[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 37/47] x86: Add a way to call 32-bit code from 64-bit mode
Bin Meng
bmeng.cn at gmail.com
Tue Aug 4 09:03:28 CEST 2015
On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 11:31 PM, Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org> wrote:
> The procedure to drop from 64-bit mode to 32-bit is a bit messy. Add a
> function to take care of it. It requires identity-mapped pages and that
> the calling code is running below 4GB.
>
> Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
> ---
>
> Changes in v2:
> - Add a comment about the REX prefix
> - Drop the REX prefix in 32-bit mode
>
> arch/x86/cpu/Makefile | 6 +++++
> arch/x86/cpu/call32.S | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> arch/x86/include/asm/cpu.h | 9 +++++++
> 3 files changed, 79 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 arch/x86/cpu/call32.S
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/cpu/Makefile b/arch/x86/cpu/Makefile
> index 5e058c0..e797925 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/cpu/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/x86/cpu/Makefile
> @@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ extra-y = start.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_X86_RESET_VECTOR) += resetvec.o start16.o
> obj-y += interrupts.o cpu.o cpu_x86.o call64.o
>
> +AFLAGS_REMOVE_call32.o := -mregparm=3 \
> + $(if $(CONFIG_EFI_STUB_64BIT),-march=i386 -m32)
> +AFLAGS_call32.o := -fpic -fshort-wchar
> +
> +extra-y += call32.o
> +
> obj-$(CONFIG_INTEL_BAYTRAIL) += baytrail/
> obj-$(CONFIG_SYS_COREBOOT) += coreboot/
> obj-$(CONFIG_EFI_APP) += efi/
> diff --git a/arch/x86/cpu/call32.S b/arch/x86/cpu/call32.S
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..c517e4a
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/x86/cpu/call32.S
> @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
> +/*
> + * (C) Copyright 2015 Google, Inc
> + * Written by Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
> + *
> + * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
> + */
> +
> +#include <asm/global_data.h>
> +#include <asm/msr-index.h>
> +#include <asm/processor-flags.h>
> +
> + /*
> + * rdi - 32-bit code segment selector
> + * rsi - target address
> + * rdx - table address (0 if none)
> + */
> +.code64
> +.globl cpu_call32
> +cpu_call32:
> + cli
> +
> + /* Save table pointer */
> + mov %edx, %ebx
> +
> + /*
> + * Debugging option, this outputs characters to the console UART
> + * mov $0x3f8,%edx
> + * mov $'a',%al
> + * out %al,(%dx)
> + */
> +
> + pushf
> + push %rdi /* 32-bit code segment */
> + lea compat(%rip), %rax
> + push %rax
> + .byte 0x48 /* REX prefix to force 64-bit far return */
> + retf
> +.code32
> +compat:
> + /*
> + * We are now in compatibility mode with a default operand size of
> + * 32 bits. First disable paging.
> + */
> + movl %cr0, %eax
> + andl $~X86_CR0_PG, %eax
> + movl %eax, %cr0
> +
> + /* Invalidate TLB */
> + xorl %eax, %eax
> + movl %eax, %cr3
> +
> + /* Disable Long mode in EFER (Extended Feature Enable Register) */
> + movl $MSR_EFER, %ecx
> + rdmsr
> + btr $_EFER_LME, %eax
> + wrmsr
> +
> + /* Set up table pointer for _x86boot_start */
> + mov %ebx, %ecx
> +
> + /* Jump to the required target */
> + pushl %edi /* 32-bit code segment */
> + pushl %esi /* 32-bit target address */
> + retf
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpu.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpu.h
> index 5b89139..c70183c 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpu.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpu.h
> @@ -230,6 +230,15 @@ char *cpu_get_name(char *name);
> void cpu_call64(ulong pgtable, ulong setup_base, ulong target);
>
> /**
> + * cpu_call32() - Jump to a 32-bit entry point
> + *
> + * @code_seg32: 32-bit code segment to use (GDT offset, e.g. 0x20)
> + * @target: Pointer to the start of the 32-bit U-Boot image/entry point
> + * @table: Pointer to start of info table to pass to U-Boot
> + */
> +void cpu_call32(ulong code_seg32, ulong target, ulong table);
> +
> +/**
> * cpu_jump_to_64bit() - Jump to a 64-bit Linux kernel
> *
> * The kernel is uncompressed and the 64-bit entry point is expected to be
> --
Reviewed-by: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn at gmail.com>
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