[PATCH v5 1/8] firmware: remove copy-base relocation

Anup Patel anup at brainfault.org
Sat Mar 2 05:23:17 PST 2024


On Sat, Mar 2, 2024 at 1:13 PM Xiang W <wxjstz at 126.com> wrote:
>
> Remove copy-base relocations that are no longer needed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Xiang W <wxjstz at 126.com>
> ---
>  Makefile            |   8 +++-
>  README.md           |   5 --
>  docs/firmware/fw.md |   6 ---
>  firmware/fw_base.S  | 110 ++------------------------------------------
>  firmware/objects.mk |  11 -----
>  5 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 130 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index 680c19a..d8cffa6 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -179,6 +179,10 @@ CC_SUPPORT_STRICT_ALIGN := $(shell $(CC) $(CLANG_TARGET) $(RELAX_FLAG) -nostdlib
>  # Check whether the assembler and the compiler support the Zicsr and Zifencei extensions
>  CC_SUPPORT_ZICSR_ZIFENCEI := $(shell $(CC) $(CLANG_TARGET) $(RELAX_FLAG) -nostdlib -march=rv$(OPENSBI_CC_XLEN)imafd_zicsr_zifencei -x c /dev/null -o /dev/null 2>&1 | grep "zicsr\|zifencei" > /dev/null && echo n || echo y)
>
> +ifneq ($(OPENSBI_LD_PIE),y)
> +$(error Your linker does not support creating PIEs, opensbi requires this.)
> +endif
> +
>  # Build Info:
>  # OPENSBI_BUILD_TIME_STAMP -- the compilation time stamp
>  # OPENSBI_BUILD_COMPILER_VERSION -- the compiler version info
> @@ -356,7 +360,7 @@ CFLAGS              +=      -mcmodel=$(PLATFORM_RISCV_CODE_MODEL)
>  CFLAGS         +=      $(RELAX_FLAG)
>  CFLAGS         +=      $(GENFLAGS)
>  CFLAGS         +=      $(platform-cflags-y)
> -CFLAGS         +=      -fno-pie -no-pie
> +CFLAGS         +=      -fPIE -pie
>  CFLAGS         +=      $(firmware-cflags-y)
>
>  CPPFLAGS       +=      $(GENFLAGS)
> @@ -365,6 +369,7 @@ CPPFLAGS    +=      $(firmware-cppflags-y)
>
>  ASFLAGS                =       -g -Wall -nostdlib
>  ASFLAGS                +=      -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls
> +ASFLAGS                +=      -fpic
>  # Optionally supported flags
>  ifeq ($(CC_SUPPORT_SAVE_RESTORE),y)
>  ASFLAGS                +=      -mno-save-restore
> @@ -391,6 +396,7 @@ ifeq ($(OPENSBI_LD_EXCLUDE_LIBS),y)
>  ELFFLAGS       +=      -Wl,--exclude-libs,ALL
>  endif
>  ELFFLAGS       +=      -Wl,--build-id=none
> +ELFFLAGS       +=      -Wl,--no-dynamic-linker -Wl,-pie
>  ELFFLAGS       +=      $(platform-ldflags-y)
>  ELFFLAGS       +=      $(firmware-ldflags-y)
>
> diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
> index 73de8ea..7a24801 100644
> --- a/README.md
> +++ b/README.md
> @@ -274,11 +274,6 @@ make CC=riscv64-linux-gnu-gcc LLVM=1
>  These variables must be passed for all the make invocations described in this
>  document.
>
> -NOTE: Using Clang with a `riscv*-linux-gnu` GNU binutils linker has been seen
> -to produce broken binaries with missing relocations; it is therefore currently
> -recommended that this combination be avoided or *FW_PIC=n* be used to disable
> -building OpenSBI as a position-independent binary.
> -
>  Building with timestamp and compiler info
>  -----------------------------------------
>
> diff --git a/docs/firmware/fw.md b/docs/firmware/fw.md
> index 38351c8..2f4deb5 100644
> --- a/docs/firmware/fw.md
> +++ b/docs/firmware/fw.md
> @@ -69,12 +69,6 @@ parameters:
>    argument by the prior booting stage.
>  * **FW_FDT_PADDING** - Optional zero bytes padding to the embedded flattened
>    device tree binary file specified by **FW_FDT_PATH** option.
> -* **FW_PIC** - "FW_PIC=y" generates position independent executable firmware
> -  images. OpenSBI can run at arbitrary address with appropriate alignment.
> -  Therefore, the original relocation mechanism ("FW_PIC=n") will be skipped.
> -  In other words, OpenSBI will directly run at the load address without any
> -  code movement. This option requires a toolchain with PIE support, and it
> -  is on by default.
>
>  Additionally, each firmware type as a set of type specific configuration
>  parameters. Detailed information for each firmware type can be found in the
> diff --git a/firmware/fw_base.S b/firmware/fw_base.S
> index 09894e6..cd94f15 100644
> --- a/firmware/fw_base.S
> +++ b/firmware/fw_base.S
> @@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
>  #include <sbi/sbi_scratch.h>
>  #include <sbi/sbi_trap.h>
>
> -#define BOOT_STATUS_RELOCATE_DONE      1
> -#define BOOT_STATUS_BOOT_HART_DONE     2
> +#define BOOT_STATUS_BOOT_HART_DONE     1

BOOT_STATUS_RELOCATE_DONE flag is still required because
boot hart is supposed to fixup the relocations.

Anyways, this is a separate change which does not belong to this patch.

>
>  .macro MOV_3R __d0, __s0, __d1, __s1, __d2, __s2
>         add     \__d0, \__s0, zero
> @@ -31,16 +30,6 @@
>         add     \__d4, \__s4, zero
>  .endm
>
> -/*
> - * If __start_reg <= __check_reg and __check_reg < __end_reg then
> - *   jump to __pass
> - */
> -.macro BRANGE __start_reg, __end_reg, __check_reg, __jump_lable
> -       blt     \__check_reg, \__start_reg, 999f
> -       bge     \__check_reg, \__end_reg, 999f
> -       j       \__jump_lable
> -999:
> -.endm
>
>         .section .entry, "ax", %progbits
>         .align 3
> @@ -55,20 +44,19 @@ _start:
>         li      a7, -1
>         beq     a6, a7, _try_lottery
>         /* Jump to relocation wait loop if we are not boot hart */
> -       bne     a0, a6, _wait_relocate_copy_done
> +       bne     a0, a6, _wait_for_boot_hart
>  _try_lottery:
>         /* Jump to relocation wait loop if we don't get relocation lottery */
>         lla     a6, _relocate_lottery
>         li      a7, 1
>         amoadd.w a6, a7, (a6)
> -       bnez    a6, _wait_relocate_copy_done
> +       bnez    a6, _wait_for_boot_hart
>
>         /* Save load address */
>         lla     t0, _load_start
>         lla     t1, _fw_start
>         REG_S   t1, 0(t0)
>
> -#ifdef FW_PIC
>         /* relocate the global table content */
>         lla     t0, _link_start
>         REG_L   t0, 0(t0)
> @@ -90,100 +78,8 @@ _try_lottery:
>  3:
>         addi    t0, t0, (REGBYTES * 3)
>         blt     t0, t1, 2b
> -       j       _relocate_done
> -_wait_relocate_copy_done:
> -       j       _wait_for_boot_hart
> -#else
> -       /* Relocate if load address != link address */
> -_relocate:
> -       lla     t0, _link_start
> -       REG_L   t0, 0(t0)
> -       lla     t1, _link_end
> -       REG_L   t1, 0(t1)
> -       lla     t2, _load_start
> -       REG_L   t2, 0(t2)
> -       beq     t0, t2, _relocate_done
> -       sub     t3, t1, t0
> -       add     t3, t3, t2
> -       lla     t4, _relocate_done
> -       sub     t4, t4, t2
> -       add     t4, t4, t0
> -       blt     t2, t0, _relocate_copy_to_upper
> -_relocate_copy_to_lower:
> -       ble     t1, t2, _relocate_copy_to_lower_loop
> -       lla     t3, _relocate_lottery
> -       BRANGE  t2, t1, t3, _start_hang
> -       lla     t3, _boot_status
> -       BRANGE  t2, t1, t3, _start_hang
> -       lla     t3, _relocate
> -       lla     t5, _relocate_done
> -       BRANGE  t2, t1, t3, _start_hang
> -       BRANGE  t2, t1, t5, _start_hang
> -       BRANGE  t3, t5, t2, _start_hang
> -_relocate_copy_to_lower_loop:
> -       REG_L   t3, 0(t2)
> -       REG_S   t3, 0(t0)
> -       add     t0, t0, __SIZEOF_POINTER__
> -       add     t2, t2, __SIZEOF_POINTER__
> -       blt     t0, t1, _relocate_copy_to_lower_loop
> -       jr      t4
> -_relocate_copy_to_upper:
> -       ble     t3, t0, _relocate_copy_to_upper_loop
> -       lla     t2, _relocate_lottery
> -       BRANGE  t0, t3, t2, _start_hang
> -       lla     t2, _boot_status
> -       BRANGE  t0, t3, t2, _start_hang
> -       lla     t2, _relocate
> -       lla     t5, _relocate_done
> -       BRANGE  t0, t3, t2, _start_hang
> -       BRANGE  t0, t3, t5, _start_hang
> -       BRANGE  t2, t5, t0, _start_hang
> -_relocate_copy_to_upper_loop:
> -       add     t3, t3, -__SIZEOF_POINTER__
> -       add     t1, t1, -__SIZEOF_POINTER__
> -       REG_L   t2, 0(t3)
> -       REG_S   t2, 0(t1)
> -       blt     t0, t1, _relocate_copy_to_upper_loop
> -       jr      t4
> -_wait_relocate_copy_done:
> -       lla     t0, _fw_start
> -       lla     t1, _link_start
> -       REG_L   t1, 0(t1)
> -       beq     t0, t1, _wait_for_boot_hart
> -       lla     t2, _boot_status
> -       lla     t3, _wait_for_boot_hart
> -       sub     t3, t3, t0
> -       add     t3, t3, t1
> -1:
> -       /* waitting for relocate copy done (_boot_status == 1) */
> -       li      t4, BOOT_STATUS_RELOCATE_DONE
> -       REG_L   t5, 0(t2)
> -       /* Reduce the bus traffic so that boot hart may proceed faster */
> -       nop
> -       nop
> -       nop
> -       bgt     t4, t5, 1b
> -       jr      t3
> -#endif
>  _relocate_done:
>
> -       /*
> -        * Mark relocate copy done
> -        * Use _boot_status copy relative to the load address
> -        */
> -       lla     t0, _boot_status
> -#ifndef FW_PIC
> -       lla     t1, _link_start
> -       REG_L   t1, 0(t1)
> -       lla     t2, _load_start
> -       REG_L   t2, 0(t2)
> -       sub     t0, t0, t1
> -       add     t0, t0, t2
> -#endif
> -       li      t1, BOOT_STATUS_RELOCATE_DONE
> -       REG_S   t1, 0(t0)
> -       fence   rw, rw
> -
>         /* At this point we are running from link address */
>
>         /* Reset all registers except ra, a0, a1 and a2 for boot HART */
> diff --git a/firmware/objects.mk b/firmware/objects.mk
> index 3ae0a28..e6b364b 100644
> --- a/firmware/objects.mk
> +++ b/firmware/objects.mk
> @@ -13,17 +13,6 @@ firmware-cflags-y +=
>  firmware-asflags-y +=
>  firmware-ldflags-y +=
>
> -ifndef FW_PIC
> -FW_PIC := $(OPENSBI_LD_PIE)
> -endif
> -
> -ifeq ($(FW_PIC),y)
> -firmware-genflags-y += -DFW_PIC
> -firmware-asflags-y  += -fpic
> -firmware-cflags-y   += -fPIE -pie
> -firmware-ldflags-y  += -Wl,--no-dynamic-linker -Wl,-pie
> -endif
> -
>  ifdef FW_TEXT_START
>  firmware-genflags-y += -DFW_TEXT_START=$(FW_TEXT_START)
>  endif
> --
> 2.43.0
>

Regards,
Anup



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