[U-Boot] [PATCH v2] armv8: aarch64: Fix the warning about x1-x3 nonzero issue

Alison Wang alison.wang at nxp.com
Tue Jan 17 02:48:08 CET 2017


> On 16/01/2017 07:16, Alison Wang wrote:
> > For 64-bit kernel, there is a warning about x1-x3 nonzero in
> violation
> > of boot protocol. To fix this issue, input argument 4 is added for
> > armv8_switch_to_el2 and armv8_switch_to_el1. The input argument 4
> will
> > be set to the right value, such as zero.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Alison Wang <alison.wang at nxp.com>
> > ---
> > Changes in v2:
> > - Add another input argument 4 for armv8_switch_to_el2 and
> armv8_switch_to_el1.
> > - Give up the previous way to adjust the parameters to transfer and
> make sure x3 is zero.
> >
> >  arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/lowlevel.S | 28 ++++++++++++++----
> ----------
> >  arch/arm/cpu/armv8/sec_firmware_asm.S        |  5 +++--
> >  arch/arm/cpu/armv8/start.S                   |  8 ++++----
> >  arch/arm/cpu/armv8/transition.S              | 22 +++++++++++-------
> ----
> >  arch/arm/include/asm/system.h                |  8 +++++---
> >  arch/arm/lib/bootm.c                         | 10 +++++-----
> >  arch/arm/mach-rmobile/lowlevel_init_gen3.S   |  8 ++++----
> >  cmd/bootefi.c                                |  2 +-
> >  8 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/lowlevel.S
> > b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/lowlevel.S
> > index 72f2c11..63215f0 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/lowlevel.S
> > +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/lowlevel.S
> > @@ -378,29 +378,29 @@ cpu_is_le:
> >  	b.eq	1f
> >
> >  #ifdef CONFIG_ARMV8_SWITCH_TO_EL1
> > -	adr	x3, secondary_switch_to_el1
> > -	ldr	x4, =ES_TO_AARCH64
> > +	adr	x4, secondary_switch_to_el1
> > +	ldr	x5, =ES_TO_AARCH64
> >  #else
> > -	ldr	x3, [x11]
> > -	ldr	x4, =ES_TO_AARCH32
> > +	ldr	x4, [x11]
> > +	ldr	x5, =ES_TO_AARCH32
> >  #endif
> >  	bl	secondary_switch_to_el2
> >
> >  1:
> >  #ifdef CONFIG_ARMV8_SWITCH_TO_EL1
> > -	adr	x3, secondary_switch_to_el1
> > +	adr	x4, secondary_switch_to_el1
> >  #else
> > -	ldr	x3, [x11]
> > +	ldr	x4, [x11]
> >  #endif
> > -	ldr	x4, =ES_TO_AARCH64
> > +	ldr	x5, =ES_TO_AARCH64
> >  	bl	secondary_switch_to_el2
> >
> >  ENDPROC(secondary_boot_func)
> >
> >  ENTRY(secondary_switch_to_el2)
> > -	switch_el x5, 1f, 0f, 0f
> > +	switch_el x6, 1f, 0f, 0f
> >  0:	ret
> > -1:	armv8_switch_to_el2_m x3, x4, x5
> > +1:	armv8_switch_to_el2_m x4, x5, x6
> >  ENDPROC(secondary_switch_to_el2)
> >
> >  ENTRY(secondary_switch_to_el1)
> > @@ -414,22 +414,22 @@ ENTRY(secondary_switch_to_el1)
> >  	/* physical address of this cpus spin table element */
> >  	add	x11, x1, x0
> >
> > -	ldr	x3, [x11]
> > +	ldr	x4, [x11]
> >
> >  	ldr	x5, [x11, #24]
> >  	ldr	x6, =IH_ARCH_DEFAULT
> >  	cmp	x6, x5
> >  	b.eq	2f
> >
> > -	ldr	x4, =ES_TO_AARCH32
> > +	ldr	x5, =ES_TO_AARCH32
> >  	bl	switch_to_el1
> >
> > -2:	ldr	x4, =ES_TO_AARCH64
> > +2:	ldr	x5, =ES_TO_AARCH64
> >
> >  switch_to_el1:
> > -	switch_el x5, 0f, 1f, 0f
> > +	switch_el x6, 0f, 1f, 0f
> >  0:	ret
> > -1:	armv8_switch_to_el1_m x3, x4, x5
> > +1:	armv8_switch_to_el1_m x4, x5, x6
> >  ENDPROC(secondary_switch_to_el1)
> >
> >  	/* Ensure that the literals used by the secondary boot code are
> diff
> > --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/sec_firmware_asm.S
> > b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/sec_firmware_asm.S
> > index 903195d..747b53f 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/sec_firmware_asm.S
> > +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/sec_firmware_asm.S
> > @@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ ENDPROC(_sec_firmware_support_psci_version)
> >   * x0: argument, zero
> >   * x1: machine nr
> >   * x2: fdt address
> > - * x3: kernel entry point
> > + * x3: input argument
> > + * x4: kernel entry point
> >   * @param outputs for secure firmware:
> >   * x0: function id
> >   * x1: kernel entry point
> > @@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ ENDPROC(_sec_firmware_support_psci_version)
> >   * x3: fdt address
> >  */
> >  ENTRY(armv8_el2_to_aarch32)
> > -	mov	x0, x3
> > +	mov	x0, x4
> 
> You no longer need x0 as scratch register. Just write ...
> 
> >  	mov	x3, x2
> >  	mov	x2, x1
> >  	mov	x1, x0
> 
> ... x4 directly into x1 here.
> 
> 
> Otherwise looks good to me. So with the change above you can add my
> 
>    Reviewed-by: Alexander Graf <agraf at suse.de>
> 
> tag in the next version.
> 
[Alison Wang] Alex, thanks for your detail comment. I will change it in v3.


Best Regards,
Alison Wang


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