[PATCH 1/5] arm64: Fix __data_loc value
Geoff Levand
geoff at infradead.org
Fri Dec 13 19:20:02 EST 2013
Hi Catalin,
On Fri, 2013-12-13 at 18:17 +0000, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 05:46:47PM +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 08:39:45PM +0000, Geoff Levand wrote:
> > > The __data_loc variable should be set to the VMA of the data section, not
> > > the LMA.
> > >
> > > At present LOAD_OFFSET is not set and defaults to zero, so this bug
> > > does not cause any problems.
> >
> > Why does ARM64 have this in the first place? __data_loc is used for
> > XIP support on ARM, does ARM64 have XIP support?
>
> Not a good reason, copy-paste leftover.
I didn't check how __data_loc was used. I assumed it was of some use
and just did what was needed to suppress a link error in my work.
I'll post a patch that removes it.
-Geoff
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