[PATCH] powerpc: Align p_end
Anton Blanchard
anton at samba.org
Mon Dec 23 12:19:51 EST 2013
p_end is an 8 byte value embedded in the text section. This means it
is only 4 byte aligned when it should be 8 byte aligned. Fix this
by adding an explicit alignment.
This fixes an issue where POWER7 little endian builds with
CONFIG_RELOCATABLE=y fail to boot.
Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton at samba.org>
---
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
index 2ae41ab..fad2abd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -470,6 +470,7 @@ _STATIC(__after_prom_start)
mtctr r8
bctr
+.balign 8
p_end: .llong _end - _stext
4: /* Now copy the rest of the kernel up to _end */
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