ARM: zImage: ensure it is always a multiple of 64 bits in size

This is needed for proper alignment when the DTB appending feature
is used.

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@linaro.org>
Acked-by: Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>
Tested-by: Shawn Guo <shawn.guo@linaro.org>
Tested-by: Dave Martin <dave.martin@linaro.org>
Tested-by: Thomas Abraham <thomas.abraham@linaro.org>

diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in
index 4e72883..4919f2a 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ SECTIONS
   _got_start = .;
   .got                 : { *(.got) }
   _got_end = .;
+
+  /* ensure the zImage file size is always a multiple of 64 bits */
+  /* (without a dummy byte, ld just ignores the empty section) */
+  .pad                 : { BYTE(0); . = ALIGN(8); }
   _edata = .;
 
   . = BSS_START;