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Re: [PATCH 5/7] xen/arm32: head: Move earlyprintk messages to .rodata.str


  • To: Julien Grall <julien@xxxxxxx>
  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2022 08:43:34 +0200
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  • Cc: Julien Grall <jgrall@xxxxxxxxxx>, Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>, Bertrand Marquis <bertrand.marquis@xxxxxxx>, Volodymyr Babchuk <Volodymyr_Babchuk@xxxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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On 12.08.2022 21:24, Julien Grall wrote:
> From: Julien Grall <jgrall@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> At the moment, the strings are in text right after each use because
> the instruction 'adr' has specific requirement on the location
> and the compiler will forbid cross section label.
> 
> The macro 'adr_l' was recently reworked so the caller doesn't need
> to know whether the MMU is on. This makes it easier to use where
> instructions can be run in both context.
> 
> This also means that the strings don't need to be part of .text
> anymore. So move them to .rodata.str.

Wouldn't they better live somewhere in .init* ?

> --- a/xen/arch/arm/arm32/head.S
> +++ b/xen/arch/arm/arm32/head.S
> @@ -93,13 +93,10 @@
>   */
>  #define PRINT(_s)           \
>          mov   r3, lr       ;\
> -        adr   r0, 98f      ;\
> +        adr_l r0, 98f      ;\
>          bl    puts         ;\
>          mov   lr, r3       ;\
> -        b     99f          ;\
> -98:     .asciz _s          ;\
> -        .align 2           ;\
> -99:
> +        RODATA_STR(98, _s)

Nit: How about using uniform indentation here  and ...

> @@ -736,7 +733,7 @@ ENDPROC(puts)
>   * Clobbers r0-r3
>   */
>  putn:
> -        adr   r1, hex
> +        adr_l r1, hex
>          mov   r3, #8
>  1:
>          early_uart_ready r11, r2
> @@ -749,8 +746,7 @@ putn:
>          mov   pc, lr
>  ENDPROC(putn)
>  
> -hex:    .ascii "0123456789abcdef"
> -        .align 2
> +RODATA_STR(hex, "0123456789abcdef")

... here?

Jan



 


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