[PATCH v3 16/23] ARM: link ELF image into PBL
Ahmad Fatoum
a.fatoum at pengutronix.de
Mon Jan 12 05:25:59 PST 2026
Hi,
On 1/8/26 4:50 PM, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> 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.
>
> Reviewed-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum at pengutronix.de>
> Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer at pengutronix.de>
> ---
> arch/arm/Kconfig | 1 +
> arch/arm/cpu/start.c | 13 ++++---------
> arch/arm/cpu/uncompress.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++-------
> 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> index 5123e9b1402c56db94df6a7a33ae993c61d51fbc..65856977ab41298be36b78c64de857570d575744 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ config ARM
> select HW_HAS_PCI
> select ARCH_HAS_DMA_WRITE_COMBINE
> select HAVE_EFI_LOADER if MMU # for payload unaligned accesses
> + 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..2498bdb894c261f587af6542ea4574c497a6edc0 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);
> @@ -200,7 +195,7 @@ void start(unsigned long membase, unsigned long memsize, struct handoff_data *hd
> * First function in the uncompressed image. We get here from
> * the pbl. The stack already has been set up by the pbl.
> */
> -void NAKED __prereloc __section(.text_entry) start(unsigned long membase,
> +void __section(.text_entry) start(unsigned long membase,
> unsigned long memsize, struct handoff_data *hd)
Just squash the last patch into this one?
> + 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);
Drop this line as there is already an equivalent print further down.
Cheers,
Ahmad
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