[PATCH v2 9/9] arm64: head.S: document the use of callee saved registers

[Ard Biesheuvel]

Now that the only remaining occurrences of the use of callee saved
registers are on the primary boot path, add a comment to the code
which register is used for what.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel at linaro.org>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/head.S | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
index ad1dc61d67ac..8bc9458f9add 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
@@ -208,6 +208,16 @@ efi_header_end:
 
 	__INIT
 
+	/*
+	 * The following callee saved general purpose registers are used on the
+	 * primary lowlevel boot path:
+	 *
+	 *  Register   Scope                      Purpose
+	 *  x21        stext() .. start_kernel()  FDT pointer passed at boot in x0
+	 *  x23        stext() .. start_kernel()  physical misalignment/KASLR offset
+	 *  x28        __create_page_tables()     callee preserved temp register
+	 *  x19/x20    __primary_switch()         callee preserved temp registers
+	 */
 ENTRY(stext)
 	bl	preserve_boot_args
 	bl	el2_setup			// Drop to EL1, w0=cpu_boot_mode
-- 
2.7.4