arm: move _end to linker symbols
commit 6e2228fb052b ("Merge patch series "Clean up arm linker scripts")
was cleaning up linker scripts for armv7 and v8 but was leaving
_end and __secure_stack_start/end.
commit d0b5d9da5de2 ("arm: make _end compiler-generated")
was moving _end to be compiler generated. _end is defined as c variable
in its own section to force the compiler emit relative a reference.
However, defining those in the linker script will do the same thing
since [0].
So let's remove the special sections from the linker scripts, the
variable definitions from sections.c and define them as a symbols.
It's worth noting that _image_binary_end symbol is now redundant and
can be removed in the future.
- SPL
The .end section has been removed from the new binary
[ 5] .end
PROGBITS 00000000fffdf488 000000000002f488 0
0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0 1
[0000000000000003]: WRITE, ALLOC
$~ bloat-o-meter kria_old/spl/u-boot-spl krina_new/spl/u-boot-spl
add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 0/0 up/down: 0/0 (0)
Function old new delta
Total: Before=115980, After=115980, chg +0.00%
$~ readelf -sW kria_old/u-boot kria_new/u-boot | grep -w _end
12047: 000000000813a0f0 0 OBJECT GLOBAL DEFAULT 11 _end
12047: 000000000813a118 0 NOTYPE GLOBAL DEFAULT 11 _end
$~ readelf -sW kria_old/spl/u-boot-spl kria_new/spl/u-boot-spl | grep -w _end
1605: 00000000fffdf488 0 OBJECT GLOBAL DEFAULT 5 _end
1603: 00000000fffdf498 0 NOTYPE GLOBAL DEFAULT 4 _end
$~ readelf -sW old/u-boot new/u-boot | grep -w _end
8847: 0000000000103710 0 OBJECT GLOBAL DEFAULT 11 _end
8847: 0000000000103738 0 NOTYPE GLOBAL DEFAULT 11 _end
$~ readelf -sW old_v7/u-boot new_v7/u-boot | grep -w _end
10638: 000da824 0 OBJECT GLOBAL DEFAULT 10 _end
10637: 000da84c 0 NOTYPE GLOBAL DEFAULT 10 _end
- For both QEMU instances
$~ bloat-o-meter old/u-boot new/u-boot
add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 1/0 up/down: 20/0 (20)
Function old new delta
version_string 50 70 +20
Total: Before=656915, After=656935, chg +0.00%
[0] binutils commit 6b3b0ab89663 ("Make linker assigned symbol dynamic only for shared object")
Signed-off-by: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org>
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-aspeed/ast2600/u-boot-spl.lds b/arch/arm/mach-aspeed/ast2600/u-boot-spl.lds
index ada6570..9502a73 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-aspeed/ast2600/u-boot-spl.lds
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-aspeed/ast2600/u-boot-spl.lds
@@ -61,11 +61,7 @@
__rel_dyn_end = .;
} > .nor
- .end :
- {
- *(.__end)
- } > .nor
-
+ _end = .;
_image_binary_end = .;
.bss : {