[PATCH] ARM/RISC-V: pbl.lds: drop ALIGN before _text and assert entry at start
Marco Felsch
m.felsch at pengutronix.de
Thu Oct 1 00:39:23 PDT 2026
Hi Sascha,
On 26-10-01 08:52, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> .image_start and ._text only hold the zero-sized __image_start and
> _text markers, so the location counter is still 0 when it reaches
> the ALIGN(4) in front of ._text. The ALIGN was only meaningful while
> PRE_IMAGE could place data of arbitrary size there. RISC-V copied the
> sequence from ARM.
>
> The PBL must start with its entry code: it is started from its first
> address, the image size is taken as __image_end, and code copying the
> image uses __image_start and _text interchangeably. Assert that
> instead of silently relying on it.
>
> Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5-5
The change is fine, but you missed your s-o-b.
Regards,
Marco
> ---
> arch/arm/lib/pbl.lds.S | 3 ++-
> arch/riscv/lib/pbl.lds.S | 3 ++-
> 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/pbl.lds.S b/arch/arm/lib/pbl.lds.S
> index c4abfc5989..2c96034c4e 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/lib/pbl.lds.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/lib/pbl.lds.S
> @@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ SECTIONS
>
> .image_start : { *(.__image_start) }
>
> - . = ALIGN(4);
> ._text : { *(._text) }
> .text :
> {
> @@ -152,4 +151,6 @@ SECTIONS
>
> _barebox_image_size = __image_end;
> _barebox_pbl_size = __bss_start;
> +
> + ASSERT(_stext == __image_start, "PBL entry code must be at the image start")
> }
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/lib/pbl.lds.S b/arch/riscv/lib/pbl.lds.S
> index 17cd61ff75..e580ec06f3 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/lib/pbl.lds.S
> +++ b/arch/riscv/lib/pbl.lds.S
> @@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ SECTIONS
>
> .image_start : { *(.__image_start) }
>
> - . = ALIGN(4);
> ._text : { *(._text) }
> .text :
> {
> @@ -87,4 +86,6 @@ SECTIONS
>
> _barebox_image_size = __image_end;
> _barebox_pbl_size = __bss_start;
> +
> + ASSERT(_stext == __image_start, "PBL entry code must be at the image start")
> }
> --
> 2.47.3
>
>
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