linux.git/arch/arm/kernel/module.c, branch v2.6.30 Linux kernel source tree [ARM] 5507/1: support R_ARM_MOVW_ABS_NC and MOVT_ABS relocation types 2009-05-07T16:21:01+00:00 Paul Gortmaker paul.gortmaker@gmail.com 2009-05-07T15:18:40+00:00 ae51e609843f7d0aaeb1c2ad9f89d252a4899885 From: Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield@windriver.com> To fully support the armv7-a instruction set/optimizations, support for the R_ARM_MOVW_ABS_NC and R_ARM_MOVT_ABS relocation types is required. The MOVW and MOVT are both load-immediate instructions, MOVW loads 16 bits into the bottom half of a register, and MOVT loads 16 bits into the top half of a register. The relocation information for these instructions has a full 32 bit value, plus an addend which is stored in the 16 immediate bits in the instruction itself. The immediate bits in the instruction are not contiguous (the register # splits it into a 4 bit and 12 bit value), so the addend has to be extracted accordingly and added to the value. The value is then split and put into the instruction; a MOVW uses the bottom 16 bits of the value, and a MOVT uses the top 16 bits. Signed-off-by: David Borman <david.borman@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk> 
From: Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield@windriver.com>

To fully support the armv7-a instruction set/optimizations, support
for the R_ARM_MOVW_ABS_NC and R_ARM_MOVT_ABS relocation types is
required.

The MOVW and MOVT are both load-immediate instructions, MOVW loads 16
bits into the bottom half of a register, and MOVT loads 16 bits into the
top half of a register.

The relocation information for these instructions has a full 32 bit
value, plus an addend which is stored in the 16 immediate bits in the
instruction itself.  The immediate bits in the instruction are not
contiguous (the register # splits it into a 4 bit and 12 bit value),
so the addend has to be extracted accordingly and added to the value.
The value is then split and put into the instruction; a MOVW uses the
bottom 16 bits of the value, and a MOVT uses the top 16 bits.

Signed-off-by: David Borman <david.borman@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
Merge branch 'master' into devel 2009-03-28T20:30:18+00:00 Russell King rmk@dyn-67.arm.linux.org.uk 2009-03-28T20:30:18+00:00 9759d22c8348343b0da4e25d6150c41712686c14 Conflicts: arch/arm/include/asm/elf.h arch/arm/kernel/module.c 
Conflicts:
	arch/arm/include/asm/elf.h
	arch/arm/kernel/module.c
[ARM] 5428/1: Module relocation update for R_ARM_V4BX 2009-03-21T11:22:33+00:00 Daniel Silverstone dsilvers@simtec.co.uk 2009-03-20T10:11:43+00:00 4731f8b66dd34ebf0e67ca6ba9162b0e509bec06 It would seem when building kernel modules with modern binutils (required by modern GCC) for ARM v4T targets (specifically observed with the Samsung 24xx SoC which is an 920T) R_ARM_V4BX relocations are emitted for function epilogues. This manifests at module load time with an "unknown relocation: 40" error message. The following patch adds the R_ARM_V4BX relocation to the ARM kernel module loader. The relocation operation is taken from that within the binutils bfd library. Signed-off-by: Simtec Linux Team <linux@simtec.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Vincent Sanders <vince@simtec.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk> 
It would seem when building kernel modules with modern binutils
(required by modern GCC) for ARM v4T targets (specifically observed
with the Samsung 24xx SoC which is an 920T) R_ARM_V4BX relocations
are emitted for function epilogues.

This manifests at module load time with an "unknown relocation: 40"
error message.

The following patch adds the R_ARM_V4BX relocation to the ARM kernel
module loader. The relocation operation is taken from that within the
binutils bfd library.

Signed-off-by: Simtec Linux Team <linux@simtec.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Vincent Sanders <vince@simtec.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
[ARM] 5384/1: unwind: Add stack unwinding support for loadable modules 2009-02-19T11:27:19+00:00 Catalin Marinas catalin.marinas@arm.com 2009-02-11T12:09:54+00:00 2e1926e7b5d39eb31880152d636e8d8d011888cb This patch adds ELF section parsing for the unwinding tables in loadable modules together with the PREL31 relocation symbol resolving. Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk> 
This patch adds ELF section parsing for the unwinding tables in loadable
modules together with the PREL31 relocation symbol resolving.

Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
[ARM] use asm/sections.h 2008-12-01T11:53:07+00:00 Russell King rmk@dyn-67.arm.linux.org.uk 2008-12-01T11:53:07+00:00 37efe6427dd50e889473fb3c7fcec02dbbd098eb Update to use the asm/sections.h header rather than declaring these symbols ourselves. Change __data_start to _data to conform with the naming found within asm/sections.h. Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk> 
Update to use the asm/sections.h header rather than declaring these
symbols ourselves.  Change __data_start to _data to conform with the
naming found within asm/sections.h.

Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
[ARM] fix naming of MODULE_START / MODULE_END 2008-11-06T17:13:47+00:00 Russell King rmk@dyn-67.arm.linux.org.uk 2008-11-06T17:11:07+00:00 ab4f2ee130d5ffcf35616e1f5c6ab75af5b463b6 As of 73bdf0a60e607f4b8ecc5aec597105976565a84f, the kernel needs to know where modules are located in the virtual address space. On ARM, we located this region between MODULE_START and MODULE_END. Unfortunately, everyone else calls it MODULES_VADDR and MODULES_END. Update ARM to use the same naming, so is_vmalloc_or_module_addr() can work properly. Also update the comment on mm/vmalloc.c to reflect that ARM also places modules in a separate region from the vmalloc space. Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk> 
As of 73bdf0a60e607f4b8ecc5aec597105976565a84f, the kernel needs
to know where modules are located in the virtual address space.
On ARM, we located this region between MODULE_START and MODULE_END.
Unfortunately, everyone else calls it MODULES_VADDR and MODULES_END.
Update ARM to use the same naming, so is_vmalloc_or_module_addr()
can work properly.  Also update the comment on mm/vmalloc.c to
reflect that ARM also places modules in a separate region from the
vmalloc space.

Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
[ARM] Improve non-executable support 2008-10-01T15:41:10+00:00 Russell King rmk@dyn-67.arm.linux.org.uk 2008-09-07T16:16:54+00:00 8ec53663d2698076468b3e1edc4e1b418bd54de3 Add support for detecting non-executable stack binaries, and adjust permissions to prevent execution from data and stack areas. Also, ensure that READ_IMPLIES_EXEC is enabled for older CPUs where that is true, and for any executable-stack binary. Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk> 
Add support for detecting non-executable stack binaries, and adjust
permissions to prevent execution from data and stack areas.  Also,
ensure that READ_IMPLIES_EXEC is enabled for older CPUs where that
is true, and for any executable-stack binary.

Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
PAGE_ALIGN(): correctly handle 64-bit values on 32-bit architectures 2008-07-24T17:47:21+00:00 Andrea Righi righi.andrea@gmail.com 2008-07-24T04:28:13+00:00 27ac792ca0b0a1e7e65f20342260650516c95864 On 32-bit architectures PAGE_ALIGN() truncates 64-bit values to the 32-bit boundary. For example: u64 val = PAGE_ALIGN(size); always returns a value < 4GB even if size is greater than 4GB. The problem resides in PAGE_MASK definition (from include/asm-x86/page.h for example): #define PAGE_SHIFT 12 #define PAGE_SIZE (_AC(1,UL) << PAGE_SHIFT) #define PAGE_MASK (~(PAGE_SIZE-1)) ... #define PAGE_ALIGN(addr) (((addr)+PAGE_SIZE-1)&PAGE_MASK) The "~" is performed on a 32-bit value, so everything in "and" with PAGE_MASK greater than 4GB will be truncated to the 32-bit boundary. Using the ALIGN() macro seems to be the right way, because it uses typeof(addr) for the mask. Also move the PAGE_ALIGN() definitions out of include/asm-*/page.h in include/linux/mm.h. See also lkml discussion: http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/6/11/237 [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix drivers/media/video/uvc/uvc_queue.c] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix v850] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix powerpc] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix arm] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix mips] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-dvb.c] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix drivers/mtd/maps/uclinux.c] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix powerpc] Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <righi.andrea@gmail.com> Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 
On 32-bit architectures PAGE_ALIGN() truncates 64-bit values to the 32-bit
boundary. For example:

	u64 val = PAGE_ALIGN(size);

always returns a value < 4GB even if size is greater than 4GB.

The problem resides in PAGE_MASK definition (from include/asm-x86/page.h for
example):

#define PAGE_SHIFT      12
#define PAGE_SIZE       (_AC(1,UL) << PAGE_SHIFT)
#define PAGE_MASK       (~(PAGE_SIZE-1))
...
#define PAGE_ALIGN(addr)       (((addr)+PAGE_SIZE-1)&PAGE_MASK)

The "~" is performed on a 32-bit value, so everything in "and" with
PAGE_MASK greater than 4GB will be truncated to the 32-bit boundary.
Using the ALIGN() macro seems to be the right way, because it uses
typeof(addr) for the mask.

Also move the PAGE_ALIGN() definitions out of include/asm-*/page.h in
include/linux/mm.h.

See also lkml discussion: http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/6/11/237

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix drivers/media/video/uvc/uvc_queue.c]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix v850]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix powerpc]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix arm]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix mips]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix drivers/media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-dvb.c]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix drivers/mtd/maps/uclinux.c]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix powerpc]
Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <righi.andrea@gmail.com>
Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
[ARM] Fix ARM branch relocation range 2007-05-08T21:05:25+00:00 Kevin Welton Kevin.Welton@arm.com 2007-05-08T21:05:25+00:00 c5f125031f416ba6350e84462e9039737b6e2bab Branches in the ARM architecture are restricted to a range of +/- 32MB. However, the code in .../arch/arm/kernel/module.c::apply_relocate() was checking offset against a range of +/- 64MB. Signed-off-by: Kevin Welton <Kevin.Welton@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk> 
Branches in the ARM architecture are restricted to a range of +/- 32MB.
However, the code in .../arch/arm/kernel/module.c::apply_relocate() was
checking offset against a range of +/- 64MB.

Signed-off-by: Kevin Welton <Kevin.Welton@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
[ARM] nommu: allows to support module in nommu 2006-09-27T16:02:50+00:00 Hyok S. Choi hyok.choi@samsung.com 2006-09-26T08:37:07+00:00 6a570b28b5948e7bf54ea42ec3161bded0a1c460 A simple patch to support module in nommu mode. The vmalloc is used instead of __vmalloc_area which depends on CONFIG_MMU. Signed-off-by: Hyok S. Choi <hyok.choi@samsung.com> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk> 
A simple patch to support module in nommu mode.
The vmalloc is used instead of __vmalloc_area which depends on CONFIG_MMU.

Signed-off-by: Hyok S. Choi <hyok.choi@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>