Re: [PATCH] blackfin: Makefile: Skip reloc overflow issue when COMPILE_TEST enabled

[Chen Gang <xili_gchen_5257@hotmail.com>]

On 4/22/15 17:00, Steven Miao wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 5:03 AM, Chen Gang <xili_gchen_5257@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> l1_text is at L1_CODE_START (e.g. for bf533, 0xff800000). If the kernel
>> is too big, it may be overwritten, the related issue:
>>
>>     LD      init/built-in.o
>>   init/built-in.o: In function `do_early_param':
>>   init/main.c:(.init.text+0xe0): relocation truncated to fit: R_BFIN_PCREL24 against symbol `strcmp' defined in .l1.text section in arch/blackfin/lib/lib.a(strcmp.o)
>>   init/main.c:(.init.text+0x10e): relocation truncated to fit: R_BFIN_PCREL24 against symbol `strcmp' defined in .l1.text section in arch/blackfin/lib/lib.a(strcmp.o)
> blackfin toolchain generate 24 bit pc-relative calls by default, with
> a range of –16,777,216 through 16,777,214 (0xFF00 0000 to 0x00FF FFFE)
> is available.
> So call to l1_text should be ok. What do you mean the kernel is too big?
> http://docs.blackfin.uclinux.org/doku.php?id=ism:call
> 
> 

Excuse me, I am not quite familiar with what you said above, can we
also treat 24-bit as 16MB size limitation for kernel size? I am not
quite sure, could you provide more information about it?.

And I checked "arch/blackfin/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S", for me, in current
case:

 - init section is the last section of kernel, l1.text is within init
   section, and it is in the fixed address. The other contents before
   l1.text are dynamic (depend on kernel size).

 - if kernel is too big, the contents before l1.text (the other contents
   in .init.text) will override it, so ld reports issues.


Thanks.
-- 
Chen Gang

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