Re: c6x linker issue on linux-next-20160808 + some linker table work

From	Mark Salter <msalter@redhat.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: c6x linker issue on linux-next-20160808 + some linker table work
Date	2016-08-11 19:20 +0200
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On Thu, 2016-08-11 at 17:59 +0200, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 07:32:42AM -0400, Mark Salter wrote:
> > 
> > On Thu, 2016-08-11 at 07:56 +0200, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> > > 
> > > On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 07:04:09PM -0400, Mark Salter wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On Wed, 2016-08-10 at 23:30 +0200, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > OK thanks I've found a clean solution minimal solution to this as follows. This now
> > > > > builds fine. Is this a fine work around for now ?
> > > > Almost. You also need:
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/include/linux/tables.h b/include/linux/tables.h
> > > > index a39ab03..3fa8d4d 100644
> > > > --- a/include/linux/tables.h
> > > > +++ b/include/linux/tables.h
> > > > @@ -325,7 +325,7 @@
> > > >               __attribute__((used,                                      \
> > > >                              weak,                                      \
> > > >                              __aligned__(LINUX_SECTION_ALIGNMENT(name)),\
> > > > -                            section(SECTION_TBL(SECTION_RODATA,        \
> > > > +                            section(SECTION_TBL(SECTION_TBL_RO,        \
> > > >                                                  name, level))))
> > > >  
> > > >  /**
> > > > 
> > > > Otherwise, start and end RO table markers end up in different sections.
> > > I thought that was not needed as weak attributes already force it to go to
> > > .const ? Anyway I've added this as well. Thanks!
> > The section attribute forced both variables into .rodata but the weak
> > attribute prevented accesses from using the SB-relative reloc. The
> > non-weak variable is the one that led to the link error.
> I ask as set_section_tbl_type() was not patched for instance, so firmware/Makefile
> still uses SECTION_RODATA, and it compiles and links fine. Should that also be
> using then SECTION_TBL_RO ? Or do we only need this for the C constructors ?
> 
>   Luis

Yuck. You need SECTION_TBL_RO and s/.rodata/.const/ in that Makefile.
C6X doesn't support any of the devices with firmware, so I just added:

fw-shipped-y += ti_3410.fw

to firmware/Makefile for testing.

Leaving in .rodata and SECTION_RODATA, I got:

% readelf --syms vmlinux | grep -e _fw_ -e builtin_fw 
  8445: e01d4000     0 NOTYPE  LOCAL  DEFAULT    7 _fw_ti_3410_fw_bin
  8446: e01d75c5     0 NOTYPE  LOCAL  DEFAULT    7 _fw_end
  8447: e020a7cc     0 NOTYPE  LOCAL  DEFAULT    7 _fw_ti_3410_fw_name
 11063: e023d688     0 OBJECT  GLOBAL DEFAULT   13 builtin_fw__end
 15867: e023d688     0 OBJECT  WEAK   DEFAULT   13 builtin_fw

From the above addresses, the _fw symbols are in .rodata and the builtin_fw symbols
are in .const.

Changing the Makefile to use .rodata and SECTION_TBL_RO, I see:

  8445: e0239688     0 NOTYPE  LOCAL  DEFAULT   13 _fw_ti_3410_fw_bin
  8446: e023cc4d     0 NOTYPE  LOCAL  DEFAULT   13 _fw_end
  8447: e023cc50     0 NOTYPE  LOCAL  DEFAULT   13 _fw_ti_3410_fw_name
 11063: e0239688     0 OBJECT  GLOBAL DEFAULT   13 builtin_fw__end
 15867: e0239688     0 OBJECT  WEAK   DEFAULT   13 builtin_fw

which has everything in .const as it should be. But still builtin_fw and
builtin_fw__end are at same address which seems wrong.

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Re: c6x linker issue on linux-next-20160808 + some linker table work "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2016-08-10 23:40 +0200
  Re: c6x linker issue on linux-next-20160808 + some linker table work Mark Salter <msalter@redhat.com> - 2016-08-11 01:10 +0200
    Re: c6x linker issue on linux-next-20160808 + some linker table work "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2016-08-11 08:00 +0200
      Re: c6x linker issue on linux-next-20160808 + some linker table work Mark Salter <msalter@redhat.com> - 2016-08-11 13:40 +0200
        Re: c6x linker issue on linux-next-20160808 + some linker table work "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2016-08-11 18:00 +0200
          Re: c6x linker issue on linux-next-20160808 + some linker table work Mark Salter <msalter@redhat.com> - 2016-08-11 19:20 +0200
            Re: c6x linker issue on linux-next-20160808 + some linker table work "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org> - 2016-08-11 20:00 +0200

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