1. 28 Sep, 2018 2 commits
  2. 07 Aug, 2018 1 commit
    • Antonio Nino Diaz's avatar
      xlat v2: Flush xlat tables after being modified · 3e318e40
      Antonio Nino Diaz authored
      During cold boot, the initial translation tables are created with data
      caches disabled, so all modifications go to memory directly. After the
      MMU is enabled and data cache is enabled, any modification to the tables
      goes to data cache, and eventually may get flushed to memory.
      
      If CPU0 modifies the tables while CPU1 is off, CPU0 will have the
      modified tables in its data cache. When CPU1 is powered on, the MMU is
      enabled, then it enables coherency, and then it enables the data cache.
      Until this is done, CPU1 isn't in coherency, and the translation tables
      it sees can be outdated if CPU0 still has some modified entries in its
      data cache.
      
      This can be a problem in some cases. For example, the warm boot code
      uses only the tables mapped during cold boot, which don't normally
      change. However, if they are modified (and a RO page is made RW, or a XN
      page is made executable) the CPU will see the old attributes and crash
      when it tries to access it.
      
      This doesn't happen in systems with HW_ASSISTED_COHERENCY or
      WARMBOOT_ENABLE_DCACHE_EARLY. In these systems, the data cache is
      enabled at the same time as the MMU. As soon as this happens, the CPU is
      in coherency.
      
      There was an attempt of a fix in psci_helpers.S, but it didn't solve the
      problem. That code has been deleted. The code was introduced in commit
      <26441030
      
      > ("Invalidate TLB entries during warm boot").
      
      Now, during a map or unmap operation, the memory associated to each
      modified table is flushed. Traversing a table will also flush it's
      memory, as there is no way to tell in the current implementation if the
      table that has been traversed has also been modified.
      
      Change-Id: I4b520bca27502f1018878061bc5fb82af740bb92
      Signed-off-by: default avatarAntonio Nino Diaz <antonio.ninodiaz@arm.com>
      3e318e40
  3. 27 Feb, 2018 1 commit
    • Antonio Nino Diaz's avatar
      Invalidate TLB entries during warm boot · 26441030
      Antonio Nino Diaz authored
      
      
      During the warm boot sequence:
      
      1. The MMU is enabled with the data cache disabled. The MMU table walker
         is set up to access the translation tables as in cacheable memory,
         but its accesses are non-cacheable because SCTLR_EL3.C controls them
         as well.
      2. The interconnect is set up and the CPU enters coherency with the
         rest of the system.
      3. The data cache is enabled.
      
      If the support for dynamic translation tables is enabled and another CPU
      makes changes to a region, the changes may only be present in the data
      cache, not in RAM. The CPU that is booting isn't in coherency with the
      rest of the system, so the table walker of that CPU isn't either. This
      means that it may read old entries from RAM and it may have invalid TLB
      entries corresponding to the dynamic mappings.
      
      This is not a problem for the boot code because the mapping is 1:1 and
      the regions are static. However, the code that runs after the boot
      sequence may need to access the dynamically mapped regions.
      
      This patch invalidates all TLBs during warm boot when the dynamic
      translation tables support is enabled to prevent this problem.
      
      Change-Id: I80264802dc0aa1cb3edd77d0b66b91db6961af3d
      Signed-off-by: default avatarAntonio Nino Diaz <antonio.ninodiaz@arm.com>
      26441030
  4. 03 May, 2017 1 commit
  5. 15 Dec, 2016 1 commit
    • Jeenu Viswambharan's avatar
      Add provision to extend CPU operations at more levels · 5dd9dbb5
      Jeenu Viswambharan authored
      
      
      Various CPU drivers in ARM Trusted Firmware register functions to handle
      power-down operations. At present, separate functions are registered to
      power down individual cores and clusters.
      
      This scheme operates on the basis of core and cluster, and doesn't cater
      for extending the hierarchy for power-down operations. For example,
      future CPUs might support multiple threads which might need powering
      down individually.
      
      This patch therefore reworks the CPU operations framework to allow for
      registering power down handlers on specific level basis. Henceforth:
      
        - Generic code invokes CPU power down operations by the level
          required.
      
        - CPU drivers explicitly mention CPU_NO_RESET_FUNC when the CPU has no
          reset function.
      
        - CPU drivers register power down handlers as a list: a mandatory
          handler for level 0, and optional handlers for higher levels.
      
      All existing CPU drivers are adapted to the new CPU operations framework
      without needing any functional changes within.
      
      Also update firmware design guide.
      
      Change-Id: I1826842d37a9e60a9e85fdcee7b4b8f6bc1ad043
      Signed-off-by: default avatarJeenu Viswambharan <jeenu.viswambharan@arm.com>
      5dd9dbb5
  6. 05 Dec, 2016 1 commit
    • Jeenu Viswambharan's avatar
      Define and use no_ret macro where no return is expected · a806dad5
      Jeenu Viswambharan authored
      
      
      There are many instances in ARM Trusted Firmware where control is
      transferred to functions from which return isn't expected. Such jumps
      are made using 'bl' instruction to provide the callee with the location
      from which it was jumped to. Additionally, debuggers infer the caller by
      examining where 'lr' register points to. If a 'bl' of the nature
      described above falls at the end of an assembly function, 'lr' will be
      left pointing to a location outside of the function range. This misleads
      the debugger back trace.
      
      This patch defines a 'no_ret' macro to be used when jumping to functions
      from which return isn't expected. The macro ensures to use 'bl'
      instruction for the jump, and also, for debug builds, places a 'nop'
      instruction immediately thereafter (unless instructed otherwise) so as
      to leave 'lr' pointing within the function range.
      
      Change-Id: Ib34c69fc09197cfd57bc06e147cc8252910e01b0
      Co-authored-by: default avatarDouglas Raillard <douglas.raillard@arm.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarJeenu Viswambharan <jeenu.viswambharan@arm.com>
      a806dad5
  7. 19 Jul, 2016 1 commit
    • Soby Mathew's avatar
      Introduce PSCI Library Interface · cf0b1492
      Soby Mathew authored
      This patch introduces the PSCI Library interface. The major changes
      introduced are as follows:
      
      * Earlier BL31 was responsible for Architectural initialization during cold
      boot via bl31_arch_setup() whereas PSCI was responsible for the same during
      warm boot. This functionality is now consolidated by the PSCI library
      and it does Architectural initialization via psci_arch_setup() during both
      cold and warm boots.
      
      * Earlier the warm boot entry point was always `psci_entrypoint()`. This was
      not flexible enough as a library interface. Now PSCI expects the runtime
      firmware to provide the entry point via `psci_setup()`. A new function
      `bl31_warm_entrypoint` is introduced in BL31 and the previous
      `psci_entrypoint()` is deprecated.
      
      * The `smc_helpers.h` is reorganized to separate the SMC Calling Convention
      defines from the Trusted Firmware SMC helpers. The former is now in a new
      header file `smcc.h` and the SMC helpers are moved to Architecture specific
      header.
      
      * The CPU context is used by PSCI for context initialization and
      restoration after power down (PSCI Context). It is also used by BL31 for SMC
      handling and context management during Normal-Secure world switch (SMC
      Context). The `psci_smc_handler()` interface is redefined to not use SMC
      helper macros thus enabling to decouple the PSCI context from EL3 runtime
      firmware SMC context. This enables PSCI to be integrated with other runtime
      firmware using a different SMC context.
      
      NOTE: With this patch the architectural setup done in `bl31_arch_setup()`
      is done as part of `psci_setup()` and hence `bl31_platform_setup()` will be
      invoked prior to architectural setup. It is highly unlikely that the platform
      setup will depend on architectural setup and cause any failure. Please be
      be aware of this change in sequence.
      
      Change-Id: I7f497a08d33be234bbb822c28146250cb20dab73
      cf0b1492
  8. 18 Jul, 2016 1 commit
    • Soby Mathew's avatar
      Introduce `el3_runtime` and `PSCI` libraries · 532ed618
      Soby Mathew authored
      This patch moves the PSCI services and BL31 frameworks like context
      management and per-cpu data into new library components `PSCI` and
      `el3_runtime` respectively. This enables PSCI to be built independently from
      BL31. A new `psci_lib.mk` makefile is introduced which adds the relevant
      PSCI library sources and gets included by `bl31.mk`. Other changes which
      are done as part of this patch are:
      
      * The runtime services framework is now moved to the `common/` folder to
        enable reuse.
      * The `asm_macros.S` and `assert_macros.S` helpers are moved to architecture
        specific folder.
      * The `plat_psci_common.c` is moved from the `plat/common/aarch64/` folder
        to `plat/common` folder. The original file location now has a stub which
        just includes the file from new location to maintain platform compatibility.
      
      Most of the changes wouldn't affect platform builds as they just involve
      changes to the generic bl1.mk and bl31.mk makefiles.
      
      NOTE: THE `plat_psci_common.c` FILE HAS MOVED LOCATION AND THE STUB FILE AT
      THE ORIGINAL LOCATION IS NOW DEPRECATED. PLATFORMS SHOULD MODIFY THEIR
      MAKEFILES TO INCLUDE THE FILE FROM THE NEW LOCATION.
      
      Change-Id: I6bd87d5b59424995c6a65ef8076d4fda91ad5e86
      532ed618