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From: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
To: BAREBOX <barebox@lists.infradead.org>
Cc: "Claude Sonnet 4.5" <noreply@anthropic.com>,
	Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH v3 16/23] ARM: link ELF image into PBL
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2026 16:50:13 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260108-pbl-load-elf-v3-16-e28c931fc179@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260108-pbl-load-elf-v3-0-e28c931fc179@pengutronix.de>

Instead of linking the raw binary barebox proper image into the PBL link
the ELF image into the PBL. With this barebox proper starts with a properly
linked and fully initialized C environment, so the calls to
relocate_to_adr() and setup_c() can be removed from barebox proper.

Reviewed-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
---
 arch/arm/Kconfig          |  1 +
 arch/arm/cpu/start.c      | 13 ++++---------
 arch/arm/cpu/uncompress.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++-------
 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 5123e9b1402c56db94df6a7a33ae993c61d51fbc..65856977ab41298be36b78c64de857570d575744 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ config ARM
 	select HW_HAS_PCI
 	select ARCH_HAS_DMA_WRITE_COMBINE
 	select HAVE_EFI_LOADER if MMU # for payload unaligned accesses
+	select PBL_IMAGE_ELF
 	default y
 
 config ARCH_LINUX_NAME
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/start.c b/arch/arm/cpu/start.c
index f7d4507e71588ba5e241b24b952d55e2a4b0f794..2498bdb894c261f587af6542ea4574c497a6edc0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/start.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/start.c
@@ -127,8 +127,9 @@ static int barebox_memory_areas_init(void)
 }
 device_initcall(barebox_memory_areas_init);
 
-__noreturn __prereloc void barebox_non_pbl_start(unsigned long membase,
-		unsigned long memsize, struct handoff_data *hd)
+__noreturn void barebox_non_pbl_start(unsigned long membase,
+				      unsigned long memsize,
+				      struct handoff_data *hd)
 {
 	unsigned long endmem = membase + memsize;
 	unsigned long malloc_start, malloc_end;
@@ -139,12 +140,6 @@ __noreturn __prereloc void barebox_non_pbl_start(unsigned long membase,
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CPU_V7))
 		armv7_hyp_install();
 
-	relocate_to_adr(barebox_base);
-
-	setup_c();
-
-	barrier();
-
 	pbl_barebox_break();
 
 	pr_debug("memory at 0x%08lx, size 0x%08lx\n", membase, memsize);
@@ -200,7 +195,7 @@ void start(unsigned long membase, unsigned long memsize, struct handoff_data *hd
  * First function in the uncompressed image. We get here from
  * the pbl. The stack already has been set up by the pbl.
  */
-void NAKED __prereloc __section(.text_entry) start(unsigned long membase,
+void __section(.text_entry) start(unsigned long membase,
 		unsigned long memsize, struct handoff_data *hd)
 {
 	barebox_non_pbl_start(membase, memsize, hd);
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/uncompress.c b/arch/arm/cpu/uncompress.c
index b9fc1d04db96e77c8fcd7fd1930798ea1d9294d7..8cc7102290986e71d2f3a2f34df1a9f946c56ced 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/uncompress.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/uncompress.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <asm/mmu.h>
 #include <asm/unaligned.h>
 #include <compressed-dtb.h>
+#include <elf.h>
 
 #include <debug_ll.h>
 
@@ -41,6 +42,8 @@ void __noreturn barebox_pbl_start(unsigned long membase, unsigned long memsize,
 	void *pg_start, *pg_end;
 	unsigned long pc = get_pc();
 	void *handoff_data;
+	struct elf_image elf;
+	int ret;
 
 	/* piggy data is not relocated, so determine the bounds now */
 	pg_start = runtime_address(input_data);
@@ -85,21 +88,30 @@ void __noreturn barebox_pbl_start(unsigned long membase, unsigned long memsize,
 	else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARMV7R_MPU))
 		set_cr(get_cr() | CR_C);
 
-	pr_debug("uncompressing barebox binary at 0x%p (size 0x%08x) to 0x%08lx (uncompressed size: 0x%08x)\n",
+	pr_debug("uncompressing barebox ELF at 0x%p (size 0x%08x) to 0x%08lx (uncompressed size: 0x%08x)\n",
 			pg_start, pg_len, barebox_base, uncompressed_len);
 
 	pbl_barebox_uncompress((void*)barebox_base, pg_start, pg_len);
 
+	pr_debug("relocating ELF in place\n");
+
+	ret = elf_open_binary_into(&elf, (void *)barebox_base);
+	if (ret)
+		panic("Failed to open ELF binary: %d\n", ret);
+
+	ret = elf_load_inplace(&elf);
+	if (ret)
+		panic("Failed to relocate ELF: %d\n", ret);
+
+	pr_debug("ELF entry point: 0x%llx\n", elf.entry);
+
+	barebox = (void *)(unsigned long)elf.entry;
+
 	handoff_data_move(handoff_data);
 
 	sync_caches_for_execution();
 
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_THUMB2_BAREBOX))
-		barebox = (void *)(barebox_base + 1);
-	else
-		barebox = (void *)barebox_base;
-
-	pr_debug("jumping to uncompressed image at 0x%p\n", barebox);
+	pr_debug("jumping to ELF entry point at 0x%p\n", barebox);
 
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CPU_V7) && boot_cpu_mode() == HYP_MODE)
 		armv7_switch_to_hyp();

-- 
2.47.3




  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-01-08 16:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-01-08 15:49 [PATCH v3 00/23] PBL: Add PBL ELF loading support with dynamic relocations Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:49 ` [PATCH v3 01/23] Makefile.compiler: add objcopy-option Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 16:25   ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-08 15:49 ` [PATCH v3 02/23] elf: only accept images matching the native ELF_CLASS Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 03/23] elf: build for PBL as well Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 04/23] elf: add dynamic relocation support Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 05/23] ARM: implement elf_apply_relocations() for ELF " Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 06/23] riscv: define generic relocate_image Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 07/23] riscv: implement elf_apply_relocations() for ELF relocation support Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 08/23] elf: implement elf_load_inplace() Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 09/23] elf: create elf_open_binary_into() Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 10/23] Makefile: add vmbarebox build target Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 11/23] PBL: allow to link ELF image into PBL Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 12/23] mmu: add MAP_CACHED_RO mapping type Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 13/23] mmu: introduce pbl_remap_range() Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 14/23] ARM: drop arm_fixup_vectors() Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 15/23] ARM: linker script: create separate PT_LOAD segments for text, rodata, and data Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` Sascha Hauer [this message]
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 17/23] ARM: PBL: setup MMU with proper permissions from ELF segments Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 18/23] riscv: linker script: create separate PT_LOAD segments for text, rodata, and data Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 19/23] riscv: link ELF image into PBL Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 20/23] riscv: Allwinner D1: Drop M-Mode Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 21/23] riscv: add ELF segment-based memory protection with MMU Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 22/23] ARM: cleanup barebox proper entry Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 23/23] riscv: " Sascha Hauer

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