[PATCH v2 16/21] ARM: link ELF image into PBL
Sascha Hauer
s.hauer at pengutronix.de
Tue Jan 6 04:53:19 PST 2026
Instead of linking the raw binary barebox proper image into the PBL link
the ELF image into the PBL. With this barebox proper starts with a properly
linked and fully initialized C environment, so the calls to
relocate_to_adr() and setup_c() can be removed from barebox proper.
Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer at pengutronix.de>
---
arch/arm/Kconfig | 2 ++
arch/arm/cpu/start.c | 11 +++--------
arch/arm/cpu/uncompress.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++-------
3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 5123e9b1402c56db94df6a7a33ae993c61d51fbc..c53c58844a9411e3777711db2900b0e01cf55eec 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ config ARM
select HW_HAS_PCI
select ARCH_HAS_DMA_WRITE_COMBINE
select HAVE_EFI_LOADER if MMU # for payload unaligned accesses
+ select ELF
+ select PBL_IMAGE_ELF
default y
config ARCH_LINUX_NAME
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/start.c b/arch/arm/cpu/start.c
index f7d4507e71588ba5e241b24b952d55e2a4b0f794..f7062380cd5d265b3326f247a99b1847e16d64f0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/start.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/start.c
@@ -127,8 +127,9 @@ static int barebox_memory_areas_init(void)
}
device_initcall(barebox_memory_areas_init);
-__noreturn __prereloc void barebox_non_pbl_start(unsigned long membase,
- unsigned long memsize, struct handoff_data *hd)
+__noreturn void barebox_non_pbl_start(unsigned long membase,
+ unsigned long memsize,
+ struct handoff_data *hd)
{
unsigned long endmem = membase + memsize;
unsigned long malloc_start, malloc_end;
@@ -139,12 +140,6 @@ __noreturn __prereloc void barebox_non_pbl_start(unsigned long membase,
if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CPU_V7))
armv7_hyp_install();
- relocate_to_adr(barebox_base);
-
- setup_c();
-
- barrier();
-
pbl_barebox_break();
pr_debug("memory at 0x%08lx, size 0x%08lx\n", membase, memsize);
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/uncompress.c b/arch/arm/cpu/uncompress.c
index b9fc1d04db96e77c8fcd7fd1930798ea1d9294d7..8cc7102290986e71d2f3a2f34df1a9f946c56ced 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/uncompress.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/uncompress.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
#include <asm/mmu.h>
#include <asm/unaligned.h>
#include <compressed-dtb.h>
+#include <elf.h>
#include <debug_ll.h>
@@ -41,6 +42,8 @@ void __noreturn barebox_pbl_start(unsigned long membase, unsigned long memsize,
void *pg_start, *pg_end;
unsigned long pc = get_pc();
void *handoff_data;
+ struct elf_image elf;
+ int ret;
/* piggy data is not relocated, so determine the bounds now */
pg_start = runtime_address(input_data);
@@ -85,21 +88,30 @@ void __noreturn barebox_pbl_start(unsigned long membase, unsigned long memsize,
else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARMV7R_MPU))
set_cr(get_cr() | CR_C);
- pr_debug("uncompressing barebox binary at 0x%p (size 0x%08x) to 0x%08lx (uncompressed size: 0x%08x)\n",
+ pr_debug("uncompressing barebox ELF at 0x%p (size 0x%08x) to 0x%08lx (uncompressed size: 0x%08x)\n",
pg_start, pg_len, barebox_base, uncompressed_len);
pbl_barebox_uncompress((void*)barebox_base, pg_start, pg_len);
+ pr_debug("relocating ELF in place\n");
+
+ ret = elf_open_binary_into(&elf, (void *)barebox_base);
+ if (ret)
+ panic("Failed to open ELF binary: %d\n", ret);
+
+ ret = elf_load_inplace(&elf);
+ if (ret)
+ panic("Failed to relocate ELF: %d\n", ret);
+
+ pr_debug("ELF entry point: 0x%llx\n", elf.entry);
+
+ barebox = (void *)(unsigned long)elf.entry;
+
handoff_data_move(handoff_data);
sync_caches_for_execution();
- if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_THUMB2_BAREBOX))
- barebox = (void *)(barebox_base + 1);
- else
- barebox = (void *)barebox_base;
-
- pr_debug("jumping to uncompressed image at 0x%p\n", barebox);
+ pr_debug("jumping to ELF entry point at 0x%p\n", barebox);
if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CPU_V7) && boot_cpu_mode() == HYP_MODE)
armv7_switch_to_hyp();
--
2.47.3
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