[PATCH 1/3] ARM: i.MX8M: remove unutilized start parameter to i.MX8M load functions

Ahmad Fatoum a.fatoum at pengutronix.de
Mon Jan 15 09:01:08 PST 2024


We have two kinds of xload functions for i.MX: _start_image loads and
starts the image and _load_image takes a parameter on whether to start
the image after loading. All users of _load_image pass false as argument
for the start parameter and this is unlikely to change, because we need
to do other things before starting the image:

  - BL31: Install ARM Trusted Firmware
  - BL32: Optionally, extract OP-TEE from external firmware
  - BL33: Optionally, verify barebox proper when secure booting

_start_image doesn't concern itself with this:

  - BL31: We don't use TF-A on 32-bit i.MX systems and if barebox is secure
    monitor, it's installed in barebox proper
  - BL32: OP-TEE is shipped inside PBL or loaded by bootm on 32-bit i.MX
  - BL33: barebox is loaded directly to SDRAM after it was setup by DCD
          and is thus verified by bootrom as a whole. Chainloading
	  manually is not mixed with secure boot

For that reason, let's drop the start parameter to try to reduce
the complexity of the chainloading code a bit.

Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum at pengutronix.de>
---
 arch/arm/mach-imx/atf.c        | 14 +++++++-------
 arch/arm/mach-imx/xload-qspi.c | 24 +++++++++++-------------
 drivers/mci/imx-esdhc-pbl.c    | 24 +++++++++++-------------
 include/mach/imx/romapi.h      |  1 +
 include/mach/imx/xload.h       | 14 ++++++++------
 5 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/atf.c b/arch/arm/mach-imx/atf.c
index e1a89ef543cd..f9baad862dc7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/atf.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/atf.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ void imx8mm_load_bl33(void *bl33)
 	imx8mm_get_boot_source(&src, &instance);
 	switch (src) {
 	case BOOTSOURCE_MMC:
-		imx8m_esdhc_load_image(instance, false);
+		imx8m_esdhc_load_image(instance);
 		break;
 	case BOOTSOURCE_SERIAL:
 		if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_USB_GADGET_DRIVER_ARC_PBL)) {
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ void imx8mm_load_bl33(void *bl33)
 
 		break;
 	case BOOTSOURCE_SPI:
-		imx8mm_qspi_load_image(instance, false);
+		imx8mm_qspi_load_image(instance);
 		break;
 	default:
 		printf("Unsupported bootsource BOOTSOURCE_%d\n", src);
@@ -154,13 +154,13 @@ void imx8mp_load_bl33(void *bl33)
 	imx8mp_get_boot_source(&src, &instance);
 	switch (src) {
 	case BOOTSOURCE_MMC:
-		imx8mp_esdhc_load_image(instance, false);
+		imx8mp_esdhc_load_image(instance);
 		break;
 	case BOOTSOURCE_SERIAL:
 		imx8mp_romapi_load_image();
 		break;
 	case BOOTSOURCE_SPI:
-		imx8mp_qspi_load_image(instance, false);
+		imx8mp_qspi_load_image(instance);
 		break;
 	default:
 		printf("Unhandled bootsource BOOTSOURCE_%d\n", src);
@@ -218,13 +218,13 @@ void imx8mn_load_bl33(void *bl33)
 	imx8mn_get_boot_source(&src, &instance);
 	switch (src) {
 	case BOOTSOURCE_MMC:
-		imx8mn_esdhc_load_image(instance, false);
+		imx8mn_esdhc_load_image(instance);
 		break;
 	case BOOTSOURCE_SERIAL:
 		imx8mn_romapi_load_image();
 		break;
 	case BOOTSOURCE_SPI:
-		imx8mn_qspi_load_image(instance, false);
+		imx8mn_qspi_load_image(instance);
 		break;
 	default:
 		printf("Unhandled bootsource BOOTSOURCE_%d\n", src);
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ void imx8mq_load_bl33(void *bl33)
 	imx8mn_get_boot_source(&src, &instance);
 	switch (src) {
 	case BOOTSOURCE_MMC:
-		imx8m_esdhc_load_image(instance, false);
+		imx8m_esdhc_load_image(instance);
 		break;
 	default:
 		printf("Unhandled bootsource BOOTSOURCE_%d\n", src);
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/xload-qspi.c b/arch/arm/mach-imx/xload-qspi.c
index 6bf5bba5e69d..5089f20d627c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/xload-qspi.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/xload-qspi.c
@@ -23,35 +23,33 @@ int imx8m_qspi_read(void *dest, size_t len, void *priv)
  * imx8mm_qspi_start_image - Load and optionally start an image from the
  *                           FlexSPI controller.
  * @instance: The FlexSPI controller instance
- * @start: Whether to directly start the loaded image
  *
  * This uses imx8m_qspi_load_image() to load an image from QSPI. It is assumed
- * that the image is the currently running barebox image (This information
- * is used to calculate the length of the image).
- * The image is started afterwards.
+ * that the image is the currently running barebox image.
+ * The image is not started afterwards.
  *
- * Return: If successful, this function does not return (if directly started)
- * or 0. A negative error code is returned when this function fails.
+ * Return: If image successfully loaded, returns 0.
+ * A negative error code is returned when this function fails.
  */
 static
-int imx8m_qspi_load_image(int instance, bool start, off_t offset, off_t ivt_offset)
+int imx8m_qspi_load_image(int instance, off_t offset, off_t ivt_offset)
 {
 	void __iomem *qspi_ahb = IOMEM(IMX8M_QSPI_MMAP);
 
 	return imx_load_image(MX8M_DDR_CSD1_BASE_ADDR, MX8M_ATF_BL33_BASE_ADDR,
-			      offset, ivt_offset, start, 0,
+			      offset, ivt_offset, false, 0,
 			      imx8m_qspi_read, qspi_ahb);
 }
 
-int imx8mm_qspi_load_image(int instance, bool start)
+int imx8mm_qspi_load_image(int instance)
 {
-	return imx8m_qspi_load_image(instance, start, 0, SZ_4K);
+	return imx8m_qspi_load_image(instance, 0, SZ_4K);
 }
 
-int imx8mn_qspi_load_image(int instance, bool start)
+int imx8mn_qspi_load_image(int instance)
 {
-	return imx8m_qspi_load_image(instance, start, SZ_4K, 0);
+	return imx8m_qspi_load_image(instance, SZ_4K, 0);
 }
 
-int imx8mp_qspi_load_image(int instance, bool start)
+int imx8mp_qspi_load_image(int instance)
 	__alias(imx8mn_qspi_load_image);
diff --git a/drivers/mci/imx-esdhc-pbl.c b/drivers/mci/imx-esdhc-pbl.c
index 2d071eaca88a..2cb703a0c552 100644
--- a/drivers/mci/imx-esdhc-pbl.c
+++ b/drivers/mci/imx-esdhc-pbl.c
@@ -242,17 +242,16 @@ int imx7_esdhc_start_image(int instance)
 /**
  * imx8m_esdhc_load_image - Load and optionally start an image from USDHC controller
  * @instance: The USDHC controller instance (0..2)
- * @start: Whether to directly start the loaded image
  *
  * This uses esdhc_start_image() to load an image from SD/MMC.  It is
  * assumed that the image is the currently running barebox image (This
  * information is used to calculate the length of the image). The
- * image is started afterwards.
+ * image is not started afterwards.
  *
- * Return: If successful, this function does not return (if directly started)
- * or 0. A negative error code is returned when this function fails.
+ * Return: If image successfully loaded, returns 0.
+ * A negative error code is returned when this function fails.
  */
-int imx8m_esdhc_load_image(int instance, bool start)
+int imx8m_esdhc_load_image(int instance)
 {
 	struct esdhc_soc_data data;
 	struct fsl_esdhc_host host = { 0 };
@@ -264,23 +263,22 @@ int imx8m_esdhc_load_image(int instance, bool start)
 
 	return esdhc_load_image(&host, MX8M_DDR_CSD1_BASE_ADDR,
 				MX8MQ_ATF_BL33_BASE_ADDR, SZ_32K, SZ_1K,
-				start);
+				false);
 }
 
 /**
  * imx8mp_esdhc_load_image - Load and optionally start an image from USDHC controller
  * @instance: The USDHC controller instance (0..2)
- * @start: Whether to directly start the loaded image
  *
  * This uses esdhc_start_image() to load an image from SD/MMC.  It is
  * assumed that the image is the currently running barebox image (This
  * information is used to calculate the length of the image). The
- * image is started afterwards.
+ * image is not started afterwards.
  *
- * Return: If successful, this function does not return (if directly started)
- * or 0. A negative error code is returned when this function fails.
+ * Return: If image successfully loaded, returns 0.
+ * A negative error code is returned when this function fails.
  */
-int imx8mp_esdhc_load_image(int instance, bool start)
+int imx8mp_esdhc_load_image(int instance)
 {
 	struct esdhc_soc_data data;
 	struct fsl_esdhc_host host = { 0 };
@@ -294,10 +292,10 @@ int imx8mp_esdhc_load_image(int instance, bool start)
 	offset = esdhc_bootpart_active(&host)? 0 : SZ_32K;
 
 	return esdhc_load_image(&host, MX8M_DDR_CSD1_BASE_ADDR,
-				MX8MQ_ATF_BL33_BASE_ADDR, offset, 0, start);
+				MX8MQ_ATF_BL33_BASE_ADDR, offset, 0, false);
 }
 
-int imx8mn_esdhc_load_image(int instance, bool start)
+int imx8mn_esdhc_load_image(int instance)
 	__alias(imx8mp_esdhc_load_image);
 #endif
 
diff --git a/include/mach/imx/romapi.h b/include/mach/imx/romapi.h
index 959d165a3323..05932fac88ce 100644
--- a/include/mach/imx/romapi.h
+++ b/include/mach/imx/romapi.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ enum boot_dev_type_e {
 
 #define ROM_API_OKAY		0xF0
 
+/* Below functions only load and don't start the image */
 int imx8mp_romapi_load_image(void);
 int imx8mn_romapi_load_image(void);
 int imx93_romapi_load_image(void);
diff --git a/include/mach/imx/xload.h b/include/mach/imx/xload.h
index 2c2d2fa3c52d..66219f9fef30 100644
--- a/include/mach/imx/xload.h
+++ b/include/mach/imx/xload.h
@@ -14,12 +14,14 @@ int imx6_esdhc_start_image(int instance);
 int imx6_nand_start_image(void);
 int imx7_esdhc_start_image(int instance);
 int imx7_nand_start_image(void);
-int imx8m_esdhc_load_image(int instance, bool start);
-int imx8mn_esdhc_load_image(int instance, bool start);
-int imx8mp_esdhc_load_image(int instance, bool start);
-int imx8mm_qspi_load_image(int instance, bool start);
-int imx8mn_qspi_load_image(int instance, bool start);
-int imx8mp_qspi_load_image(int instance, bool start);
+
+/* Below functions only load and don't start the image */
+int imx8m_esdhc_load_image(int instance);
+int imx8mn_esdhc_load_image(int instance);
+int imx8mp_esdhc_load_image(int instance);
+int imx8mm_qspi_load_image(int instance);
+int imx8mn_qspi_load_image(int instance);
+int imx8mp_qspi_load_image(int instance);
 
 void imx8mm_load_bl33(void *bl33);
 void imx8mn_load_bl33(void *bl33);
-- 
2.39.2




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