[PATCH v2 2/2] riscv: Disable text-data gap in flat binaries

Damien Le Moal damien.lemoal at wdc.com
Wed Apr 7 16:49:24 BST 2021


uclibc/gcc combined with elf2flt riscv linker file fully resolve the
PC relative __global_pointer$ value at compile time and do not generate
a relocation entry to set a runtime gp value. As a result, if the
flatbin loader introduces a gap between the text and data sections, the
gp value becomes incorrect and prevent correct execution of a flatbin
executable.

Avoid this problem by enabling CONFIG_BINFMT_FLAT_NO_TEXT_DATA_GAP
automatically when CONFIG_RISCV is enabled and CONFIG_MMU disabled.

Signed-off-by: Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal at wdc.com>
---
 arch/riscv/Kconfig | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
index 0d0cf67359cb..6a85fbbd056e 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ config RISCV
 	select ARCH_WANT_DEFAULT_TOPDOWN_MMAP_LAYOUT if MMU
 	select ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS
 	select ARCH_WANT_HUGE_PMD_SHARE if 64BIT
+	select BINFMT_FLAT_NO_TEXT_DATA_GAP if !MMU
 	select CLONE_BACKWARDS
 	select CLINT_TIMER if !MMU
 	select COMMON_CLK
-- 
2.30.2




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