[PATCH v5 11/15] arm64: head.S: Change the register el2_setup() returns its result in x0
Lorenzo Pieralisi
lorenzo.pieralisi at arm.com
Thu Feb 18 03:41:27 PST 2016
Hi James,
On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 03:49:23PM +0000, James Morse wrote:
> Today el2_setup() returns its result in w20. This means we can't call it
> like any normal function. Change this to w0.
>
> All three callers of el2_setup() call set_cpu_boot_mode_flag() immediately
> afterwards, and don't rely on x0 in later code. Boot cpu code calls
> preserve_boot_args() before el2_setup(), so we don't clobber the DT pointer.
>
> Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse at arm.com>
> ---
> arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h | 2 ++
> arch/arm64/kernel/head.S | 18 +++++++++---------
> 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h
> index 4acb7ca94fcd..07ac4351538e 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/processor.h
> @@ -188,4 +188,6 @@ static inline void spin_lock_prefetch(const void *x)
>
> void cpu_enable_pan(void *__unused);
>
> +int el2_setup(void);
Do we really need to have this declaration (and this patch) ? We never
treat (and call) el2_setup as a C function anyway, as long as the registers
used to pass in values (and return value) are documented I do not think we
have an issue anyway, am I missing something here ?
Thanks,
Lorenzo
> +
> #endif /* __ASM_PROCESSOR_H */
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
> index 410a2dc04775..5894c7e91e6b 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
> @@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ section_table:
>
> ENTRY(stext)
> bl preserve_boot_args
> - bl el2_setup // Drop to EL1, w20=cpu_boot_mode
> + bl el2_setup // Drop to EL1, w0=cpu_boot_mode
> adrp x24, __PHYS_OFFSET
> bl set_cpu_boot_mode_flag
> bl __create_page_tables // x25=TTBR0, x26=TTBR1
> @@ -446,8 +446,8 @@ ENDPROC(__mmap_switched)
> * If we're fortunate enough to boot at EL2, ensure that the world is
> * sane before dropping to EL1.
> *
> - * Returns either BOOT_CPU_MODE_EL1 or BOOT_CPU_MODE_EL2 in x20 if
> - * booted in EL1 or EL2 respectively.
> + * Returns either BOOT_CPU_MODE_EL1 or BOOT_CPU_MODE_EL2 if booted in
> + * EL1 or EL2 respectively.
> */
> ENTRY(el2_setup)
> mrs x0, CurrentEL
> @@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ CPU_LE( bic x0, x0, #(1 << 25) ) // Clear the EE bit for EL2
> CPU_BE( orr x0, x0, #(3 << 24) ) // Set the EE and E0E bits for EL1
> CPU_LE( bic x0, x0, #(3 << 24) ) // Clear the EE and E0E bits for EL1
> msr sctlr_el1, x0
> - mov w20, #BOOT_CPU_MODE_EL1 // This cpu booted in EL1
> + mov w0, #BOOT_CPU_MODE_EL1 // This cpu booted in EL1
> isb
> ret
>
> @@ -538,20 +538,20 @@ CPU_LE( movk x0, #0x30d0, lsl #16 ) // Clear EE and E0E on LE systems
> PSR_MODE_EL1h)
> msr spsr_el2, x0
> msr elr_el2, lr
> - mov w20, #BOOT_CPU_MODE_EL2 // This CPU booted in EL2
> + mov w0, #BOOT_CPU_MODE_EL2 // This CPU booted in EL2
> eret
> ENDPROC(el2_setup)
>
> /*
> * Sets the __boot_cpu_mode flag depending on the CPU boot mode passed
> - * in x20. See arch/arm64/include/asm/virt.h for more info.
> + * in w0. See arch/arm64/include/asm/virt.h for more info.
> */
> ENTRY(set_cpu_boot_mode_flag)
> adr_l x1, __boot_cpu_mode
> - cmp w20, #BOOT_CPU_MODE_EL2
> + cmp w0, #BOOT_CPU_MODE_EL2
> b.ne 1f
> add x1, x1, #4
> -1: str w20, [x1] // This CPU has booted in EL1
> +1: str w0, [x1] // This CPU has booted in EL1
> dmb sy
> dc ivac, x1 // Invalidate potentially stale cache line
> ret
> @@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ ENTRY(__boot_cpu_mode)
> * cores are held until we're ready for them to initialise.
> */
> ENTRY(secondary_holding_pen)
> - bl el2_setup // Drop to EL1, w20=cpu_boot_mode
> + bl el2_setup // Drop to EL1, w0=cpu_boot_mode
> bl set_cpu_boot_mode_flag
> mrs x0, mpidr_el1
> ldr x1, =MPIDR_HWID_BITMASK
> --
> 2.6.2
>
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