[PATCH v2] riscv: ax25: bypass malloc when spl fit boots from ram
Samuel Holland
samuel at sholland.org
Tue Jan 3 18:20:53 CET 2023
Hi Rick,
On 1/3/23 02:20, Rick Chen wrote:
> When fit image boots from ram, the payload will
> be prepared in the address of SPL_LOAD_FIT_ADDRESS.
> In spl fit generic flow, it will malloc another
> memory address and copy whole fit image to this
> malloc address. But it is un-necessary for booting
> from RAM.
>
> This patch improves this flow by declare the
> board_spl_fit_buffer_addr() to replace the original one.
> The larger image size (eq: Kernel Image 10~20MB), it
> can save more booting time.
>
> Also enhance memcpy function by checking source and
> destination address. If they are the same address,
> just return and don't copy data anymore.
Starting a paragraph with "also" is a good indication that this should
be split into two separate patches.
> Signed-off-by: Rick Chen <rick at andestech.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2
> - Move spl.c to board level instead of arch level
> ---
> arch/riscv/cpu/ax25/Makefile | 1 +
> arch/riscv/cpu/ax25/spl.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> arch/riscv/lib/memcpy.S | 2 ++
> 3 files changed, 34 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 arch/riscv/cpu/ax25/spl.c
>
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/cpu/ax25/Makefile b/arch/riscv/cpu/ax25/Makefile
> index 318baccb09..f1c21eadd4 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/cpu/ax25/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/riscv/cpu/ax25/Makefile
> @@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
>
> obj-y := cpu.o
> obj-y += cache.o
> +obj-y += spl.o
nit: alignment
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/cpu/ax25/spl.c b/arch/riscv/cpu/ax25/spl.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..6bf357d26d
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/riscv/cpu/ax25/spl.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
> +/*
> + * Copyright (C) 2023 Andes Technology Corporation
> + * Rick Chen, Andes Technology Corporation <rick at andestech.com>
> + */
> +#include <common.h>
> +#include <cpu_func.h>
> +#include <hang.h>
> +#include <init.h>
> +#include <log.h>
> +#include <spl.h>
> +#include <asm/global_data.h>
> +#include <asm/system.h>
> +
> +DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
> +
> +#if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(RAM_SUPPORT)
> +struct legacy_img_hdr *spl_get_load_buffer(ssize_t offset, size_t size)
> +{
> + return (void *)(CONFIG_SPL_LOAD_FIT_ADDRESS + offset);
> +}
> +
> +void *board_spl_fit_buffer_addr(ulong fit_size, int sectors, int bl_len)
> +{
> + void *buf;
> +
> + buf = spl_get_load_buffer(0, sectors * bl_len);
> +
> + return buf;
nit: this could all be one line
Regards,
Samuel
> +}
> +#endif
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/lib/memcpy.S b/arch/riscv/lib/memcpy.S
> index 00672c19ad..9884077c93 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/lib/memcpy.S
> +++ b/arch/riscv/lib/memcpy.S
> @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
> /* void *memcpy(void *, const void *, size_t) */
> ENTRY(__memcpy)
> WEAK(memcpy)
> + beq a0, a1, .copy_end
> /* Save for return value */
> mv t6, a0
>
> @@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ WEAK(memcpy)
> 2:
>
> mv a0, t6
> +.copy_end:
> ret
>
> .Lmisaligned_word_copy:
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