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    Introduce new exception handling framework · 07f4e078
    Achin Gupta authored
    This patch introduces the reworked exception handling logic which lays
    the foundation for accessing runtime services in later patches. The
    type of an exception has a greater say in the way it is
    handled. SP_EL3 is used as the stack pointer for:
    
    1. Determining the type of exception and handling the unexpected ones
       on the exception stack
    
    2. Saving and restoring the essential general purpose and system
       register state after exception entry and prior to exception exit.
    
    SP_EL0 is used as the stack pointer for handling runtime service
    requests e.g. SMCs. A new structure for preserving general purpose
    register state has been added to the 'cpu_context' structure. All
    assembler ensures that it does not use callee saved registers
    (x19-x29). The C runtime preserves them across functions calls. Hence
    EL3 code does not have to save and restore them explicitly.
    
    Since the exception handling framework has undergone substantial change,
    the changes have been kept in separate files to aid readability. These
    files will replace the existing ones in subsequent patches.
    
    Change-Id: Ice418686592990ff7a4260771e8d6676e6c8c5ef
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