[U-Boot] [PATCH v1 0/2] Allow platform specific service handling on PSCI

Ang, Chee Hong chee.hong.ang at intel.com
Tue Apr 23 05:51:50 UTC 2019


On Wed, 2019-03-13 at 12:01 -0400, Tom Rini wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 08:10:31AM +0000, Ang, Chee Hong wrote:
> > 
> > On Mon, 2019-03-11 at 15:48 -0400, Tom Rini wrote:
> > > 
> > > On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 03:27:52PM +0000, Ang, Chee Hong wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On Fri, 2019-03-08 at 13:09 -0500, Tom Rini wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 12:27:01AM -0800, chee.hong.ang at intel
> > > > > .com
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > From: "Ang, Chee Hong" <chee.hong.ang at intel.com>
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Currently u-boot only support standard PSCI functions for
> > > > > > power
> > > > > > management
> > > > > > and lack of convenient method to allow the users to extend
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > PSCI
> > > > > > functions
> > > > > > to support platform specific services. Most of the u-boot
> > > > > > users
> > > > > > still rely
> > > > > > on ATF (ARM Trusted Firmware) to handle the standard power
> > > > > > management and
> > > > > > platform specific PSCI services.
> > > > > > The purpose of this patchsets is to allow u-boot users to
> > > > > > support
> > > > > > their
> > > > > > own platform specific secure SMC/PSCI services without
> > > > > > making
> > > > > > any
> > > > > > SMC calls to ATF. This will benefit the users who need to
> > > > > > use
> > > > > > u-
> > > > > > boot as the
> > > > > > only bootloader and secure service provider without relying
> > > > > > on
> > > > > > ATF.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Below is a simple code example for adding your own PSCI
> > > > > > functions:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > #include <common.h>
> > > > > > #include <errno.h>
> > > > > > #include <asm/io.h>
> > > > > > #include <asm/psci.h>
> > > > > > #include <asm/secure.h>
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > #define PSCI_SMC64_FUNC_ID1	0xC2000001
> > > > > > #define PSCI_SMC64_FUNC_ID2	0xC2000002
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > static void __secure psci_plat_specific_func1(unsigned long
> > > > > > function_id)
> > > > > > {
> > > > > > 	/* Your code for handling the SMC/PSCI platform
> > > > > > specific
> > > > > > service 1 */
> > > > > > }
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > static void __secure psci_plat_specific_func2(unsigned long
> > > > > > function_id)
> > > > > > {
> > > > > > 	/* Your code for handling the SMC/PSCI platform
> > > > > > specific
> > > > > > service 2 */
> > > > > > }
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > DECLARE_SECURE_SVC(plat_specific_func1,
> > > > > > PSCI_SMC64_FUNC_ID1,
> > > > > > 		   psci_plat_specific_func1);
> > > > > > DECLARE_SECURE_SVC(plat_specific_func2,
> > > > > > PSCI_SMC64_FUNC_ID2,
> > > > > > 		   psci_plat_specific_func2);
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Ang, Chee Hong (1):
> > > > > >   ARMv8: Disable fwcall when PSCI is enabled
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Chee Hong Ang (1):
> > > > > >   ARMv8: Allow SiP service extensions on top of PSCI code
> > > > > Conceptually, I suppose this is a logical step.  In
> > > > > specifics,
> > > > > would
> > > > > we
> > > > > want to make this functionality opt-in, or no, that doesn't
> > > > > make
> > > > > sense?
> > > > > 
> > > > Allowing user to add platform specific service is part of
> > > > SMC/PSCI
> > > > specification as specifed in ARM document (Table 2-1):
> > > > http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.den0028b/ARM_D
> > > > EN00
> > > > 28B_
> > > > SMC_Calling_Convention.pdf
> > > > 
> > > > So I think this functionality should be part of the standard
> > > > PSCI/SMC
> > > > implementation. Currently u-boot only support standard PSCI
> > > > call
> > > > which
> > > > is:
> > > > ----------------------------------------------
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 0x84000000-0x8400001F  | PSCI 32-bit calls |
> > > > > 0xC4000000-0xC400001F  | PSCI 64-bit calls |
> > > > ----------------------------------------------
> > > > 
> > > > My implementation do not affect or alter the behavior of any
> > > > existing
> > > > standard PSCI calls.
> > > > 
> > > > Users can simply add their own platform specific services by
> > > > using
> > > > the
> > > > service call range as below:
> > > > ----------------------------------------------------
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 0xC2000000-0xC200FFFF | SMC64: SiP Service Calls |
> > > > > 0xC3000000-0xC300FFFF | SMC64: OEM Service Calls |
> > > > ----------------------------------------------------
> > > > 
> > > > For complete service call ranges please refer to Table 6-2 in
> > > > the
> > > > ARM
> > > > document.
> > > OK, thanks!
> > > 
> > Any chance this enhancement get accepted ? Thanks.
> After the current release, if there's no further comments.
> 
Hi Tom,
Is this patch being merged into mainline ? Or you have any further
concern or comments ? Thanks.


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