[PATCH 1/2] pbl: cleanup early malloc

Ahmad Fatoum a.fatoum at pengutronix.de
Mon May 18 09:14:42 PDT 2026


On 5/18/26 5:32 PM, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> All architectures using PBL define the same variables free_mem_ptr and
> free_mem_end_ptr and initialize them. create a helper for that in
> pbl/malloc.c and rename simple_*() to pbl_*().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer at pengutronix.de>

Reviewed-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum at pengutronix.de>

with issues below addressed

> ---
>  arch/arm/cpu/uncompress.c              |  6 +---
>  arch/mips/boot/uncompress.c            |  6 +---
>  arch/riscv/boot/uncompress.c           |  6 +---
>  arch/riscv/include/asm/barebox-riscv.h |  6 ----
>  include/linux/decompress/mm.h          | 44 ++++----------------------
>  include/mach/bcm283x/debug_ll.h        | 10 ------
>  include/pbl.h                          |  7 ++--
>  pbl/Makefile                           |  1 +
>  pbl/malloc.c                           | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  9 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 72 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 pbl/malloc.c
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/uncompress.c b/arch/arm/cpu/uncompress.c
> index 38f7dbc113..c7802226e6 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/cpu/uncompress.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/uncompress.c
> @@ -27,9 +27,6 @@
>  
>  #include "entry.h"
>  
> -unsigned long free_mem_ptr;
> -unsigned long free_mem_end_ptr;
> -
>  extern unsigned char input_data[];
>  extern unsigned char input_data_end[];
>  
> @@ -78,8 +75,7 @@ void __noreturn barebox_pbl_start(unsigned long membase, unsigned long memsize,
>  
>  	handoff_data = (void *)barebox_base + uncompressed_len + MAX_BSS_SIZE;
>  
> -	free_mem_ptr = barebox_base - ARM_MEM_EARLY_MALLOC_SIZE;
> -	free_mem_end_ptr = barebox_base;
> +	pbl_malloc_init(barebox_base - ARM_MEM_EARLY_MALLOC_SIZE, ARM_MEM_EARLY_MALLOC_SIZE);
>  
>  #ifdef DEBUG
>  	print_pbl_mem_layout(membase, endmem, barebox_base);
> diff --git a/arch/mips/boot/uncompress.c b/arch/mips/boot/uncompress.c
> index 0630d03c6b..b58b23ea6b 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/boot/uncompress.c
> +++ b/arch/mips/boot/uncompress.c
> @@ -16,9 +16,6 @@
>  extern void *input_data;
>  extern void *input_data_end;
>  
> -unsigned long free_mem_ptr;
> -unsigned long free_mem_end_ptr;
> -
>  void barebox_pbl_start(void *fdt, void *fdt_end, unsigned long ram_size);
>  
>  void __section(.text_entry) barebox_pbl_start(void *fdt, void *fdt_end,
> @@ -34,8 +31,7 @@ void __section(.text_entry) barebox_pbl_start(void *fdt, void *fdt_end,
>  	memset(__bss_start, 0, __bss_stop - __bss_start);
>  
>  	/* set 128 KiB at the end of the MALLOC_BASE for early malloc */
> -	free_mem_ptr = TEXT_BASE - SZ_128K;
> -	free_mem_end_ptr = free_mem_ptr + SZ_128K;
> +	pbl_malloc_init(barebox_base - TEXT_BASE - SZ_128K, SZ_128K);
>  
>  	piggy_len = (unsigned long)&input_data_end - (unsigned long)&input_data;
>  
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/boot/uncompress.c b/arch/riscv/boot/uncompress.c
> index e51f1b0121..df60b14ed8 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/boot/uncompress.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/boot/uncompress.c
> @@ -23,9 +23,6 @@
>  
>  #include "entry.h"
>  
> -unsigned long free_mem_ptr;
> -unsigned long free_mem_end_ptr;
> -
>  void __noreturn barebox_pbl_start(unsigned long membase, unsigned long memsize,
>  				  void *fdt)
>  {
> @@ -63,8 +60,7 @@ void __noreturn barebox_pbl_start(unsigned long membase, unsigned long memsize,
>  
>  	pr_debug("memory at 0x%08lx, size 0x%08lx\n", membase, memsize);
>  
> -	free_mem_ptr = riscv_mem_early_malloc(membase, endmem);
> -	free_mem_end_ptr = riscv_mem_early_malloc_end(membase, endmem);
> +	pbl_malloc_init(riscv_mem_early_malloc(), SZ_128K);

This is a bit dangerous as it now hardcodes SZ_128K at two places and
one could be missed when trying to extend the region.

Could you #define RISCV_MEM_EARLY_MALLOC_SIZE SZ_128K in the same patch?


> diff --git a/include/mach/bcm283x/debug_ll.h b/include/mach/bcm283x/debug_ll.h
> index 8bbff4fd9a..68542fd6a3 100644
> --- a/include/mach/bcm283x/debug_ll.h
> +++ b/include/mach/bcm283x/debug_ll.h
> @@ -42,16 +42,6 @@ static inline void debug_ll_init(void)
>  
>  #elif defined CONFIG_DEBUG_RPI3_MINI_UART
>  
> -static inline uint8_t debug_ll_read_reg(void __iomem *base, int reg)
> -{
> -	return readb(base + (reg << 2));
> -}
> -
> -static inline void debug_ll_write_reg(void __iomem *base, int reg, uint8_t val)
> -{
> -	writeb(val, base + (reg << 2));
> -}
> -

Unrelated change?

Thanks,
Ahmad

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