Hello Tom! I have found the memory allocation issue.
src/common/board_f.c: In function initcall_run_f() there will be fdtdec_setup() called BEFORE the memory allocate functions are initialized. Placing INITCALL(initf_malloc) before INITCALL(fdtdec_setup) fixes the issue. fdtdec_setup() also calls the bloblist functions which try to allocate some memory, but because the memory allocation system isn't initialized yet (current source) it fails. But I don't know if this breaks other systems or boards. On 2/24/26 8:52 PM, Tom Rini wrote:
On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 07:51:22PM +0000, Johannes Krottmayer wrote:Hello Tom! On 2/24/26 8:33 PM, Tom Rini wrote:On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 07:23:54PM +0000, Johannes Krottmayer wrote:Hello Tom! On 2/24/26 6:09 PM, Tom Rini wrote:On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 10:26:35AM +0000, Johannes Krottmayer wrote:Hello, I'm tried to compile U-Boot for an QEMU AArch64 environ
ment, but get
some error messages in SPL: -- Bloblist at 0 not found (err=-2) alloc space exhausted ptr 400 limit 0 Bloblist at 0 not found (err=-2) U-Boot 2026.01 (Feb 24 2026 - 10:22:15 +0100) [...] -- Started the QEMU instance with the command line: $ qemu-system-aarch64 -m 4G -machine virt -cpu cortex-a53 / bios u-boot.bin $ Also the same errors when I use TF-A and OP-TEE with enabled EL3 and EL2 in QEMU and "u-boot.bin" as BL33. Has somebody noticed the same issue? I used the configuration "qemu_arm64_defconfig".That's odd. We run it in CI, but as cortex-a57 not a53 with otherwise similar arguments. Running with TF-A/OP-TEE is also in CI, but more difficult to configure.I have tried it now with the Cortex-A57 but running into the sameissue
without OP-TEE and TF-A. Using OP-TEE and TF-A works now
without the issue because I have forgotten to pass the option TRANSFER_LIST=1 to TF-A and CFG_TRANSFER_LIST=y and CFG_MAP_EXT_DT_SECURE=y to OP-TEE. Host OS: Debian 13 (Trixie) QEMU version: $ qemu-system-aarch64 --version QEMU emulator version 10.0.7 (Debian 1:10.0.7+ds-0+deb13u1+b1) Copyright (c) 2003-2025 Fabrice Bellard and the QEMU Project developers $ BTW: doc/board/emulation/qemu-arm.rst doesn't mention how to build U-Boot with OP-TEE and TF-A. Should I include the build steps into the docs and create a patch for the doc? I think it's also useful for other users.Yes, some doc updates would be appreciated and please CC the boardmaintainers as well. And perhaps the question I forgot to ask earlier is, are you seeing those as fatal errors, or just noting they exist?My personal opinion: I s
ee the "bloblist not found" personally only as
warning. But I think the memory allocation issue should be investigated and maybe fixed, because I think it could have site effects. But I don't know the memory allocation code fully from U-Boot, so therefore the "site effects" is only a guess as normal user.Ah, yes, thank you. Yes, it's a bit scarrier of a message than is warranted and we should look in to clarifying things. I seem to recall it's just what happens in the case of having started and no bloblist found, but not expected. I'll dig around a bit more myself now.
-- Kind regards, Johannes K.
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