kexec-tools: Fix build with LLD linker

With hardcoded -Ttext,0x10000 and newer toolchains emitting
.note.gnu.property before .text, the link can fail with an overlap.

Provide a minimal linker script that:
  - sets the image base to 0x10000,
  - places .text first at exactly 0x10000,
  - moves .note.gnu.property after .text,
  - optionally fixes .bss at 0x12000.

Works with both ld.bfd and LLD 21+.

Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Dubois-Briand <mathieu.dubois-briand@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/kexec/kexec-tools/0001-Make-the-segment-base-match-pinned-section-address.patch b/meta/recipes-kernel/kexec/kexec-tools/0001-Make-the-segment-base-match-pinned-section-address.patch
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..6babf16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/kexec/kexec-tools/0001-Make-the-segment-base-match-pinned-section-address.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+From 0d8a9e12b6509cb2a79818f5f4062a0bee33edfc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2025 13:28:32 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] Make the segment base match pinned section address
+
+ET_EXEC uses image base of 0x400000, but the build forces
+section VMAs like .text = 0x10000. LLD now errors when any
+section address is below the image base unless you explicitly
+set the base. (Older LLD tolerated it.)
+
+To fix this, set the image base to match forced section addresses
+
+Fixes
+| x86_64-yoe-linux-ld.lld: error: section '.text' address (0x10000) is smaller than image base (0x400000); specify --image-base
+| x86_64-yoe-linux-ld.lld: error: section '.bss' address (0x12000) is smaller than image base (0x400000); specify --image-base
+
+Upstream-Status: Submitted [https://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/kexec/2025-September/033493.html]
+
+Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+---
+ kexec_test/Makefile | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+--- a/kexec_test/Makefile
++++ b/kexec_test/Makefile
+@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ RELOC:=0x10000
+ KEXEC_TEST_SRCS:= kexec_test/kexec_test16.S kexec_test/kexec_test.S
+ 
+ dist += kexec_test/Makefile $(KEXEC_TEST_SRCS)                                \
+-      kexec_test/x86-setup-legacy-pic.S
++      kexec_test/x86-setup-legacy-pic.S kexec_test/kexec_test.ld
+ 
+ BUILD_KEXEC_TEST = no
+ ifeq ($(ARCH),i386)
+@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ $(KEXEC_TEST): CPPFLAGS+=-DRELOC=$(RELOC
+ $(KEXEC_TEST): ASFLAGS+=-m32
+ #$(KEXEC_TEST): LDFLAGS=-m32 -Wl,-e -Wl,_start -Wl,-Ttext -Wl,$(RELOC) \
+ #                    -nostartfiles
+-$(KEXEC_TEST): LDFLAGS=-melf_i386 -e _start -Ttext $(RELOC)
++$(KEXEC_TEST): LDFLAGS=-melf_i386 -e _start -T $(srcdir)/kexec_test/kexec_test.ld
+ 
+ $(KEXEC_TEST): $(KEXEC_TEST_OBJS)
+       mkdir -p $(@D)
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/kexec_test/kexec_test.ld
+@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
++ENTRY(_start)
++SECTIONS
++{
++  . = 0x10000;
++  .text : { *(.text .text.*) }
++
++  /* Place the note after .text to avoid overlap */
++  . = ALIGN(16);
++  .note.gnu.property : { *(.note.gnu.property) }
++
++  .rodata : { *(.rodata .rodata.*) }
++
++  /* If you need bss fixed: */
++  . = 0x12000;
++  .bss : { *(.bss .bss.* COMMON) }
++}

diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/kexec/kexec-tools_2.0.31.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/kexec/kexec-tools_2.0.31.bb
index 7333aa73c170a0d3983c43225f1615a6ebb9c8e6..b12f76a0bf4b326f356adf32561f3d8ced51796d 100644 (file)
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/kexec/kexec-tools_2.0.31.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/kexec/kexec-tools_2.0.31.bb
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ SRC_URI = "${KERNELORG_MIRROR}/linux/utils/kernel/kexec/kexec-tools-${PV}.tar.gz
            file://0001-arm64-kexec-disabled-check-if-kaslr-seed-dtb-propert.patch \
            file://0001-kexec.c-add-MFD_NOEXEC_SEAL-flag-explicitly.patch \
            file://0001-ppc-fs2dt-Match-function-signatures.patch \
+           file://0001-Make-the-segment-base-match-pinned-section-address.patch \
            "
 
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "ddaaa65b02b4f8aa9222586b1f26565b93a4baeffd35bcbd523f15fae7aa4897"