Re: [PATCH] [powerpc-next] Fix powerpc64 alignment of .toc section in kernel modules

[Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>]

Hi Desnes,

Am I right that Alan largely wrote this patch?

If so it should probably be From: him, so that he is the author in the
git log.


Desnes Augusto Nunes do Rosario <desnesn@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
> index 1381693..c472f5b 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
> @@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ UTS_MACHINE := $(subst $(space),,$(machine-y))
>  ifdef CONFIG_PPC32
>  KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE += arch/powerpc/lib/crtsavres.o
>  else
> +KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE += -T arch/powerpc/kernel/module.lds

This needs to be:

KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE += -T $(srctree)/arch/powerpc/kernel/module.lds

Otherwise building with O=../build fails with:

  ld: cannot open linker script file arch/powerpc/kernel/module.lds: No such file or directory

I'll fix it up.

> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c
> index 759104b..9b2c5c1 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/module_64.c
> @@ -374,11 +377,13 @@ int module_frob_arch_sections(Elf64_Ehdr *hdr,
>  }
>  
>  /* r2 is the TOC pointer: it actually points 0x8000 into the TOC (this
> -   gives the value maximum span in an instruction which uses a signed
> -   offset) */
> + * gives the value maximum span in an instruction which uses a signed
> + * offset).  Round down to a 256 byte boundary for the odd case where
> + * we are setting up r2 without a .toc section.
> + */
>  static inline unsigned long my_r2(const Elf64_Shdr *sechdrs, struct module *me)
>  {
> -	return sechdrs[me->arch.toc_section].sh_addr + 0x8000;
> +	return (sechdrs[me->arch.toc_section].sh_addr & -256) + 0x8000;

I think it's more typical in the kernel to write -256 as ~0xff.

Again I can fix it up.

cheers