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-rw-r--r--arch/mips/config.mk2
-rw-r--r--arch/mips/cpu/u-boot.lds18
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/mips/config.mk b/arch/mips/config.mk
index b758116..4dc88f4 100644
--- a/arch/mips/config.mk
+++ b/arch/mips/config.mk
@@ -71,4 +71,4 @@ PLATFORM_LDFLAGS += -G 0 -static -n -nostdlib
PLATFORM_RELFLAGS += -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections
LDFLAGS_FINAL += --gc-sections -pie
OBJCOPYFLAGS += -j .text -j .rodata -j .data -j .got
-OBJCOPYFLAGS += -j .u_boot_list -j .rel.dyn
+OBJCOPYFLAGS += -j .u_boot_list -j .rel.dyn -j .padding
diff --git a/arch/mips/cpu/u-boot.lds b/arch/mips/cpu/u-boot.lds
index e504ea7..7d71c11 100644
--- a/arch/mips/cpu/u-boot.lds
+++ b/arch/mips/cpu/u-boot.lds
@@ -61,6 +61,24 @@ SECTIONS
__rel_dyn_end = .;
}
+ .padding : {
+ /*
+ * Workaround for a binutils feature (or bug?).
+ *
+ * The GNU ld from binutils puts the dynamic relocation
+ * entries into the .rel.dyn section. Sometimes it
+ * allocates more dynamic relocation entries than it needs
+ * and the unused slots are set to R_MIPS_NONE entries.
+ *
+ * However the size of the .rel.dyn section in the ELF
+ * section header does not cover the unused entries, so
+ * objcopy removes those during stripping.
+ *
+ * Create a small section here to avoid that.
+ */
+ LONG(0xFFFFFFFF)
+ }
+
_end = .;
.bss __rel_dyn_start (OVERLAY) : {