Re: [PATCH v2] x86, realmode: explicitly set entry via command line

From: Nick Desaulniers
Date: Tue Sep 24 2019 - 15:37:44 EST


On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 12:33 PM Nick Desaulniers
<ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Linking with ld.lld via $ make LD=ld.lld produces the warning:
> ld.lld: warning: cannot find entry symbol _start; defaulting to 0x1000
>
> Linking with ld.bfd shows the default entry is 0x1000:
> $ readelf -h arch/x86/realmode/rm/realmode.elf | grep Entry
> Entry point address: 0x1000
>
> While ld.lld is being pedantic, just set the entry point explicitly,
> instead of depending on the implicit default.
>
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/216
> Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>

I meant to pick up Sedat's reported by tag:
Reported-by: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@xxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> Changes V1 -> V2:
> * Use command line flag, rather than linker script, as ld.bfd produces a
> syntax error for `ENTRY(0x1000)` but is happy with `-e 0x1000`
>
> arch/x86/realmode/rm/Makefile | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/realmode/rm/Makefile b/arch/x86/realmode/rm/Makefile
> index f60501a384f9..338a00c5257f 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/realmode/rm/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/x86/realmode/rm/Makefile
> @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ $(obj)/pasyms.h: $(REALMODE_OBJS) FORCE
> targets += realmode.lds
> $(obj)/realmode.lds: $(obj)/pasyms.h
>
> -LDFLAGS_realmode.elf := -m elf_i386 --emit-relocs -T
> +LDFLAGS_realmode.elf := -m elf_i386 --emit-relocs -e 0x1000 -T
> CPPFLAGS_realmode.lds += -P -C -I$(objtree)/$(obj)
>
> targets += realmode.elf
> --
> 2.23.0.351.gc4317032e6-goog
>


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Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers