[bootwrapper PATCH 05/13] aarch64: add mov_64 macro
Mark Rutland
mark.rutland at arm.com
Wed Jan 12 06:18:52 PST 2022
On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 02:41:49PM +0000, Andre Przywara wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Jan 2022 13:06:45 +0000
> Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> > In subsequent patches we'll need to load 64-bit values into GPRs before
> > the CPU is in a known endianness, where we cannot use literal pools.
> >
> > In preparation for that, this patch adds a new `mov_64` macro to load a
> > 64-bit value into a GPR using a sequence of MOV and MOVKs, which will
> > function the same regardless of the CPU's endianness.
> >
> > At the same time, move the `cpuid` macro to use `mov_64` internally.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
> > ---
> > arch/aarch64/common.S | 10 +++++++++-
> > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/aarch64/common.S b/arch/aarch64/common.S
> > index c7171a9..3279fa9 100644
> > --- a/arch/aarch64/common.S
> > +++ b/arch/aarch64/common.S
> > @@ -9,9 +9,17 @@
> >
> > #include <cpu.h>
> >
> > + /* Load a 64-bit value using immediates */
> > + .macro mov_64 dest, val
> > + mov \dest, #(((\val) >> 0) & 0xffff)
> > + movk \dest, #(((\val) >> 16) & 0xffff), lsl #16
> > + movk \dest, #(((\val) >> 32) & 0xffff), lsl #32
> > + movk \dest, #(((\val) >> 48) & 0xffff), lsl #48
> > + .endm
> > +
>
> Trusted Firmware has an (admittedly more complicated) version that only
> uses as many instructions as needed, by skipping over halfwords that are
> zero:
> https://git.trustedfirmware.org/TF-A/trusted-firmware-a.git/tree/include/arch/aarch64/asm_macros.S#n125
>
> Does that sound useful for us?
For simplicity/clarity, I'd prefer to keep this as-is.
That and I'm not entirely sure about how the boot-wrapper and TF-A licenses
interact, so generally I'd strongly prefer to avoid importing code.
Thanks,
Mark.
>
> Cheers,
> Andre
>
> > /* Put MPIDR into \dest, clobber \tmp and flags */
> > .macro cpuid dest, tmp
> > mrs \dest, mpidr_el1
> > - ldr \tmp, =MPIDR_ID_BITS
> > + mov_64 \tmp, MPIDR_ID_BITS
> > ands \dest, \dest, \tmp
> > .endm
>
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