[PATCH v3] ARM: xip: Use correct symbol for end of ROM marker

[Nicolas Pitre]

On Tue, 17 Nov 2015, Chris Brandt wrote:

> > Absolutely.  I'll be glad to review your patches.
> 
> What do you think about this submission?
> I think it still holds true regardless of the incorrect sectioning.
> 
> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2015-November/384354.html

This patch is correct.

> >> Of course, there are still some other XIP patches needed (like you
> >> can't use text areas as a temporary stack on boot), but the sections
> >> are a pretty logical place to start.
> >
> > Maybe this can be prevented automatically by the linker with some
> > read-only memory regions or the like.
> 
> I think this one is more of a coding issue.
> These were the attempts to fix the temporary stack issue:
> 
> My first patch:
> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2015-July/357106.html

I think this ought to be fixed regardless of the XIP issue.

> Magnus's try:
> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2015-November/383394.html

This one is wrong as it clobbers r11.


Nicolas