[v3,0/5] Reuse 32 bit C code more safely

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Frediano Ziglio Oct. 11, 2024, 8:52 a.m. UTC

This series attempt to:
- use more C code, that is replace some assembly code with C;
- avoid some code duplication between C and assembly;
- prevent some issues having relocations in C code.

The idea is extending the current C to binary code conversion
done for 32 bit C code called from head.S making sure relocations
are safe and allowing external symbols usage from C code.

Note that, as an addition, scripts generating code check for no
data to allow code and data separation.

More details of the implementation are in commit message 1/5,
which is the largest patch.
Patch 2/5 reuses code to relocate the trampoline between 32 and 64 bit.
Patches 3/5 and 4/5 move some code from assembly to C.

Other RFC commits were excluded, I didn't manage to entangle the issues
sharing headers between 32 and 64 bits.
Since RFC code was more tested, also with CI and some incompatibility
were fixed. On that it's weird that we need Python 3.8 for Qemu but we
still use Python 2 for Xen. Shouldn't we bump requirement to Python 3
even for Xen?

Code boots successfully using:
- BIOS boot;
- EFI boot with Grub2 and ELF file;
- direct EFI boot without Grub.

Code is currently based on "master" branch, currently commit
2b49ef4503e2c549c166f439cf0dd331d9a8874c.

Changes since v1:
- 2 preliminary commits for adjust .gitignore;
- last commit split (one variable at a time);
- lot of style and names changes;
- first commit, now 3/6 had some build changes, more details on
  commit message.

Changes since v2:
- removed merged commits;
- reverted order of 2 commits;
- remove some useless casts;
- added change to comment.

Frediano Ziglio (5):
  x86/boot: create a C bundle for 32 bit boot code and use it
  x86/boot: Reuse code to relocate trampoline
  x86/boot: Use boot_vid_info variable directly from C code
  x86/boot: Use trampoline_phys variable directly from C code
  x86/boot: Clarify comment

 xen/arch/x86/boot/.gitignore                  |   5 +-
 xen/arch/x86/boot/Makefile                    |  62 ++++--
 .../x86/boot/{build32.lds => build32.lds.S}   |  49 ++++-
 xen/arch/x86/boot/cmdline.c                   |  12 --
 xen/arch/x86/boot/head.S                      |  49 +----
 xen/arch/x86/boot/reloc-trampoline.c          |  36 ++++
 xen/arch/x86/boot/reloc.c                     |  35 +---
 xen/arch/x86/efi/efi-boot.h                   |  15 +-
 xen/tools/combine_two_binaries                | 198 ++++++++++++++++++
 9 files changed, 344 insertions(+), 117 deletions(-)
 rename xen/arch/x86/boot/{build32.lds => build32.lds.S} (57%)
 create mode 100644 xen/arch/x86/boot/reloc-trampoline.c
 create mode 100755 xen/tools/combine_two_binaries