From: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@barebox.org>
To: barebox@lists.infradead.org
Cc: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@barebox.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] ARM: cpu: common: define generic relocate_image
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 09:16:57 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260106081659.3491945-2-a.fatoum@barebox.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260106081659.3491945-1-a.fatoum@barebox.org>
For use by the ELF loader in PBL to relocate barebox proper, export a
new relocate_image capable of relocating barebox and implement
relocate_to_current_adr() in terms of it.
When doing ELF loading, the PT_DYNAMIC segment will contain the info
needed to derive the arguments for relocate_image():
- dstart: DT_REL /DT_RELA
- dend: DT_RELSZ/DT_RELASZ
- dynsym: DT_SYMTAB
dynend is optional and could in theory be generated by looking at
DT_HASH or DT_GNU_HASH, but it's not required. Best guess is that the
zeroing is there just to signify that we don't need this data anymore.
Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@barebox.org>
---
arch/arm/cpu/common.c | 34 +++++++++++++++-------------------
arch/arm/include/asm/reloc.h | 3 +++
2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/common.c b/arch/arm/cpu/common.c
index 5b65b0745b98..f4f3f8f6325b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/common.c
@@ -60,22 +60,10 @@ void pbl_barebox_break(void)
/*
* relocate binary to the currently running address
*/
-void __prereloc relocate_to_current_adr(void)
+void __prereloc relocate_image(unsigned long offset,
+ void *dstart, void *dend,
+ long *dynsym, long *dynend)
{
- unsigned long offset;
- unsigned long __maybe_unused *dynsym, *dynend;
- void *dstart, *dend;
-
- /* Get offset between linked address and runtime address */
- offset = get_runtime_offset();
-
- /*
- * We have yet to relocate, so using runtime_address
- * to compute the relocated address
- */
- dstart = runtime_address(__rel_dyn_start);
- dend = runtime_address(__rel_dyn_end);
-
#if defined(CONFIG_CPU_64)
while (dstart < dend) {
struct elf64_rela *rel = dstart;
@@ -105,8 +93,6 @@ void __prereloc relocate_to_current_adr(void)
dstart += sizeof(*rel);
}
#elif defined(CONFIG_CPU_32)
- dynsym = runtime_address(__dynsym_start);
- dynend = runtime_address(__dynsym_end);
while (dstart < dend) {
struct elf32_rel *rel = dstart;
@@ -141,10 +127,21 @@ void __prereloc relocate_to_current_adr(void)
dstart += sizeof(*rel);
}
- __memset(dynsym, 0, (unsigned long)dynend - (unsigned long)dynsym);
+ /* Optional: not required for correctness */
+ if (dynend)
+ __memset(dynsym, 0, (unsigned long)dynend - (unsigned long)dynsym);
#else
#error "Architecture not specified"
#endif
+}
+
+void __prereloc relocate_to_current_adr(void)
+{
+ relocate_image(get_runtime_offset(),
+ runtime_address(__rel_dyn_start),
+ runtime_address(__rel_dyn_end),
+ runtime_address(__dynsym_start),
+ runtime_address(__dynsym_end));
sync_caches_for_execution();
}
@@ -196,4 +193,3 @@ void print_pbl_mem_layout(ulong membase, ulong endmem, ulong barebox_base)
printf("membase = 0x%08lx+0x%08lx\n",
membase, endmem - membase);
}
-
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/reloc.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/reloc.h
index 2d7411ab5284..62c07932fad4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/reloc.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/reloc.h
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ static inline __prereloc unsigned long global_variable_offset(void)
}
#define global_variable_offset() global_variable_offset()
+void relocate_image(unsigned long offset,
+ void *dstart, void *dend,
+ long *dynsym, long *dynend);
void relocate_to_current_adr(void);
void relocate_to_adr(unsigned long target);
void relocate_to_adr_full(unsigned long target);
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-06 8:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-06 8:16 [PATCH 1/2] ARM: cpu: common: skip R_ARM_NONE relocations Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06 8:16 ` Ahmad Fatoum [this message]
2026-01-06 9:16 ` [PATCH 2/2] ARM: cpu: common: define generic relocate_image Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 11:43 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06 13:18 ` [PATCH 1/2] ARM: cpu: common: skip R_ARM_NONE relocations Sascha Hauer
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