From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Delivery-date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 23:39:32 +0100 Received: from metis.whiteo.stw.pengutronix.de ([2a0a:edc0:2:b01:1d::104]) by lore.white.stw.pengutronix.de with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1vfn2z-0011et-0M for lore@lore.pengutronix.de; Tue, 13 Jan 2026 23:39:32 +0100 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([2607:7c80:54:3::133]) by metis.whiteo.stw.pengutronix.de with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1vfn2y-00084v-4O for lore@pengutronix.de; Tue, 13 Jan 2026 23:39:32 +0100 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender:List-Subscribe:List-Help :List-Post:List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:In-Reply-To:Content-Type: MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Owner; bh=SlgA8TTZ1eT9FAYC6hKu5nzlEY3CTzUG4TmED7GpbUM=; b=VQ7oemqnjXYWSPvAZKrRbQZ0S0 cjm8TxtdnVdRUiFnuLZXIINdgvlpfnknkKYq34uN+AYdIAYXfBVHE/sryeLUkGH++WNpPuv/dWVQS +jc4arTs1juLg5GfIwBs+Wq+dZMI5KYD7DhIxC9hiR1X5L5N0HE79Ymgn1KaJRxHVyYBeOuC9qM01 U/Evt84Q9MqP1UDYqM2GyYv2PcvWQPMZMPSddOFP1Zx0TELui3ooqeX+ssM8adOx/W5p+5fRQeIce k8cNutHOFMi1KPE1noQhuS7GVw4vbOUlPydRfAHR2n6IETiBMEIVss4HT3AFc7idgEoCFRkZ1rp6Q c4nBWlNQ==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.98.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1vfn2L-00000007pvM-2xM2; Tue, 13 Jan 2026 22:38:53 +0000 Received: from metis.whiteo.stw.pengutronix.de ([2a0a:edc0:2:b01:1d::104]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.98.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1vfn2H-00000007pur-3u8f for barebox@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 13 Jan 2026 22:38:52 +0000 Received: from drehscheibe.grey.stw.pengutronix.de ([2a0a:edc0:0:c01:1d::a2]) by metis.whiteo.stw.pengutronix.de with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1vfn2F-0007r1-MJ; Tue, 13 Jan 2026 23:38:47 +0100 Received: from pty.whiteo.stw.pengutronix.de ([2a0a:edc0:2:b01:1d::c5]) by drehscheibe.grey.stw.pengutronix.de with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1vfn2G-000Ub0-0S; Tue, 13 Jan 2026 23:38:47 +0100 Received: from sha by pty.whiteo.stw.pengutronix.de with local (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1vfn2F-009yLt-15; Tue, 13 Jan 2026 23:38:47 +0100 Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 23:38:47 +0100 From: Sascha Hauer To: Ahmad Fatoum Cc: BAREBOX , "Claude Sonnet 4.5" Message-ID: References: <20260108-pbl-load-elf-v3-0-e28c931fc179@pengutronix.de> <20260108-pbl-load-elf-v3-9-e28c931fc179@pengutronix.de> <9cd07445-9fbf-43ab-81bb-85f07b9327b0@pengutronix.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <9cd07445-9fbf-43ab-81bb-85f07b9327b0@pengutronix.de> X-Sent-From: Pengutronix Hildesheim X-URL: http://www.pengutronix.de/ X-Accept-Language: de,en X-Accept-Content-Type: text/plain X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20260113_143850_090480_9A35EB8A X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 16.33 ) X-BeenThere: barebox@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "barebox" X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 2607:7c80:54:3::133 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: barebox-bounces+lore=pengutronix.de@lists.infradead.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on metis.whiteo.stw.pengutronix.de X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=4.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_NONE autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 09/23] elf: create elf_open_binary_into() X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Wed, 08 May 2019 21:11:16 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on metis.whiteo.stw.pengutronix.de) On Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 02:06:37PM +0100, Ahmad Fatoum wrote: > On 1/8/26 4:50 PM, Sascha Hauer wrote: > > elf_open_binary() returns a dynamically allocated struct elf_image *. We > > do not have malloc in the PBL, so for better PBL support create > > elf_open_binary_into() which takes a struct elf_image * as argument. > > Strictly speaking, we have the allocator and as > this runs after decompression, the early malloc area is already > allocated too, but I don't feel strongly about it. This is only implemented for arm, mips and riscv. I don't think that it's worth implementing for the other architectures just to get a single piece of memory that can easily be statically allocated. Sascha -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Steuerwalder Str. 21 | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 |