1. 29 Oct, 2018 1 commit
    • Soby Mathew's avatar
      PIE: Position Independant Executable support for BL31 · 931f7c61
      Soby Mathew authored
      
      
      This patch introduces Position Independant Executable(PIE) support
      in TF-A. As a initial prototype, only BL31 can support PIE. A trivial
      dynamic linker is implemented which supports fixing up Global Offset
      Table(GOT) and Dynamic relocations(.rela.dyn). The fixup_gdt_reloc()
      helper function implements this linker and this needs to be called
      early in the boot sequence prior to invoking C functions. The GOT is
      placed in the RO section of BL31 binary for improved security and the
      BL31 linker script is modified to export the appropriate symbols
      required for the dynamic linker.
      
      The C compiler always generates PC relative addresses to linker symbols
      and hence referencing symbols exporting constants are a problem when
      relocating the binary. Hence the reference to the
      `__PERCPU_TIMESTAMP_SIZE__` symbol in PMF is removed and is now calculated
      at runtime based on start and end addresses.
      
      Change-Id: I1228583ff92cf432963b7cef052e95d995cca93d
      Signed-off-by: default avatarSoby Mathew <soby.mathew@arm.com>
      931f7c61
  2. 28 Sep, 2018 2 commits
  3. 22 Aug, 2018 1 commit
  4. 21 Jun, 2018 1 commit
    • Jeenu Viswambharan's avatar
      BL31: Introduce jump primitives · e7b9473e
      Jeenu Viswambharan authored
      
      
      This patch introduces setjmp() and ongjmp() primitives to enable
      standard setjmp/longjmp style execution. Both APIs parameters take a
      pointer to struct jmpbuf type, which hosts CPU registers saved/restored
      during jump.
      
      As per the standard usage:
      
        - setjmp() return 0 when a jump is setup; and a non-zero value when
          returning from jump.
      
        - The caller of setjmp() must not return, or otherwise update stack
          pointer since.
      
      Change-Id: I4af1d32e490cfa547979631b762b4cba188d0551
      Signed-off-by: default avatarJeenu Viswambharan <jeenu.viswambharan@arm.com>
      e7b9473e
  5. 01 Feb, 2018 1 commit
  6. 17 Oct, 2017 1 commit
  7. 21 Jun, 2017 1 commit
  8. 03 May, 2017 1 commit
  9. 20 Apr, 2017 1 commit
    • Antonio Nino Diaz's avatar
      Remove build option `ASM_ASSERTION` · 044bb2fa
      Antonio Nino Diaz authored
      
      
      The build option `ENABLE_ASSERTIONS` should be used instead. That way
      both C and ASM assertions can be enabled or disabled together.
      
      All occurrences of `ASM_ASSERTION` in common code and ARM platforms have
      been replaced by `ENABLE_ASSERTIONS`.
      
      ASM_ASSERTION has been removed from the user guide.
      
      Change-Id: I51f1991f11b9b7ff83e787c9a3270c274748ec6f
      Signed-off-by: default avatarAntonio Nino Diaz <antonio.ninodiaz@arm.com>
      044bb2fa
  10. 20 Mar, 2017 1 commit
    • Douglas Raillard's avatar
      Replace ASM signed tests with unsigned · 355a5d03
      Douglas Raillard authored
      
      
      ge, lt, gt and le condition codes in assembly provide a signed test
      whereas hs, lo, hi and ls provide the unsigned counterpart. Signed tests
      should only be used when strictly necessary, as using them on logically
      unsigned values can lead to inverting the test for high enough values.
      All offsets, addresses and usually counters are actually unsigned
      values, and should be tested as such.
      
      Replace the occurrences of signed condition codes where it was
      unnecessary by an unsigned test as the unsigned tests allow the full
      range of unsigned values to be used without inverting the result with
      some large operands.
      
      Change-Id: I58b7e98d03e3a4476dfb45230311f296d224980a
      Signed-off-by: default avatarDouglas Raillard <douglas.raillard@arm.com>
      355a5d03
  11. 06 Feb, 2017 1 commit
    • Douglas Raillard's avatar
      Introduce unified API to zero memory · 308d359b
      Douglas Raillard authored
      
      
      Introduce zeromem_dczva function on AArch64 that can handle unaligned
      addresses and make use of DC ZVA instruction to zero a whole block at a
      time. This zeroing takes place directly in the cache to speed it up
      without doing external memory access.
      
      Remove the zeromem16 function on AArch64 and replace it with an alias to
      zeromem. This zeromem16 function is now deprecated.
      
      Remove the 16-bytes alignment constraint on __BSS_START__ in
      firmware-design.md as it is now not mandatory anymore (it used to comply
      with zeromem16 requirements).
      
      Change the 16-bytes alignment constraints in SP min's linker script to a
      8-bytes alignment constraint as the AArch32 zeromem implementation is now
      more efficient on 8-bytes aligned addresses.
      
      Introduce zero_normalmem and zeromem helpers in platform agnostic header
      that are implemented this way:
      * AArch32:
      	* zero_normalmem: zero using usual data access
      	* zeromem: alias for zero_normalmem
      * AArch64:
      	* zero_normalmem: zero normal memory  using DC ZVA instruction
      	                  (needs MMU enabled)
      	* zeromem: zero using usual data access
      
      Usage guidelines: in most cases, zero_normalmem should be preferred.
      
      There are 2 scenarios where zeromem (or memset) must be used instead:
      * Code that must run with MMU disabled (which means all memory is
        considered device memory for data accesses).
      * Code that fills device memory with null bytes.
      
      Optionally, the following rule can be applied if performance is
      important:
      * Code zeroing small areas (few bytes) that are not secrets should use
        memset to take advantage of compiler optimizations.
      
        Note: Code zeroing security-related critical information should use
        zero_normalmem/zeromem instead of memset to avoid removal by
        compilers' optimizations in some cases or misbehaving versions of GCC.
      
      Fixes ARM-software/tf-issues#408
      
      Change-Id: Iafd9663fc1070413c3e1904e54091cf60effaa82
      Signed-off-by: default avatarDouglas Raillard <douglas.raillard@arm.com>
      308d359b
  12. 14 Dec, 2016 1 commit
  13. 13 Apr, 2016 1 commit
    • Soby Mathew's avatar
      Refactor the xlat_tables library code · 3ca9928d
      Soby Mathew authored
      The AArch32 long descriptor format and the AArch64 descriptor format
      correspond to each other which allows possible sharing of xlat_tables
      library code between AArch64 and AArch32. This patch refactors the
      xlat_tables library code to seperate the common functionality from
      architecture specific code. Prior to this patch, all of the xlat_tables
      library code were in `lib/aarch64/xlat_tables.c` file. The refactored code
      is now in `lib/xlat_tables/` directory. The AArch64 specific programming
      for xlat_tables is in `lib/xlat_tables/aarch64/xlat_tables.c` and the rest
      of the code common to AArch64 and AArch32 is in
      `lib/xlat_tables/xlat_tables_common.c`. Also the data types used in
      xlat_tables library APIs are reworked to make it compatible between AArch64
      and AArch32.
      
      The `lib/aarch64/xlat_tables.c` file now includes the new xlat_tables
      library files to retain compatibility for existing platform ports.
      The macros related to xlat_tables library are also moved from
      `include/lib/aarch64/arch.h` to the header `include/lib/xlat_tables.h`.
      
      NOTE: THE `lib/aarch64/xlat_tables.c` FILE IS DEPRECATED AND PLATFORM PORTS
      ARE EXPECTED TO INCLUDE THE NEW XLAT_TABLES LIBRARY FILES IN THEIR MAKEFILES.
      
      Change-Id: I3d17217d24aaf3a05a4685d642a31d4d56255a0f
      3ca9928d
  14. 31 Mar, 2016 1 commit
    • Antonio Nino Diaz's avatar
      Remove xlat_helpers.c · f33fbb2f
      Antonio Nino Diaz authored
      lib/aarch64/xlat_helpers.c defines helper functions to build
      translation descriptors, but no common code or upstream platform
      port uses them. As the rest of the xlat_tables code evolves, there
      may be conflicts with these helpers, therefore this code should be
      removed.
      
      Change-Id: I9f5be99720f929264818af33db8dada785368711
      f33fbb2f
  15. 07 Mar, 2016 1 commit
    • Kristina Martsenko's avatar
      Initialize all translation table entries · 2af926dd
      Kristina Martsenko authored
      The current translation table code maps in a series of regions, zeroing
      the unmapped table entries before and in between the mapped regions. It
      doesn't, however, zero the unmapped entries after the last mapped
      region, leaving those entries at whatever value that memory has
      initially.
      
      This is bad because those values can look like valid translation table
      entries, pointing to valid physical addresses. The CPU is allowed to do
      speculative reads from any such addresses. If the addresses point to
      device memory, the results can be unpredictable.
      
      This patch zeroes the translation table entries following the last
      mapped region, ensuring all table entries are either valid or zero
      (invalid).
      
      In addition, it limits the value of ADDR_SPACE_SIZE to those allowed by
      the architecture and supported by the current code (see D4.2.5 in the
      Architecture Reference Manual). This simplifies this patch a lot and
      ensures existing code doesn't do unexpected things.
      
      Change-Id: Ic28b6c3f89d73ef58fa80319a9466bb2c7131c21
      2af926dd
  16. 03 Mar, 2016 1 commit
    • Sandrine Bailleux's avatar
      Extend memory attributes to map non-cacheable memory · 5f654975
      Sandrine Bailleux authored
      At the moment, the memory translation library allows to create memory
      mappings of 2 types:
      
       - Device nGnRE memory (named MT_DEVICE in the library);
      
       - Normal, Inner Write-back non-transient, Outer Write-back
         non-transient memory (named MT_MEMORY in the library).
      
      As a consequence, the library code treats the memory type field as a
      boolean: everything that is not device memory is normal memory and
      vice-versa.
      
      In reality, the ARMv8 architecture allows up to 8 types of memory to
      be used at a single time for a given exception level. This patch
      reworks the memory attributes such that the memory type is now defined
      as an integer ranging from 0 to 7 instead of a boolean. This makes it
      possible to extend the list of memory types supported by the memory
      translation library.
      
      The priority system dictating memory attributes for overlapping
      memory regions has been extended to cope with these changes but the
      algorithm at its core has been preserved. When a memory region is
      re-mapped with different memory attributes, the memory translation
      library examines the former attributes and updates them only if
      the new attributes create a more restrictive mapping. This behaviour
      is unchanged, only the manipulation of the value has been modified
      to cope with the new format.
      
      This patch also introduces a new type of memory mapping in the memory
      translation library: MT_NON_CACHEABLE, meaning Normal, Inner
      Non-cacheable, Outer Non-cacheable memory. This can be useful to map
      a non-cacheable memory region, such as a DMA buffer for example.
      
      The rules around the Execute-Never (XN) bit in a translation table
      for an MT_NON_CACHEABLE memory mapping have been aligned on the rules
      used for MT_MEMORY mappings:
       - If the memory is read-only then it is also executable (XN = 0);
       - If the memory is read-write then it is not executable (XN = 1).
      
      The shareability field for MT_NON_CACHEABLE mappings is always set as
      'Outer-Shareable'. Note that this is not strictly needed since
      shareability is only relevant if the memory is a Normal Cacheable
      memory type, but this is to align with the existing device memory
      mappings setup. All Device and Normal Non-cacheable memory regions
      are always treated as Outer Shareable, regardless of the translation
      table shareability attributes.
      
      This patch also removes the 'ATTR_SO' and 'ATTR_SO_INDEX' #defines.
      They were introduced to map memory as Device nGnRnE (formerly called
      "Strongly-Ordered" memory in the ARMv7 architecture) but were not
      used anywhere in the code base. Removing them avoids any confusion
      about the memory types supported by the library.
      
      Upstream platforms do not currently use the MT_NON_CACHEABLE memory
      type.
      
      NOTE: THIS CHANGE IS SOURCE COMPATIBLE BUT PLATFORMS THAT RELY ON THE
      BINARY VALUES OF `mmap_attr_t` or the `attr` argument of
      `mmap_add_region()` MAY BE BROKEN.
      
      Change-Id: I717d6ed79b4c845a04e34132432f98b93d661d79
      5f654975
  17. 01 Feb, 2016 1 commit
    • Soby Mathew's avatar
      Use tf_printf() for debug logs from xlat_tables.c · d30ac1c3
      Soby Mathew authored
      The debug prints used to debug translation table setup in xlat_tables.c
      used the `printf()` standard library function instead of the stack
      optimized `tf_printf()` API. DEBUG_XLAT_TABLE option was used to enable
      debug logs within xlat_tables.c and it configured a much larger stack
      size for the platform in case it was enabled. This patch modifies these
      debug prints within xlat_tables.c to use tf_printf() and modifies the format
      specifiers to be compatible with tf_printf(). The debug prints are now enabled
      if the VERBOSE prints are enabled in Trusted Firmware via LOG_LEVEL build
      option.
      
      The much larger stack size definition when DEBUG_XLAT_TABLE is defined
      is no longer required and the platform ports are modified to remove this
      stack size definition.
      
      Change-Id: I2f7d77ea12a04b827fa15e2adc3125b1175e4c23
      d30ac1c3
  18. 14 Jan, 2016 1 commit
  19. 14 Sep, 2015 1 commit
    • Achin Gupta's avatar
      Make generic code work in presence of system caches · 54dc71e7
      Achin Gupta authored
      On the ARMv8 architecture, cache maintenance operations by set/way on the last
      level of integrated cache do not affect the system cache. This means that such a
      flush or clean operation could result in the data being pushed out to the system
      cache rather than main memory. Another CPU could access this data before it
      enables its data cache or MMU. Such accesses could be serviced from the main
      memory instead of the system cache. If the data in the sysem cache has not yet
      been flushed or evicted to main memory then there could be a loss of
      coherency. The only mechanism to guarantee that the main memory will be updated
      is to use cache maintenance operations to the PoC by MVA(See section D3.4.11
      (System level caches) of ARMv8-A Reference Manual (Issue A.g/ARM DDI0487A.G).
      
      This patch removes the reliance of Trusted Firmware on the flush by set/way
      operation to ensure visibility of data in the main memory. Cache maintenance
      operations by MVA are now used instead. The following are the broad category of
      changes:
      
      1. The RW areas of BL2/BL31/BL32 are invalidated by MVA before the C runtime is
         initialised. This ensures that any stale cache lines at any level of cache
         are removed.
      
      2. Updates to global data in runtime firmware (BL31) by the primary CPU are made
         visible to secondary CPUs using a cache clean operation by MVA.
      
      3. Cache maintenance by set/way operations are only used prior to power down.
      
      NOTE: NON-UPSTREAM TRUSTED FIRMWARE CODE SHOULD MAKE EQUIVALENT CHANGES IN
      ORDER TO FUNCTION CORRECTLY ON PLATFORMS WITH SUPPORT FOR SYSTEM CACHES.
      
      Fixes ARM-software/tf-issues#205
      
      Change-Id: I64f1b398de0432813a0e0881d70f8337681f6e9a
      54dc71e7
  20. 08 Apr, 2015 1 commit
    • Kévin Petit's avatar
      Add support to indicate size and end of assembly functions · 8b779620
      Kévin Petit authored
      
      
      In order for the symbol table in the ELF file to contain the size of
      functions written in assembly, it is necessary to report it to the
      assembler using the .size directive.
      
      To fulfil the above requirements, this patch introduces an 'endfunc'
      macro which contains the .endfunc and .size directives. It also adds
      a .func directive to the 'func' assembler macro.
      
      The .func/.endfunc have been used so the assembler can fail if
      endfunc is omitted.
      
      Fixes ARM-Software/tf-issues#295
      
      Change-Id: If8cb331b03d7f38fe7e3694d4de26f1075b278fc
      Signed-off-by: default avatarKévin Petit <kevin.petit@arm.com>
      8b779620
  21. 16 Mar, 2015 1 commit
  22. 29 Oct, 2014 1 commit
    • Soby Mathew's avatar
      Add support for level specific cache maintenance operations · 8e857916
      Soby Mathew authored
      This patch adds level specific cache maintenance functions
      to cache_helpers.S. The new functions 'dcsw_op_levelx',
      where '1 <= x <= 3', allow to perform cache maintenance by
      set/way for that particular level of cache.  With this patch,
      functions to support cache maintenance upto level 3 have
      been implemented since it is the highest cache level for
      most ARM SoCs.
      
      These functions are now utilized in CPU specific power down
      sequences to implement them as mandated by processor specific
      technical reference manual.
      
      Change-Id: Icd90ce6b51cff5a12863bcda01b93601417fd45c
      8e857916
  23. 20 Aug, 2014 1 commit
    • Soby Mathew's avatar
      Introduce framework for CPU specific operations · 9b476841
      Soby Mathew authored
      This patch introduces a framework which will allow CPUs to perform
      implementation defined actions after a CPU reset, during a CPU or cluster power
      down, and when a crash occurs. CPU specific reset handlers have been implemented
      in this patch. Other handlers will be implemented in subsequent patches.
      
      Also moved cpu_helpers.S to the new directory lib/cpus/aarch64/.
      
      Change-Id: I1ca1bade4d101d11a898fb30fea2669f9b37b956
      9b476841
  24. 28 Jul, 2014 2 commits
    • Soby Mathew's avatar
      Implement an assert() callable from assembly code · bc920128
      Soby Mathew authored
      The patch implements a macro ASM_ASSERT() which can
      be invoked from assembly code. When assertion happens,
      file name and line number of the check is written
      to the crash console.
      
      Fixes ARM-software/tf-issues#95
      
      Change-Id: I6f905a068e1c0fa4f746d723f18df60daaa00a86
      bc920128
    • Achin Gupta's avatar
      Simplify management of SCTLR_EL3 and SCTLR_EL1 · ec3c1003
      Achin Gupta authored
      This patch reworks the manner in which the M,A, C, SA, I, WXN & EE bits of
      SCTLR_EL3 & SCTLR_EL1 are managed. The EE bit is cleared immediately after reset
      in EL3. The I, A and SA bits are set next in EL3 and immediately upon entry in
      S-EL1. These bits are no longer managed in the blX_arch_setup() functions. They
      do not have to be saved and restored either. The M, WXN and optionally the C
      bit are set in the enable_mmu_elX() function. This is done during both the warm
      and cold boot paths.
      
      Fixes ARM-software/tf-issues#226
      
      Change-Id: Ie894d1a07b8697c116960d858cd138c50bc7a069
      ec3c1003
  25. 19 Jul, 2014 1 commit
    • Achin Gupta's avatar
      Make enablement of the MMU more flexible · afff8cbd
      Achin Gupta authored
      This patch adds a 'flags' parameter to each exception level specific function
      responsible for enabling the MMU. At present only a single flag which indicates
      whether the data cache should also be enabled is implemented. Subsequent patches
      will use this flag when enabling the MMU in the warm boot paths.
      
      Change-Id: I0eafae1e678c9ecc604e680851093f1680e9cefa
      afff8cbd
  26. 09 Jul, 2014 1 commit
    • Lin Ma's avatar
      Calculate TCR bits based on VA and PA · 73ad2572
      Lin Ma authored
      Currently the TCR bits are hardcoded in xlat_tables.c. In order to
      map higher physical address into low virtual address, the TCR bits
      need to be configured accordingly.
      
      This patch is to save the max VA and PA and calculate the TCR.PS/IPS
      and t0sz bits in init_xlat_tables function.
      
      Change-Id: Ia7a58e5372b20200153057d457f4be5ddbb7dae4
      73ad2572
  27. 10 Jun, 2014 1 commit
    • Andrew Thoelke's avatar
      Make system register functions inline assembly · 5c3272a7
      Andrew Thoelke authored
      Replace the current out-of-line assembler implementations of
      the system register and system instruction operations with
      inline assembler.
      
      This enables better compiler optimisation and code generation
      when accessing system registers.
      
      Fixes ARM-software/tf-issues#91
      
      Change-Id: I149af3a94e1e5e5140a3e44b9abfc37ba2324476
      5c3272a7
  28. 02 Jun, 2014 1 commit
    • Lin Ma's avatar
      Enable mapping higher physical address · f984ce84
      Lin Ma authored
      Current ATF uses a direct physical-to-virtual mapping, that is, a physical
      address is mapped to the same address in the virtual space. For example,
      physical address 0x8000_0000 is mapped to 0x8000_0000 virtual. This
      approach works fine for FVP as all its physical addresses fall into 0 to
      4GB range. But for other platform where all I/O addresses are 48-bit long,
      If we follow the same direct mapping, we would need virtual address range
      from 0 to 0x8fff_ffff_ffff, which is about 144TB. This requires a
      significant amount of memory for MMU tables and it is not necessary to use
      that much virtual space in ATF.
      
      The patch is to enable mapping a physical address range to an arbitrary
      virtual address range (instead of flat mapping)
      Changed "base" to "base_va" and added "base_pa" in mmap_region_t and
      modified functions such as mmap_add_region and init_xlation_table etc.
      Fixes ARM-software/tf-issues#158
      f984ce84
  29. 23 May, 2014 2 commits
    • Dan Handley's avatar
      Add enable mmu platform porting interfaces · dff8e47a
      Dan Handley authored
      Previously, the enable_mmu_elX() functions were implicitly part of
      the platform porting layer since they were included by generic
      code. These functions have been placed behind 2 new platform
      functions, bl31_plat_enable_mmu() and bl32_plat_enable_mmu().
      These are weakly defined so that they can be optionally overridden
      by platform ports.
      
      Also, the enable_mmu_elX() functions have been moved to
      lib/aarch64/xlat_tables.c for optional re-use by platform ports.
      These functions are tightly coupled with the translation table
      initialization code.
      
      Fixes ARM-software/tf-issues#152
      
      Change-Id: I0a2251ce76acfa3c27541f832a9efaa49135cc1c
      dff8e47a
    • Dan Handley's avatar
      Split platform.h into separate headers · 5f0cdb05
      Dan Handley authored
      Previously, platform.h contained many declarations and definitions
      used for different purposes. This file has been split so that:
      
      * Platform definitions used by common code that must be defined
        by the platform are now in platform_def.h. The exact include
        path is exported through $PLAT_INCLUDES in the platform makefile.
      
      * Platform definitions specific to the FVP platform are now in
        /plat/fvp/fvp_def.h.
      
      * Platform API declarations specific to the FVP platform are now
        in /plat/fvp/fvp_private.h.
      
      * The remaining platform API declarations that must be ported by
        each platform are still in platform.h but this file has been
        moved to /include/plat/common since this can be shared by all
        platforms.
      
      Change-Id: Ieb3bb22fbab3ee8027413c6b39a783534aee474a
      5f0cdb05
  30. 22 May, 2014 1 commit
    • Achin Gupta's avatar
      Use secure timer to generate S-EL1 interrupts · fa9c08b7
      Achin Gupta authored
      This patch adds support in the TSP to program the secure physical
      generic timer to generate a EL-1 interrupt every half second. It also
      adds support for maintaining the timer state across power management
      operations. The TSPD ensures that S-EL1 can access the timer by
      programming the SCR_EL3.ST bit.
      
      This patch does not actually enable the timer. This will be done in a
      subsequent patch once the complete framework for handling S-EL1
      interrupts is in place.
      
      Change-Id: I1b3985cfb50262f60824be3a51c6314ce90571bc
      fa9c08b7
  31. 20 May, 2014 1 commit
    • Lin Ma's avatar
      Address issue 156: 64-bit addresses get truncated · 444281cc
      Lin Ma authored
      Addresses were declared as "unsigned int" in drivers/arm/peripherals/pl011/pl011.h and in function init_xlation_table. Changed to use "unsigned long" instead
      Fixes ARM-software/tf-issues#156
      444281cc
  32. 16 May, 2014 1 commit
    • Soby Mathew's avatar
      Rework BL3-1 unhandled exception handling and reporting · a43d431b
      Soby Mathew authored
      This patch implements the register reporting when unhandled exceptions are
      taken in BL3-1. Unhandled exceptions will result in a dump of registers
      to the console, before halting execution by that CPU. The Crash Stack,
      previously called the Exception Stack, is used for this activity.
      This stack is used to preserve the CPU context and runtime stack
      contents for debugging and analysis.
      
      This also introduces the per_cpu_ptr_cache, referenced by tpidr_el3,
      to provide easy access to some of BL3-1 per-cpu data structures.
      Initially, this is used to provide a pointer to the Crash stack.
      
      panic() now prints the the error file and line number in Debug mode
      and prints the PC value in release mode.
      
      The Exception Stack is renamed to Crash Stack with this patch.
      The original intention of exception stack is no longer valid
      since we intend to support several valid exceptions like IRQ
      and FIQ in the trusted firmware context. This stack is now
      utilized for dumping and reporting the system state when a
      crash happens and hence the rename.
      
      Fixes ARM-software/tf-issues#79 Improve reporting of unhandled exception
      
      Change-Id: I260791dc05536b78547412d147193cdccae7811a
      a43d431b
  33. 07 May, 2014 5 commits
    • Andrew Thoelke's avatar
      Optimise data cache clean/invalidate operation · 5f6032a8
      Andrew Thoelke authored
      The data cache clean and invalidate operations dcsw_op_all()
      and dcsw_op_loius() were implemented to invoke a DSB and ISB
      barrier for every set/way operation. This adds a substantial
      performance penalty to an already expensive operation.
      
      These functions have been reworked to provide an optimised
      implementation derived from the code in section D3.4 of the
      ARMv8 ARM. The helper macro setup_dcsw_op_args has been moved
      and reworked alongside the implementation.
      
      Fixes ARM-software/tf-issues#146
      
      Change-Id: Icd5df57816a83f0a842fce935320a369f7465c7f
      5f6032a8
    • Andrew Thoelke's avatar
      Remove unused or invalid asm helper functions · 228a9f0b
      Andrew Thoelke authored
      There are a small number of non-EL specific helper functions
      which are no longer used, and also some unusable helper
      functions for non-existant registers.
      
      This change removes all of these functions.
      
      Change-Id: Idd656cef3b59cf5c46fe2be4029d72288b649c24
      228a9f0b
    • Andrew Thoelke's avatar
      Access system registers directly in assembler · 7935d0a5
      Andrew Thoelke authored
      Instead of using the system register helper functions to read
      or write system registers, assembler coded functions should
      use MRS/MSR instructions. This results in faster and more
      compact code.
      
      This change replaces all usage of the helper functions with
      direct register accesses.
      
      Change-Id: I791d5f11f257010bb3e6a72c6c5ab8779f1982b3
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      Replace disable_mmu with assembler version · 2f5dcfef
      Andrew Thoelke authored
      disable_mmu() cannot work as a C function as there is no control
      over data accesses generated by the compiler between disabling and
      cleaning the data cache. This results in reading stale data from
      main memory.
      
      As assembler version is provided for EL3, and a variant that also
      disables the instruction cache which is now used by the BL1
      exception handling function.
      
      Fixes ARM-software/tf-issues#147
      
      Change-Id: I0cf394d2579a125a23c2f2989c2e92ace6ddb1a6
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      Correct usage of data and instruction barriers · 8cec598b
      Andrew Thoelke authored
      The current code does not always use data and instruction
      barriers as required by the architecture and frequently uses
      barriers excessively due to their inclusion in all of the
      write_*() helper functions.
      
      Barriers should be used explicitly in assembler or C code
      when modifying processor state that requires the barriers in
      order to enable review of correctness of the code.
      
      This patch removes the barriers from the helper functions and
      introduces them as necessary elsewhere in the code.
      
      PORTING NOTE: check any port of Trusted Firmware for use of
      system register helper functions for reliance on the previous
      barrier behaviour and add explicit barriers as necessary.
      
      Fixes ARM-software/tf-issues#92
      
      Change-Id: Ie63e187404ff10e0bdcb39292dd9066cb84c53bf
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