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> > > +
> > > +/**
> > > + * imx_dsp_rproc_elf_load_segments() - load firmware segments to memory
> > > + * @rproc: remote processor which will be booted using these fw segments
> > > + * @fw: the ELF firmware image
> > > + *
> > > + * This function specially checks if memsz is zero or not, otherwise it
> > > + * is mostly same as rproc_elf_load_segments().
> > > + */
> > > +static int imx_dsp_rproc_elf_load_segments(struct rproc *rproc,
> > > + const struct firmware *fw)
> > > +{
> > > + struct device *dev = &rproc->dev;
> > > + u8 class = fw_elf_get_class(fw);
> > > + u32 elf_phdr_get_size = elf_size_of_phdr(class);
> > > + const u8 *elf_data = fw->data;
> > > + const void *ehdr, *phdr;
> > > + int i, ret = 0;
> > > + u16 phnum;
> > > +
> > > + ehdr = elf_data;
> > > + phnum = elf_hdr_get_e_phnum(class, ehdr);
> > > + phdr = elf_data + elf_hdr_get_e_phoff(class, ehdr);
> > > +
> > > + /* go through the available ELF segments */
> > > + for (i = 0; i < phnum; i++, phdr += elf_phdr_get_size) {
> > > + u64 da = elf_phdr_get_p_paddr(class, phdr);
> > > + u64 memsz = elf_phdr_get_p_memsz(class, phdr);
> > > + u64 filesz = elf_phdr_get_p_filesz(class, phdr);
> > > + u64 offset = elf_phdr_get_p_offset(class, phdr);
> > > + u32 type = elf_phdr_get_p_type(class, phdr);
> > > + void *ptr;
> > > + bool is_iomem;
> > > +
> > > + if (type != PT_LOAD || !memsz)
> >
> > You did a really good job with adding comments but this part is undocumented...
> > If I read this correctly you need to check for !memsz because some part of
> > the program segment may have a header but its memsz is zero, in which case it can
> > be safely skipped. So why is that segment in the image to start with, and why
> > is it marked PT_LOAD if it is not needed? This is very puzzling...
>
> Actually I have added comments in the header of this function.
Indeed there is a mention of memsz in the function's header but it doesn't
mention _why_ this is needed, and that is what I'm looking for.
>
> memsz= 0 with PT_LOAD issue, I have asked the toolchain's vendor,
> they said that this case is allowed by elf spec...
>
> And in the "pru_rproc.c" and "mtk_scp.c", seems they met same problem
> they also check the filesz in their internal xxx_elf_load_segments() function.
In both cases they are skipping PT_LOAD sections where "filesz" is '0', which
makes sense because we don't know how many bytes to copy. But here you are
skipping over a PT_LOAD section with a potentially valid filesz, and that is the
part I don't understand.
>
> >
> >
> > > + continue;
> > > +
> > > + dev_dbg(dev, "phdr: type %d da 0x%llx memsz 0x%llx filesz 0x%llx\n",
> > > + type, da, memsz, filesz);
> > > +
> > > + if (filesz > memsz) {
> > > + dev_err(dev, "bad phdr filesz 0x%llx memsz 0x%llx\n",
> > > + filesz, memsz);
> > > + ret = -EINVAL;
> > > + break;
> > > + }
> > > +
> > > + if (offset + filesz > fw->size) {
> > > + dev_err(dev, "truncated fw: need 0x%llx avail 0x%zx\n",
> > > + offset + filesz, fw->size);
> > > + ret = -EINVAL;
> > > + break;
> > > + }
> > > +
> > > + if (!rproc_u64_fit_in_size_t(memsz)) {
> > > + dev_err(dev, "size (%llx) does not fit in size_t type\n",
> > > + memsz);
> > > + ret = -EOVERFLOW;
> > > + break;
> > > + }
> > > +
> > > + /* grab the kernel address for this device address */
> > > + ptr = rproc_da_to_va(rproc, da, memsz, &is_iomem);
> >
> > rproc_da_to_va(rproc, da, memsz, NULL);
>
> yes, will update it.
>
> >
> > More comments to follow later today or tomorrow.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Best regards
> Wang Shengjiu
