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authorLaurent Alfonsi <laurent.alfonsi@st.com>2015-10-27 13:20:33 +0000
committerNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2015-10-27 13:20:33 +0000
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Add --fix-stm32l4xx-629360 to the ARM linker to enable a link-time workaround for a bug in the bus matrix / memory controller for some of the STM32 Cortex-M4 based products (STM32L4xx).
bfd * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate. * bfd-in.h (bfd_arm_stm32l4xx_fix): New enum. Specify how STM32L4XX instruction scanning should be done. (bfd_elf32_arm_set_stm32l4xx_fix) (bfd_elf32_arm_stm32l4xx_erratum_scan) (bfd_elf32_arm_stm32l4xx_fix_veneer_locations): Add prototypes. (bfd_elf32_arm_set_target_relocs): Add stm32l4xx fix type argument to prototype. * elf32-arm.c (STM32L4XX_ERRATUM_VENEER_SECTION_NAME) (STM32L4XX_ERRATUM_VENEER_ENTRY_NAME): Define macros. (elf32_stm32l4xx_erratum_type): New enum. (elf32_stm32l4xx_erratum_list): New struct. List of veneers or jumps to veneers. (_arm_elf_section_data): Add stm32l4xx_erratumcount, stm32l4xx_erratumlist. (elf32_arm_link_hash_table): Add stm32l4xx_erratum_glue_size, stm32l4xx_fix and num_stm32l4xx_fixes fields. (ctz): New function. (popcount): New function. (elf32_arm_link_hash_table_create): Initialize stm32l4xx_fix. (put_thumb2_insn): New function. (STM32L4XX_ERRATUM_LDM_VENEER_SIZE): Define. Size of a veneer for LDM instructions. (STM32L4XX_ERRATUM_VLDM_VENEER_SIZE): Define. Size of a veneer for VLDM instructions. (bfd_elf32_arm_allocate_interworking_sections): Initialise erratum glue section. (record_stm32l4xx_erratum_veneer) : New function. Create a single veneer, and its associated symbols. (bfd_elf32_arm_add_glue_sections_to_bfd): Add STM32L4XX erratum glue. (bfd_elf32_arm_set_stm32l4xx_fix): New function. Set the type of erratum workaround required. (bfd_elf32_arm_stm32l4xx_fix_veneer_locations): New function. Find out where veneers and branches to veneers have been placed in virtual memory after layout. (is_thumb2_ldmia): New function. (is_thumb2_ldmdb): Likewise. (is_thumb2_vldm ): Likewise. (stm32l4xx_need_create_replacing_stub): New function. Decide if a veneer must be emitted. (bfd_elf32_arm_stm32l4xx_erratum_scan): Scan the sections of an input BFD for potential erratum-triggering insns. Record results. (bfd_elf32_arm_set_target_relocs): Set stm32l4xx_fix field in global hash table. (elf32_arm_size_dynamic_sections): Collect glue information. (create_instruction_branch_absolute): New function. (create_instruction_ldmia): Likewise. (create_instruction_ldmdb): Likewise. (create_instruction_mov): Likewise. (create_instruction_sub): Likewise. (create_instruction_vldmia): Likewise. (create_instruction_vldmdb): Likewise. (create_instruction_udf_w): Likewise. (create_instruction_udf): Likewise. (push_thumb2_insn32): Likewise. (push_thumb2_insn16): Likewise. (stm32l4xx_fill_stub_udf): Likewise. (stm32l4xx_create_replacing_stub_ldmia): New function. Expands the replacing stub for ldmia instructions. (stm32l4xx_create_replacing_stub_ldmdb): Likewise for ldmdb. (stm32l4xx_create_replacing_stub_vldm): Likewise for vldm. (stm32l4xx_create_replacing_stub): New function. Dispatches the stub emission to the appropriate functions. (elf32_arm_write_section): Output veneers, and branches to veneers. ld * ld.texinfo: Description of the STM32L4xx erratum workaround. * emultempl/armelf.em (stm32l4xx_fix): New. (arm_elf_before_allocation): Choose the type of fix, scan for erratum. (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_finish): Fix veneer locations. (arm_elf_create_output_section_statements): Propagate stm32l4xx_fix value. (PARSE_AND_LIST_PROLOGUE): Define OPTION_STM32L4XX_FIX. (PARSE_AND_LIST_LONGOPTS): Add entry for handling --fix-stm32l4xx-629360. (PARSE_AND_LIST_OPTION): Add entry for helping on --fix-stm32l4xx-629360. (PARSE_AND_LIST_ARGS_CASES): Treat OPTION_STM32L4XX_FIX. tests * ld-arm/arm-elf.exp (armelftests_common): Add STM32L4XX tests. * ld-arm/stm32l4xx-cannot-fix-far-ldm.d: New. * ld-arm/stm32l4xx-cannot-fix-far-ldm.s: Likewise. * ld-arm/stm32l4xx-cannot-fix-it-block.d: Likewise. * ld-arm/stm32l4xx-cannot-fix-it-block.s: Likewise. * ld-arm/stm32l4xx-fix-all.d: Likewise. * ld-arm/stm32l4xx-fix-all.s: Likewise. * ld-arm/stm32l4xx-fix-it-block.d: Likewise. * ld-arm/stm32l4xx-fix-it-block.s: Likewise. * ld-arm/stm32l4xx-fix-ldm.d: Likewise. * ld-arm/stm32l4xx-fix-ldm.s: Likewise. * ld-arm/stm32l4xx-fix-vldm.d: Likewise. * ld-arm/stm32l4xx-fix-vldm.s: Likewise.
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+* Add --fix-stm32l4xx-629360 to the ARM linker to enable a link-time
+ workaround for a bug in the bus matrix / memory controller for some of
+ the STM32 Cortex-M4 based products (STM32L4xx)
* Add a configure option --enable-compressed-debug-sections={all,ld} to
decide whether DWARF debug sections should be compressed by default.