[RFC PATCH 3/5] Set HVBAR register correctly

Jim Posen jim.posen at gmail.com
Mon Oct 25 01:58:06 CEST 2021


This is the base address register for the vector table when in
hypervisor mode.

Signed-off-by: Jim Posen <jim.posen at gmail.com>
---

 arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S | 5 +++++
 arch/arm/lib/relocate.S    | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S
index 698e15b8e1..bce8ddb1b0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S
@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ switch_to_hypervisor_ret:
 	ldr	r0, =_start
 	mcr	p15, 0, r0, c12, c0, 0	@Set VBAR
 #endif
+#ifdef CPU_V7_HAS_VIRT
+	/* Set vector address in CP15 VBAR register */
+	ldr	r0, =hyp_vector_table
+	mcr	p15, 0, r0, c12, c0, 0	@Set HVBAR
+#endif
 #endif
 
 	/* the mask ROM code should have PLL and others stable */
diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/relocate.S b/arch/arm/lib/relocate.S
index 14b7f61c1a..3ebf6a519e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib/relocate.S
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/relocate.S
@@ -60,6 +60,14 @@ ENTRY(relocate_vectors)
 	ldmia	r0!, {r2-r8,r10}
 	stmia	r1!, {r2-r8,r10}
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_V7_HAS_VIRT
+	/*
+	* If the ARM processor has the virtualization extensions,
+	* use HVBAR to relocate the EL2 exception vectors.
+	*/
+	ldr	r0, =hyp_vector_table   /* load dynamically relocated address */
+	mcr	p15, 4, r0, c12, c0, 0  /* Set HVBAR */
+#endif
 #endif
 	bx	lr
 
-- 
2.25.1



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