[U-Boot] [PATCH v4 4/8] ARM: add C function to switch to non-secure state

Christoffer Dall christoffer.dall at linaro.org
Fri Aug 9 18:55:03 CEST 2013


On Fri, Aug 09, 2013 at 05:03:08PM +0200, Andre Przywara wrote:
> The core specific part of the work is done in the assembly routine
> in nonsec_virt.S, introduced with the previous patch, but for the full
> glory we need to setup the GIC distributor interface once for the
> whole system, which is done in C here.
> The routine is placed in arch/arm/cpu/armv7 to allow easy access from
> other ARMv7 boards.
> 
> We check the availability of the security extensions first.
> 
> Since we need a safe way to access the GIC, we use the PERIPHBASE
> registers on Cortex-A15 and A7 CPUs and do some sanity checks.
> Boards not implementing the CBAR can override this value via a
> configuration file variable.
> 
> Then we actually do the GIC enablement:
> a) enable the GIC distributor, both for non-secure and secure state
>    (GICD_CTLR[1:0] = 11b)
> b) allow all interrupts to be handled from non-secure state
>    (GICD_IGROUPRn = 0xFFFFFFFF)
> 
> The core specific GIC setup is then done in the assembly routine.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara at linaro.org>
> ---
>  arch/arm/cpu/armv7/Makefile  |   1 +
>  arch/arm/cpu/armv7/virt-v7.c | 121 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  arch/arm/include/asm/armv7.h |   3 ++
>  3 files changed, 125 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 arch/arm/cpu/armv7/virt-v7.c
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/Makefile b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/Makefile
> index 11a8ad5..5813e87 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/Makefile
> @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ endif
>  
>  ifneq ($(CONFIG_ARMV7_NONSEC),)
>  SOBJS	+= nonsec_virt.o
> +COBJS	+= virt-v7.o
>  endif
>  
>  SRCS	:= $(START:.o=.S) $(COBJS:.o=.c)
> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/virt-v7.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/virt-v7.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..689023f
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/virt-v7.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
> +/*
> + * (C) Copyright 2013
> + * Andre Przywara, Linaro
> + *
> + * Routines to transition ARMv7 processors from secure into non-secure state
> + * needed to enable ARMv7 virtualization for current hypervisors
> + *
> + * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
> + * project.
> + *
> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> + * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
> + * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
> + * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> + *
> + * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
> + * GNU General Public License for more details.
> + *
> + * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> + * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
> + * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
> + * MA 02111-1307 USA
> + */
> +
> +#include <common.h>
> +#include <asm/armv7.h>
> +#include <asm/gic.h>
> +#include <asm/io.h>
> +
> +unsigned long gic_dist_addr;
> +
> +static unsigned int read_id_pfr1(void)
> +{
> +	unsigned int reg;
> +
> +	asm("mrc p15, 0, %0, c0, c1, 1\n" : "=r"(reg));
> +	return reg;
> +}
> +
> +static unsigned long get_gicd_base_address(void)
> +{
> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_GIC_BASE_ADDRESS
> +	return CONFIG_ARM_GIC_BASE_ADDRESS + GIC_DIST_OFFSET;
> +#else
> +	unsigned midr;
> +	unsigned periphbase;
> +
> +	/* check whether we are an Cortex-A15 or A7.
> +	 * The actual HYP switch should work with all CPUs supporting
> +	 * the virtualization extension, but we need the GIC address,
> +	 * which we know only for sure for those two CPUs.
> +	 */
> +	asm("mrc p15, 0, %0, c0, c0, 0\n" : "=r"(midr));
> +	switch (midr & MIDR_PRIMARY_PART_MASK) {
> +	case MIDR_CORTEX_A9_R0P1:
> +	case MIDR_CORTEX_A15_R0P0:
> +	case MIDR_CORTEX_A7_R0P0:
> +		break;
> +	default:
> +		printf("nonsec: could not determine GIC address.\n");
> +		return -1;
> +	}
> +
> +	/* get the GIC base address from the CBAR register */
> +	asm("mrc p15, 4, %0, c15, c0, 0\n" : "=r" (periphbase));
> +
> +	/* the PERIPHBASE can be mapped above 4 GB (lower 8 bits used to
> +	 * encode this). Bail out here since we cannot access this without
> +	 * enabling paging.
> +	 */
> +	if ((periphbase & 0xff) != 0) {
> +		printf("nonsec: PERIPHBASE is above 4 GB, no access.\n");
> +		return -1;
> +	}
> +
> +	return (periphbase & CBAR_MASK) + GIC_DIST_OFFSET;
> +#endif
> +}
> +
> +int armv7_switch_nonsec(void)
> +{
> +	unsigned int reg;
> +	unsigned itlinesnr, i;
> +
> +	/* check whether the CPU supports the security extensions */
> +	reg = read_id_pfr1();
> +	if ((reg & 0xF0) == 0) {
> +		printf("nonsec: Security extensions not implemented.\n");
> +		return -1;
> +	}
> +
> +	/* the SCR register will be set directly in the monitor mode handler,
> +	 * according to the spec one should not tinker with it in secure state
> +	 * in SVC mode. Do not try to read it once in non-secure state,
> +	 * any access to it will trap.
> +	 */
> +
> +	gic_dist_addr = get_gicd_base_address();
> +	if (gic_dist_addr == -1)
> +		return -1;
> +
> +	/* enable the GIC distributor */
> +	writel(readl(gic_dist_addr + GICD_CTLR) | 0x03,
> +	       gic_dist_addr + GICD_CTLR);
> +
> +	/* TYPER[4:0] contains an encoded number of available interrupts */
> +	itlinesnr = readl(gic_dist_addr + GICD_TYPER) & 0x1f;
> +
> +	/* set all bits in the GIC group registers to one to allow access
> +	 * from non-secure state
> +	 */
> +	for (i = 0; i <= itlinesnr; i++)
> +		writel((unsigned)-1, gic_dist_addr + GICD_IGROUPRn + 4 * i);

I think Nikolay pointed out that you could start from 1 in this for
loop.

-Christoffer

> +
> +	/* call the non-sec switching code on this CPU */
> +	_nonsec_init();
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/armv7.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/armv7.h
> index 3e4b743..10ced11 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/armv7.h
> +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/armv7.h
> @@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ void v7_outer_cache_flush_range(u32 start, u32 end);
>  void v7_outer_cache_inval_range(u32 start, u32 end);
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_ARMV7_NONSEC
> +
> +int armv7_switch_nonsec(void);
> +
>  /* defined in assembly file */
>  unsigned int _nonsec_init(void);
>  #endif /* CONFIG_ARMV7_NONSEC */
> -- 
> 1.7.12.1
> 


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