The patch titled
Subject: firmware_loader: align .builtin_fw to 8
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
firmware_loader-align-builtin_fw-to-8.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
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From: Fangrui Song <maskray@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: firmware_loader: align .builtin_fw to 8
arm64 references the start address of .builtin_fw (__start_builtin_fw)
with a pair of R_AARCH64_ADR_PREL_PG_HI21/R_AARCH64_LDST64_ABS_LO12_NC
relocations. The compiler is allowed to emit the
R_AARCH64_LDST64_ABS_LO12_NC relocation because struct builtin_fw in
include/linux/firmware.h is 8-byte aligned.
The R_AARCH64_LDST64_ABS_LO12_NC relocation requires the address to be a
multiple of 8, which may not be the case if .builtin_fw is empty.
Unconditionally align .builtin_fw to fix the linker error. 32-bit
architectures could use ALIGN(4) but that would add unnecessary
complexity, so just use ALIGN(8).
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201208054646.2913063-1-maskray@xxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1204
Fixes: 5658c76 ("firmware: allow firmware files to be built into kernel image")
Signed-off-by: Fangrui Song <maskray@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h~firmware_loader-align-builtin_fw-to-8
+++ a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@
} \
\
/* Built-in firmware blobs */ \
- .builtin_fw : AT(ADDR(.builtin_fw) - LOAD_OFFSET) { \
+ .builtin_fw : AT(ADDR(.builtin_fw) - LOAD_OFFSET) ALIGN(8) { \
__start_builtin_fw = .; \
KEEP(*(.builtin_fw)) \
__end_builtin_fw = .; \
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from maskray@xxxxxxxxxx are
