From: "Edgar E. Iglesias" <edgar.igles...@xilinx.com>

PIE requires a 4K aligned load address. If this is not met, trap
the startup sequence in a WFI loop rather than running into obscure
failures.

Tested-by: Michal Simek <michal.si...@xilinx.com>
Suggested-by: André Przywara <andre.przyw...@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Edgar E. Iglesias <edgar.igles...@xilinx.com>
---
 arch/arm/cpu/armv8/start.S | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/start.S
index 002698b501..85baebc5f7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/start.S
@@ -59,6 +59,23 @@ reset:
 save_boot_params_ret:
 
 #if CONFIG_POSITION_INDEPENDENT
+       /* Verify that we're 4K aligned.  */
+       adr     x0, _start
+       ands    x0, x0, #0xfff
+       b.eq    1f
+0:
+       /*
+        * FATAL, can't continue.
+        * U-Boot needs to be loaded at a 4K aligned address.
+        *
+        * We use ADRP and ADD to load some symbol addresses during startup.
+        * The ADD uses an absolute (non pc-relative) lo12 relocation
+        * thus requiring 4K alignment.
+        */
+       wfi
+       b       0b
+1:
+
        /*
         * Fix .rela.dyn relocations. This allows U-Boot to be loaded to and
         * executed at a different address than it was linked at.
-- 
2.25.1

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