On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 03:56:09PM +0000, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
On Tue, 2015-10-06 at 11:17 +0000, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
On Thu, 2015-10-01 at 08:57 +0000, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
On Wed, 2015-09-30 at 21:35 +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
On Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at 08:24:10 PM, Andy Fleming wrote:
Hi!
On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 8:10 AM, Wolfgang Denk wd@denx.de wrote:
Dear Joakim, dear Dirk,
In message <OF14C3D470.864842B6-ONC1257D7A.002471AC-
C1257D7A.0024DEC4@transmode.se> you wrote:
> Ouch, that was a nasty surprise.
Indeed.
> > In my original mail I referenced this potential solution, at least it > > worked for me: > > https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-help/2014-02/msg00054.html > > That looks like the correct fix but I presume both .data.rel.ro and > data.rel.ro.local should be added?
I can confirm:
The problem was observed with gcc 4.8.1 [as in Yocto 1.5.x / ELDK
5.5.x].
Switching back to gcc 4.7.2 [as in Yocto 1.4 / ELDK 5.4] makes the
problem go away.
Switching forward to gcc 4.9.1 [as in Yocto 1.7 / ELDK 5.7] makes
the problem go away.
For the problemativ 4.8.x versions of GCC, the following patch
apparently solves the problem for my (MPC5200 based) board - guess this would have to be applied to all .lds files...
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc5xxx/u-boot.lds b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc5xxx/u-boot.lds index cd9e23f..82c86d7 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc5xxx/u-boot.lds +++ b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc5xxx/u-boot.lds @@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ SECTIONS
{
_GOT2_TABLE_ = .; KEEP(*(.got2))
KEEP(*(.data.rel.ro))
KEEP(*(.data.rel.ro.local))
KEEP(*(.got)) PROVIDE(_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_ = . + 4); _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
Given that GCC 4.9.1 apparently solves this issue I wonder which approach we should take?
Should we blacklist GCC 4.8.x (and 4.9.0) like the kernel folks are doing [1] ?
Was there a resolution to this thread? I just spent a bunch of time trying to figure out why u-boot was crashing, and eventually determined that switching from 4.9.0 to 4.6.3 solved the problem. Should I submit a patch to do what was suggested above? Or add the "blacklist" patch? If so, it should be noted that 4.9.0 is the current default installed when you ask buildman to install a powerpc cross compiler...
Blacklist patch please, thank you!
Yes, but all gcc 4.8.x versions?
There is a fix here https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2014-04/msg01679.html but I don't know if it got committed or not or which version.
I am using gcc 4.8.4 and it works but I have one problem, if I erase uboot after relocation, u-boot misbehavex or crashes so there is something off still.
Does it work for all but me to erase u-boot after relocation? Using T1040(mpc85xx family)
Here is a better URL: http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/342888/
From what I can tell the above bug has been fixed in gcc 4.8.5(4.8.4 has the error) and 4.9.3 (by looking at varasm.c).
Adding KEEP(*(.data.rel.ro.local)) i u-boot.lds does not seem to be the correct fix as it is not an .fixup entry?
After upgrading to gcc 4.9.3 I still see this bug(there is no .fixup entry) The bug can be avoided with -fno-ira-hoist-pressure and while you are it, throw in -mbss-plt to reduce size
Would something like this fix it then? Or at least work-around in-field toolchains?
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/config.mk b/arch/powerpc/config.mk index 83b49b5..2be5b46 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/config.mk +++ b/arch/powerpc/config.mk @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ CONFIG_STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR ?= 0x40000 LDFLAGS_FINAL += --gc-sections LDFLAGS_FINAL += --bss-plt PLATFORM_RELFLAGS += -fpic -mrelocatable -ffunction-sections \ --fdata-sections -mcall-linux +-fdata-sections -mcall-linux $(call cc-option,-fno-ira-hoist-pressure,)
PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -D__powerpc__ -ffixed-r2 -m32 PLATFORM_LDFLAGS += -m32 -melf32ppclinux