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-rw-r--r--bl1/bl1.ld.S14
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/bl1/bl1.ld.S b/bl1/bl1.ld.S
index b69065ee..2cfb24c1 100644
--- a/bl1/bl1.ld.S
+++ b/bl1/bl1.ld.S
@@ -111,14 +111,20 @@ SECTIONS
ASSERT(__CPU_OPS_END__ > __CPU_OPS_START__,
"cpu_ops not defined for this platform.")
+ . = BL1_RW_BASE;
+ ASSERT(BL1_RW_BASE == ALIGN(4096),
+ "BL1_RW_BASE address is not aligned on a page boundary.")
+
/*
* The .data section gets copied from ROM to RAM at runtime.
- * Its LMA must be 16-byte aligned.
+ * Its LMA should be 16-byte aligned to allow efficient copying of 16-bytes
+ * aligned regions in it.
* Its VMA must be page-aligned as it marks the first read/write page.
+ *
+ * It must be placed at a lower address than the stacks if the stack
+ * protector is enabled. Alternatively, the .data.stack_protector_canary
+ * section can be placed independently of the main .data section.
*/
- . = BL1_RW_BASE;
- ASSERT(. == ALIGN(4096),
- "BL1_RW_BASE address is not aligned on a page boundary.")
.data . : ALIGN(16) {
__DATA_RAM_START__ = .;
*(.data*)