE
 
 	. = ALIGN(4096);
@@ -30,7 +39,9 @@ SECTIONS
 	.rodata : {
 		*(.rodata*)
 		RO_DATA_SECTION
-	}
+	} :rodata
+
+	.dynamic : { *(.dynamic) } :rodata :dynamic
 
 	. = ALIGN(4096);
 
@@ -38,20 +49,18 @@ SECTIONS
 	_etext = .;
 	_sdata = .;
 
-	.data : { *(.data*) }
-
-	BAREBOX_RELOCATION_TABLE
+	.data : { *(.data*) } :data
 
 	_edata = .;
 
 	BAREBOX_EFI_RUNTIME
 
-	.image_end : { *(.__image_end) }
+	.image_end : { *(.__image_end) } :data
 
 	. = ALIGN(4);
-	.__bss_start :  { *(.__bss_start) }
-	.bss : { *(.bss*) }
-	.__bss_stop :  { *(.__bss_stop) }
+	.__bss_start :  { *(.__bss_start) } :data
+	.bss : { *(.bss*) } :data
+	.__bss_stop :  { *(.__bss_stop) } :data
 	_end = .;
 	_barebox_image_size = __bss_start;
 }

-- 
2.47.3