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authorTom Rini <[email protected]>2026-01-15 16:19:32 -0600
committerTom Rini <[email protected]>2026-01-20 12:06:41 -0600
commit8b0ebe054bb3334c6ca9bed018360b08d4ddc7a4 (patch)
tree9860e62a90d90a883dd345564574022a9df6d5b3
parent90efb8d394de9df1ae2c20f5e25ffc2009dc7ec5 (diff)
arm: Update linker scripts to ensure appended device tree is aligned
With commit 0535e46d55d7 ("scripts/dtc: Update to upstream version v1.7.2-35-g52f07dcca47c") it is now a fatal error to U-Boot if our device tree is not 8-byte aligned. In commit 85f586035d75 ("ARM: OMAP2+: Pad SPL binary to 8-byte alignment before DTB") Beleswar Padhi explains that we must have ALIGN(x) statements inside of a section to ensure that padding is included and not simply that the linker address counter is incremented. To that end, this patch: - Expands some linker sections to be more readable when adding a second statement to the section. - Aligns the final section before _end (for U-Boot) or _image_binary_end or __bss_end (for xPL phases) by 8-bytes by adding '. = ALIGN(8);' to the final section before the symbol. - Ensure that we do have alignment by adding an ASSERT so that when not aligned we fail to link (and explain why). - Remove now-spurious '. = ALIGN(x);' statements that were intended to provide the above alignments. Tested-by: Michal Simek <[email protected]> # Zynq Reviewed-by: Ilias Apalodimas <[email protected]> [trini: Also update arch/arm/cpu/armv8/u-boot.lds as Ilas requested] Signed-off-by: Tom Rini <[email protected]>
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/cpu/arm1136/u-boot-spl.lds8
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/u-boot-spl.lds5
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/sunxi/u-boot-spl.lds5
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/cpu/armv7/sunxi/u-boot-spl.lds5
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/cpu/armv8/u-boot-spl.lds4
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/cpu/armv8/u-boot.lds3
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/cpu/u-boot-spl.lds5
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/cpu/u-boot.lds4
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/mach-aspeed/ast2600/u-boot-spl.lds4
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/mach-at91/arm926ejs/u-boot-spl.lds9
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/mach-at91/armv7/u-boot-spl.lds9
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/mach-omap2/u-boot-spl.lds3
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/mach-rockchip/u-boot-tpl-v8.lds5
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/mach-zynq/u-boot-spl.lds6
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/mach-zynq/u-boot.lds3
-rw-r--r--board/davinci/da8xxevm/u-boot-spl-da850evm.lds4
-rw-r--r--board/samsung/common/exynos-uboot-spl.lds5
17 files changed, 72 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm1136/u-boot-spl.lds b/arch/arm/cpu/arm1136/u-boot-spl.lds
index b7af29183a9..22a9302275a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm1136/u-boot-spl.lds
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm1136/u-boot-spl.lds
@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@ SECTIONS
.rodata : { *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(.rodata*)) } >.sram
. = ALIGN(4);
- .data : { *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(.data*)) } >.sram
- . = ALIGN(4);
+ .data : {
+ *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(.data*))
+ . = ALIGN(8);
+ } >.sram
__image_copy_end = .;
_end = .;
@@ -44,3 +46,5 @@ SECTIONS
__bss_end = .;
} >.sdram
}
+
+ASSERT(_end % 8 == 0, "_end must be 8-byte aligned for device tree");
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/u-boot-spl.lds b/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/u-boot-spl.lds
index 7c6309246f8..b4adae272eb 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/u-boot-spl.lds
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/u-boot-spl.lds
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ SECTIONS
. = ALIGN(4);
__bss_start = .;
*(.bss*)
- . = ALIGN(4);
+ . = ALIGN(8);
__bss_end = .;
}
@@ -62,3 +62,6 @@ SECTIONS
.gnu : { *(.gnu*) }
.ARM.exidx : { *(.ARM.exidx*) }
}
+
+ASSERT(_image_binary_end % 8 == 0, \
+ "_image_binary_end must be 8-byte aligned for device tree");
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/sunxi/u-boot-spl.lds b/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/sunxi/u-boot-spl.lds
index cf65e8c4628..2225985c79c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/sunxi/u-boot-spl.lds
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/sunxi/u-boot-spl.lds
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ SECTIONS
. = ALIGN(4);
__u_boot_list : {
KEEP(*(SORT(__u_boot_list*)));
+ . = ALIGN(8);
} > .sram
- . = ALIGN(4);
__image_copy_end = .;
_end = .;
_image_binary_end = .;
@@ -47,3 +47,6 @@ SECTIONS
__bss_end = .;
} > .sdram
}
+
+ASSERT(_image_binary_end % 8 == 0, \
+ "_image_binary_end must be 8-byte aligned for device tree");
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/sunxi/u-boot-spl.lds b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/sunxi/u-boot-spl.lds
index fb7a789b28b..e69291d8be6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/sunxi/u-boot-spl.lds
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/sunxi/u-boot-spl.lds
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ SECTIONS
. = ALIGN(4);
__u_boot_list : {
KEEP(*(SORT(__u_boot_list*)));
+ . = ALIGN(8);
} > .sram
- . = ALIGN(4);
__image_copy_end = .;
_end = .;
_image_binary_end = .;
@@ -56,3 +56,6 @@ SECTIONS
__bss_end = .;
} > .sdram
}
+
+ASSERT(_image_binary_end % 8 == 0, \
+ "_image_binary_end must be 8-byte aligned for device tree");
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/u-boot-spl.lds b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/u-boot-spl.lds
index c4f83ec9cfc..d9963846c4f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/u-boot-spl.lds
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/u-boot-spl.lds
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ SECTIONS
__u_boot_list : {
. = ALIGN(8);
KEEP(*(SORT(__u_boot_list*)));
+ . = ALIGN(8);
} >.sram
- . = ALIGN(8);
__image_copy_end = .;
_end = .;
_image_binary_end = .;
@@ -89,5 +89,7 @@ SECTIONS
#endif
}
+ASSERT(_image_binary_end % 8 == 0, \
+ "_image_binary_end must be 8-byte aligned for device tree");
ASSERT(ADDR(.bss) % 8 == 0, \
".bss must be 8-byte aligned");
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/u-boot.lds b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/u-boot.lds
index f4ce98c82c8..231ab28b50c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/u-boot.lds
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/u-boot.lds
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ SECTIONS
__rel_dyn_start = .;
*(.rela*)
__rel_dyn_end = .;
+ . = ALIGN(8);
}
_end = .;
@@ -175,3 +176,5 @@ SECTIONS
#include "linux-kernel-image-header-vars.h"
#endif
}
+
+ASSERT(_end % 8 == 0, "_end must be 8-byte aligned for device tree");
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/u-boot-spl.lds b/arch/arm/cpu/u-boot-spl.lds
index 5aecb61ce90..d780a506077 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/u-boot-spl.lds
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/u-boot-spl.lds
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ SECTIONS
__rel_dyn_start = .;
*(.rel*)
__rel_dyn_end = .;
+ . = ALIGN(8);
}
- . = ALIGN(8);
_image_binary_end = .;
_end = .;
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ ASSERT(__image_copy_end - __image_copy_start <= (IMAGE_MAX_SIZE), \
"SPL image too big");
#endif
+ASSERT(_image_binary_end % 8 == 0, \
+ "_image_binary_end must be 8-byte aligned for device tree");
+
#if defined(CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE)
ASSERT(__bss_end - __bss_start <= (CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE), \
"SPL image BSS too big");
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/u-boot.lds b/arch/arm/cpu/u-boot.lds
index 78aad093d3b..8e2266a90fe 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/u-boot.lds
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/u-boot.lds
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ SECTIONS
__rel_dyn_start = .;
*(.rel*)
__rel_dyn_end = .;
+ . = ALIGN(8);
}
_end = .;
@@ -192,3 +193,6 @@ SECTIONS
/DISCARD/ : { *(.ARM.exidx*) }
/DISCARD/ : { *(.gnu.linkonce.armexidx.*) }
}
+
+ASSERT(_image_binary_end % 8 == 0, \
+ "_image_binary_end must be 8-byte aligned for device tree");
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-aspeed/ast2600/u-boot-spl.lds b/arch/arm/mach-aspeed/ast2600/u-boot-spl.lds
index 9502a7384b5..c9664a6ce56 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-aspeed/ast2600/u-boot-spl.lds
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-aspeed/ast2600/u-boot-spl.lds
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ SECTIONS
__rel_dyn_start = .;
*(.rel*)
__rel_dyn_end = .;
+ . = ALIGN(8);
} > .nor
_end = .;
@@ -79,6 +80,9 @@ ASSERT(__image_copy_end - __image_copy_start <= (IMAGE_MAX_SIZE), \
"SPL image too big");
#endif
+ASSERT(_image_binary_end % 8 == 0, \
+ "_image_binary_end must be 8-byte aligned for device tree");
+
#if defined(CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE)
ASSERT(__bss_end - __bss_start <= (CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE), \
"SPL image BSS too big");
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-at91/arm926ejs/u-boot-spl.lds b/arch/arm/mach-at91/arm926ejs/u-boot-spl.lds
index 09cf838cf96..1af4f7b6524 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-at91/arm926ejs/u-boot-spl.lds
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-at91/arm926ejs/u-boot-spl.lds
@@ -29,9 +29,11 @@ SECTIONS
.data : { *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(.data*)) } >.sram
. = ALIGN(4);
- __u_boot_list : { KEEP(*(SORT(__u_boot_list*))) } > .sram
+ __u_boot_list : {
+ KEEP(*(SORT(__u_boot_list*)))
+ . = ALIGN(8);
+ } > .sram
- . = ALIGN(4);
__image_copy_end = .;
_end = .;
_image_binary_end = .;
@@ -51,6 +53,9 @@ ASSERT(__image_copy_end - __start <= (IMAGE_MAX_SIZE), \
"SPL image too big");
#endif
+ASSERT(_image_binary_end % 8 == 0, \
+ "_image_binary_end must be 8-byte aligned for device tree");
+
#if defined(CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE)
ASSERT(__bss_end - __bss_start <= (CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE), \
"SPL image BSS too big");
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-at91/armv7/u-boot-spl.lds b/arch/arm/mach-at91/armv7/u-boot-spl.lds
index 460a91d93ec..287764df48f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-at91/armv7/u-boot-spl.lds
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-at91/armv7/u-boot-spl.lds
@@ -36,9 +36,11 @@ SECTIONS
.data : { *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(.data*)) } >.sram
. = ALIGN(4);
- __u_boot_list : { KEEP(*(SORT(__u_boot_list*))) } > .sram
+ __u_boot_list : {
+ KEEP(*(SORT(__u_boot_list*)))
+ . = ALIGN(8);
+ } > .sram
- . = ALIGN(4);
__image_copy_end = .;
_end = .;
_image_binary_end = .;
@@ -52,3 +54,6 @@ SECTIONS
__bss_end = .;
} >.sdram
}
+
+ASSERT(_image_binary_end % 8 == 0, \
+ "_image_binary_end must be 8-byte aligned for device tree");
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/u-boot-spl.lds b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/u-boot-spl.lds
index 3bb759d8a1c..b61e657900a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/u-boot-spl.lds
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/u-boot-spl.lds
@@ -51,3 +51,6 @@ SECTIONS
__bss_end = .;
} >.sdram
}
+
+ASSERT(_image_binary_end % 8 == 0, \
+ "_image_binary_end must be 8-byte aligned for device tree");
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/u-boot-tpl-v8.lds b/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/u-boot-tpl-v8.lds
index 958a1b70aef..2c0f5c3e5f3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/u-boot-tpl-v8.lds
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/u-boot-tpl-v8.lds
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ SECTIONS
__u_boot_list : {
. = ALIGN(8);
KEEP(*(SORT(__u_boot_list*)));
+ . = ALIGN(8);
}
- . = ALIGN(8);
__image_copy_end = .;
_end = .;
_image_binary_end = .;
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ ASSERT(__image_copy_end - __image_copy_start < (CONFIG_TPL_MAX_SIZE), \
"TPL image too big");
#endif
+ASSERT(_image_binary_end % 8 == 0, \
+ "_image_binary_end must be 8-byte aligned for device tree");
+
#if defined(CONFIG_TPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE)
ASSERT(__bss_end - __bss_start < (CONFIG_TPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE), \
"TPL image BSS too big");
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-zynq/u-boot-spl.lds b/arch/arm/mach-zynq/u-boot-spl.lds
index d96a5770288..17f0d7c9b72 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-zynq/u-boot-spl.lds
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-zynq/u-boot-spl.lds
@@ -39,10 +39,9 @@ SECTIONS
. = ALIGN(4);
__u_boot_list : {
KEEP(*(SORT(__u_boot_list*)));
+ . = ALIGN(8);
} > .sram
- . = ALIGN(4);
-
_image_binary_end = .;
_end = .;
@@ -62,3 +61,6 @@ SECTIONS
/DISCARD/ : { *(.interp*) }
/DISCARD/ : { *(.gnu*) }
}
+
+ASSERT(_image_binary_end % 8 == 0, \
+ "_image_binary_end must be 8-byte aligned for device tree");
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-zynq/u-boot.lds b/arch/arm/mach-zynq/u-boot.lds
index f52523edf49..2a8e3399e0b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-zynq/u-boot.lds
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-zynq/u-boot.lds
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ SECTIONS
__rel_dyn_start = .;
*(.rel*)
__rel_dyn_end = .;
+ . = ALIGN(8);
}
_end = .;
@@ -98,3 +99,5 @@ SECTIONS
/DISCARD/ : { *(.ARM.exidx*) }
/DISCARD/ : { *(.gnu.linkonce.armexidx.*) }
}
+
+ASSERT(_end % 8 == 0, "_end must be 8-byte aligned for device tree");
diff --git a/board/davinci/da8xxevm/u-boot-spl-da850evm.lds b/board/davinci/da8xxevm/u-boot-spl-da850evm.lds
index 56d6f4f114b..d1a82e118af 100644
--- a/board/davinci/da8xxevm/u-boot-spl-da850evm.lds
+++ b/board/davinci/da8xxevm/u-boot-spl-da850evm.lds
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ SECTIONS
__rel_dyn_start = .;
*(.rel*)
__rel_dyn_end = .;
+ . = ALIGN(8);
} >.sram
__image_copy_end = .;
@@ -58,3 +59,6 @@ SECTIONS
__bss_end = .;
} >.sdram
}
+
+ASSERT(_image_binary_end % 8 == 0, \
+ "_image_binary_end must be 8-byte aligned for device tree");
diff --git a/board/samsung/common/exynos-uboot-spl.lds b/board/samsung/common/exynos-uboot-spl.lds
index 9d3b57e98db..62e150bcf33 100644
--- a/board/samsung/common/exynos-uboot-spl.lds
+++ b/board/samsung/common/exynos-uboot-spl.lds
@@ -48,7 +48,10 @@ SECTIONS
. = ALIGN(4);
__bss_start = .;
*(.bss*)
- . = ALIGN(4);
+ . = ALIGN(8);
__bss_end = .;
} >.sram
}
+
+ASSERT(__bss_end % 8 == 0, \
+ "__bss_end must be 8-byte aligned for device tree");