Le 24/02/2011 10:39, Wolfgang Denk a écrit : > Dear Albert ARIBAUD, > > In message<4d6611a7.5050...@free.fr> you wrote: >> >>>>> In the U-Boot image itself, knowing the image size could be achieved in >>>>> ARM by using a general _end symbol that would be set after the last >>>>> image output section, so _end-_start would equal the image size. >>>> >>>> we have such a "_end" in u-boot.lds files. >> >> I *knew* this name did not pop up in my mind without a reason. :) >> >> Apologies for not having checked. >> >>> I guess we need a __dynsym_end in all u-boot.lds files. >> >> I'd rather go for "_end", which does not tie the solution to dynsym >> being the last section in the image -- imagine for some reason we move >> dynsym inside the image rather than at the end, end the image size will >> be wrong again. With _end, and a suitable comment in the LD file... this >> will be averted where-ever dynsym ends up. >> >> After all, the bug you uncovered was due to using the wrong symbol, a >> BSS related one rather than an image-related one, in the first place; so >> let's try and learn from past mistakes. > > I think the location of _end in the linker scripts needs to be changed > - so far it covers the maximum of dynsym and bss, but it should refer > to the end of dynsym only.
Po-Yu Chuang, can you verify Wolfgang's suggestion (and make sure no other place depends on _end) and submit a patch? As this is a fix, a quick patch could still be pulled in for the upcoming release. > Best regards, > > Wolfgang Denk Amicalement, -- Albert. _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
