From: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com> To: alex@ghiti.fr Cc: Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@sifive.com>, Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>, aou@eecs.berkeley.edu, linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-team@android.com, Palmer Dabbelt <palmerdabbelt@google.com> Subject: [PATCH] RISC-V: Make CONFIG_RELOCATABLE user selectable Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2021 14:28:47 -0700 [thread overview] Message-ID: <20211026212847.43108-1-palmer@dabbelt.com> (raw) From: Palmer Dabbelt <palmerdabbelt@google.com> This should really be up to the user, as it trades off portability for performance. Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmerdabbelt@google.com> --- arch/riscv/Kconfig | 24 ++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig index 5dea03549493..f8a36034d54b 100644 --- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig +++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig @@ -212,18 +212,6 @@ config PGTABLE_LEVELS config LOCKDEP_SUPPORT def_bool y -config RELOCATABLE - bool - depends on MMU && 64BIT && !XIP_KERNEL - help - This builds a kernel as a Position Independent Executable (PIE), - which retains all relocation metadata required to relocate the - kernel binary at runtime to a different virtual address than the - address it was linked at. - Since RISCV uses the RELA relocation format, this requires a - relocation pass at runtime even if the kernel is loaded at the - same address it was linked at. - source "arch/riscv/Kconfig.socs" source "arch/riscv/Kconfig.erratas" @@ -433,6 +421,18 @@ config CRASH_DUMP For more details see Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst +config RELOCATABLE + bool "Build a relocatable kernel" + depends on MMU && 64BIT && !XIP_KERNEL + help + This builds a kernel as a Position Independent Executable (PIE), + which retains all relocation metadata required to relocate the + kernel binary at runtime to a different virtual address than the + address it was linked at. + Since RISCV uses the RELA relocation format, this requires a + relocation pass at runtime even if the kernel is loaded at the + same address it was linked at. + endmenu menu "Boot options" -- 2.33.0.1079.g6e70778dc9-goog
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From: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com> To: alex@ghiti.fr Cc: Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@sifive.com>, Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>, aou@eecs.berkeley.edu, linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-team@android.com, Palmer Dabbelt <palmerdabbelt@google.com> Subject: [PATCH] RISC-V: Make CONFIG_RELOCATABLE user selectable Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2021 14:28:47 -0700 [thread overview] Message-ID: <20211026212847.43108-1-palmer@dabbelt.com> (raw) From: Palmer Dabbelt <palmerdabbelt@google.com> This should really be up to the user, as it trades off portability for performance. Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmerdabbelt@google.com> --- arch/riscv/Kconfig | 24 ++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig index 5dea03549493..f8a36034d54b 100644 --- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig +++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig @@ -212,18 +212,6 @@ config PGTABLE_LEVELS config LOCKDEP_SUPPORT def_bool y -config RELOCATABLE - bool - depends on MMU && 64BIT && !XIP_KERNEL - help - This builds a kernel as a Position Independent Executable (PIE), - which retains all relocation metadata required to relocate the - kernel binary at runtime to a different virtual address than the - address it was linked at. - Since RISCV uses the RELA relocation format, this requires a - relocation pass at runtime even if the kernel is loaded at the - same address it was linked at. - source "arch/riscv/Kconfig.socs" source "arch/riscv/Kconfig.erratas" @@ -433,6 +421,18 @@ config CRASH_DUMP For more details see Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst +config RELOCATABLE + bool "Build a relocatable kernel" + depends on MMU && 64BIT && !XIP_KERNEL + help + This builds a kernel as a Position Independent Executable (PIE), + which retains all relocation metadata required to relocate the + kernel binary at runtime to a different virtual address than the + address it was linked at. + Since RISCV uses the RELA relocation format, this requires a + relocation pass at runtime even if the kernel is loaded at the + same address it was linked at. + endmenu menu "Boot options" -- 2.33.0.1079.g6e70778dc9-goog _______________________________________________ linux-riscv mailing list linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-riscv
next reply other threads:[~2021-10-26 21:29 UTC|newest] Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top 2021-10-26 21:28 Palmer Dabbelt [this message] 2021-10-26 21:28 ` [PATCH] RISC-V: Make CONFIG_RELOCATABLE user selectable Palmer Dabbelt 2021-10-27 5:07 ` Alexandre ghiti 2021-10-27 5:07 ` Alexandre ghiti 2021-10-27 8:00 ` Andreas Schwab 2021-10-27 8:00 ` Andreas Schwab 2021-10-27 8:58 ` Alexandre Ghiti 2021-10-27 8:58 ` Alexandre Ghiti 2021-10-27 9:45 ` Andreas Schwab 2021-10-27 9:45 ` Andreas Schwab 2021-10-27 23:09 ` Palmer Dabbelt 2021-10-27 23:09 ` Palmer Dabbelt
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