[U-Boot] [PATCH 4/6] ARM: add SMP support for non-secure switch

Christoffer Dall christoffer.dall at linaro.org
Fri May 31 07:32:09 CEST 2013


On Mon, May 06, 2013 at 03:17:48PM +0200, Andre Przywara wrote:
> Currently the non-secure switch is only done for the boot processor.
> To later allow full SMP support, we have to switch all secondary
> cores into non-secure state also.
> 
> So we add an entry point for secondary CPUs coming out of low-power
> state and make sure we put them into WFI again after having switched
> to non-secure state.
> For this we acknowledge and EOI the wake-up IPI, then go into WFI.
> Once being kicked out of it later, we sanity check that the start
> address has actually been changed (since another attempt to switch
> to non-secure would block the core) and jump to the new address.
> 
> The actual CPU kick is done by sending an inter-processor interrupt
> via the GIC to all CPU interfaces except the requesting processor.
> The secondary cores will then setup their respective GIC CPU
> interface.
> 
> The address secondary cores jump to is board specific, we provide
> the value here for the Versatile Express board.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara at linaro.org>
> ---
>  arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S          | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  arch/arm/include/asm/armv7.h        |  1 +
>  arch/arm/lib/virt-v7.c              |  9 ++++++++-
>  include/configs/vexpress_ca15_tc2.h |  1 +
>  4 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S
> index e63e892..02234c7 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S
> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S
> @@ -575,8 +575,19 @@ fiq:
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_ARMV7_VIRT
>  /* Routine to initialize GIC CPU interface and switch to nonsecure state.
> + * Will be executed directly by secondary CPUs after coming out of
> + * WFI, or can be called directly by C code for CPU 0.
> + * Those two paths mandate to not use any stack and to only use registers
> + * r0-r3 to comply with both the C ABI and the requirement of SMP startup
> + * code.
>   */
>  .globl _nonsec_gic_switch
> +.globl _smp_pen
> +_smp_pen:
> +	mrs	r0, cpsr
> +	orr	r0, r0, #0xc0
> +	msr	cpsr, r0			@ disable interrupts
> +	mov	lr, #0				@ clear LR to mark secondary

instead of this subtle abuse of lr, why not make this routine simply
take a parameter?

I also slightly object against wrapping the _smp_pen around the
_nonsec_gic_switch, I really think these are separate routines, where
one can just call the other...?

>  _nonsec_gic_switch:
>  	mrc	p15, 4, r2, c15, c0, 0		@ r2 = PERIPHBASE
>  	add	r3, r2, #0x1000			@ GIC dist i/f offset
> @@ -617,5 +628,19 @@ _nonsec_gic_switch:
>  	add	r2, r2, #0x1000			@ GIC dist i/f offset
>  	str	r1, [r2]			@ allow private interrupts
>  
> -	mov	pc, lr
> +	cmp	lr, #0
> +	movne	pc, lr				@ CPU 0 to return
> +						@ all others: go to sleep
> +_ack_int:
> +	ldr	r1, [r3, #0x0c]			@ read GICD acknowledge
> +	str	r1, [r3, #0x10]			@ write GICD EOI
> +
> +	adr	r1, _smp_pen
> +waitloop:
> +	wfi
> +	ldr	r0, =CONFIG_SYSFLAGS_ADDR	@ load start address
> +	ldr	r0, [r0]
> +	cmp	r0, r1			@ make sure we dont execute this code

I think I raised this issue previously, but this code is in a core
u-boot file, but I could imagine a board with a different crazy boot
protocol that required you to check two different fields and jump
through other hoops to wake up from the smp pen, so I really think the
whole smp pen belongs in a board specific place.

Also, the boot-wrapper code used wfe instead, not sure if there are any
users that just send an event and doesn't send an IPI?

> +	beq	waitloop		@ again (due to a spurious wakeup)
> +	mov	pc, r0
>  #endif /* CONFIG_ARMV7_VIRT */
> diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/armv7.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/armv7.h
> index 25afffe..296dc92 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/armv7.h
> +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/armv7.h
> @@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ void v7_outer_cache_inval_range(u32 start, u32 end);
>  int armv7_switch_nonsec(void);
>  
>  /* defined in cpu/armv7/start.S */
> +void _smp_pen(void);
>  void _nonsec_gic_switch(void);
>  #endif /* CONFIG_ARMV7_VIRT */
>  
> diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/virt-v7.c b/arch/arm/lib/virt-v7.c
> index 3a48aee..0248010 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/lib/virt-v7.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/lib/virt-v7.c
> @@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ int armv7_switch_nonsec(void)
>  	unsigned int reg;
>  	volatile unsigned int *gicdptr;
>  	unsigned itlinesnr, i;
> +	unsigned int *sysflags;
>  
>  	/* check whether the CPU supports the security extensions */
>  	asm("mrc p15, 0, %0, c0, c1, 1\n" : "=r"(reg));
> @@ -106,7 +107,13 @@ int armv7_switch_nonsec(void)
>  	for (i = 0; i <= itlinesnr; i++)
>  		gicdptr[GICD_IGROUPR0 / 4 + i] = (unsigned)-1;
>  
> -	/* call the non-sec switching code on this CPU */
> +	/* now kick all CPUs (expect this one) by writing to GICD_SIGR */
> +	sysflags = (void *)CONFIG_SYSFLAGS_ADDR;
> +	sysflags[1] = (unsigned)-1;
> +	sysflags[0] = (uintptr_t)_smp_pen;
> +	gicdptr[GICD_SGIR / 4] = 1U << 24;

here you definitely want a barrier to make sure you don't kick the cpus
before the sysflags addresses have been written.  What does the
(unsigned)-1 write to sysflags[1] do?

> +
> +	/* call the non-sec switching code on this CPU also */
>  	_nonsec_gic_switch();
>  
>  	return 0;
> diff --git a/include/configs/vexpress_ca15_tc2.h b/include/configs/vexpress_ca15_tc2.h
> index 9e230ad..210a27c 100644
> --- a/include/configs/vexpress_ca15_tc2.h
> +++ b/include/configs/vexpress_ca15_tc2.h
> @@ -32,5 +32,6 @@
>  #define CONFIG_BOOTP_VCI_STRING     "U-boot.armv7.vexpress_ca15x2_tc2"
>  
>  #define CONFIG_SYS_CLK_FREQ 24000000
> +#define CONFIG_SYSFLAGS_ADDR 0x1c010030
>  
>  #endif
> -- 
> 1.7.12.1
> 


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