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[16/17] xen/arm64: head: Rework and document launch()

Message ID 20190610193215.23704-17-julien.grall@arm.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series xen/arm64: Rework head.S to make it more compliant with the Arm Arm | expand

Commit Message

Julien Grall June 10, 2019, 7:32 p.m. UTC
Boot CPU and secondary CPUs will use different entry point to C code. At
the moment, the decision on which entry to use is taken within launch().

In order to avoid a branch for the decision and make the code clearer,
launch() is reworked to take in parameters the entry point and its
arguments.

Lastly, document the behavior and the main registers usage within the
function.

Signed-off-by: Julien Grall <julien.grall@arm.com>
---
 xen/arch/arm/arm64/head.S | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

Comments

Stefano Stabellini June 26, 2019, 7:12 p.m. UTC | #1
On Mon, 10 Jun 2019, Julien Grall wrote:
> Boot CPU and secondary CPUs will use different entry point to C code. At
> the moment, the decision on which entry to use is taken within launch().
> 
> In order to avoid a branch for the decision and make the code clearer,
> launch() is reworked to take in parameters the entry point and its
> arguments.
> 
> Lastly, document the behavior and the main registers usage within the
> function.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julien Grall <julien.grall@arm.com>
> ---
>  xen/arch/arm/arm64/head.S | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
>  1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/arm64/head.S b/xen/arch/arm/arm64/head.S
> index 4f7fa6769f..130ab66d8e 100644
> --- a/xen/arch/arm/arm64/head.S
> +++ b/xen/arch/arm/arm64/head.S
> @@ -312,6 +312,11 @@ primary_switched:
>          /* Use a virtual address to access the UART. */
>          ldr   x23, =EARLY_UART_VIRTUAL_ADDRESS
>  #endif
> +        PRINT("- Ready -\r\n")
> +        /* Setup the arguments for start_xen and jump to C world */
> +        mov   x0, x20                /* x0 := phys_offset */
> +        mov   x1, x21                /* x1 := paddr(FDT) */
> +        ldr   x2, =start_xen
>          b     launch
>  ENDPROC(real_start)
>  
> @@ -374,6 +379,9 @@ secondary_switched:
>          /* Use a virtual address to access the UART. */
>          ldr   x23, =EARLY_UART_VIRTUAL_ADDRESS
>  #endif
> +        PRINT("- Ready -\r\n")
> +        /* Jump to C world */
> +        ldr   x2, =start_secondary
>          b     launch
>  ENDPROC(init_secondary)
>  
> @@ -734,23 +742,24 @@ setup_fixmap:
>          ret
>  ENDPROC(setup_fixmap)
>  
> +/*
> + * Setup the initial stack and jump to the C world
> + *
> + * Inputs:
> + *   x0 : Argument 0 of the C function to call
> + *   x1 : Argument 1 of the C function to call
> + *   x2 : C entry point

I know it is the last one before C-land, but we might as well add a
"Clobbers" section too, just in case. Here it clobbers x4 (or x3, see
below).


> + */
>  launch:
> -        PRINT("- Ready -\r\n")
> -
> -        ldr   x0, =init_data
> -        add   x0, x0, #INITINFO_stack /* Find the boot-time stack */
> -        ldr   x0, [x0]
> -        add   x0, x0, #STACK_SIZE    /* (which grows down from the top). */
> -        sub   x0, x0, #CPUINFO_sizeof /* Make room for CPU save record */
> -        mov   sp, x0
> -
> -        cbnz  x22, 1f
> -
> -        mov   x0, x20                /* Marshal args: - phys_offset */
> -        mov   x1, x21                /*               - FDT */
> -        b     start_xen              /* and disappear into the land of C */
> -1:
> -        b     start_secondary        /* (to the appropriate entry point) */
> +        ldr   x4, =init_data

why not use x3 instead of x4?


> +        add   x4, x4, #INITINFO_stack /* Find the boot-time stack */
> +        ldr   x4, [x4]
> +        add   x4, x4, #STACK_SIZE    /* (which grows down from the top). */

If you are going to respin it, could you please align the comments a bit
better (one space to the right)?


> +        sub   x4, x4, #CPUINFO_sizeof /* Make room for CPU save record */
> +        mov   sp, x4
> +
> +        /* Jump to C world */
> +        br    x2
>  ENDPROC(launch)
>  
>  /* Fail-stop */
Julien Grall June 26, 2019, 8:09 p.m. UTC | #2
Hi Stefano,

On 6/26/19 8:12 PM, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Jun 2019, Julien Grall wrote:
>> Boot CPU and secondary CPUs will use different entry point to C code. At
>> the moment, the decision on which entry to use is taken within launch().
>>
>> In order to avoid a branch for the decision and make the code clearer,
>> launch() is reworked to take in parameters the entry point and its
>> arguments.
>>
>> Lastly, document the behavior and the main registers usage within the
>> function.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Julien Grall <julien.grall@arm.com>
>> ---
>>   xen/arch/arm/arm64/head.S | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
>>   1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/arm64/head.S b/xen/arch/arm/arm64/head.S
>> index 4f7fa6769f..130ab66d8e 100644
>> --- a/xen/arch/arm/arm64/head.S
>> +++ b/xen/arch/arm/arm64/head.S
>> @@ -312,6 +312,11 @@ primary_switched:
>>           /* Use a virtual address to access the UART. */
>>           ldr   x23, =EARLY_UART_VIRTUAL_ADDRESS
>>   #endif
>> +        PRINT("- Ready -\r\n")
>> +        /* Setup the arguments for start_xen and jump to C world */
>> +        mov   x0, x20                /* x0 := phys_offset */
>> +        mov   x1, x21                /* x1 := paddr(FDT) */
>> +        ldr   x2, =start_xen
>>           b     launch
>>   ENDPROC(real_start)
>>   
>> @@ -374,6 +379,9 @@ secondary_switched:
>>           /* Use a virtual address to access the UART. */
>>           ldr   x23, =EARLY_UART_VIRTUAL_ADDRESS
>>   #endif
>> +        PRINT("- Ready -\r\n")
>> +        /* Jump to C world */
>> +        ldr   x2, =start_secondary
>>           b     launch
>>   ENDPROC(init_secondary)
>>   
>> @@ -734,23 +742,24 @@ setup_fixmap:
>>           ret
>>   ENDPROC(setup_fixmap)
>>   
>> +/*
>> + * Setup the initial stack and jump to the C world
>> + *
>> + * Inputs:
>> + *   x0 : Argument 0 of the C function to call
>> + *   x1 : Argument 1 of the C function to call
>> + *   x2 : C entry point
> 
> I know it is the last one before C-land, but we might as well add a
> "Clobbers" section too, just in case. Here it clobbers x4 (or x3, see
> below).

Sure.

> 
> 
>> + */
>>   launch:
>> -        PRINT("- Ready -\r\n")
>> -
>> -        ldr   x0, =init_data
>> -        add   x0, x0, #INITINFO_stack /* Find the boot-time stack */
>> -        ldr   x0, [x0]
>> -        add   x0, x0, #STACK_SIZE    /* (which grows down from the top). */
>> -        sub   x0, x0, #CPUINFO_sizeof /* Make room for CPU save record */
>> -        mov   sp, x0
>> -
>> -        cbnz  x22, 1f
>> -
>> -        mov   x0, x20                /* Marshal args: - phys_offset */
>> -        mov   x1, x21                /*               - FDT */
>> -        b     start_xen              /* and disappear into the land of C */
>> -1:
>> -        b     start_secondary        /* (to the appropriate entry point) */
>> +        ldr   x4, =init_data
> 
> why not use x3 instead of x4?

I think a remnant of early rework when start_secondary was taking 3 
parameters. I will update it.

> 
> 
>> +        add   x4, x4, #INITINFO_stack /* Find the boot-time stack */
>> +        ldr   x4, [x4]
>> +        add   x4, x4, #STACK_SIZE    /* (which grows down from the top). */
> 
> If you are going to respin it, could you please align the comments a bit
> better (one space to the right)?

Sure.

> 
> 
>> +        sub   x4, x4, #CPUINFO_sizeof /* Make room for CPU save record */
>> +        mov   sp, x4
>> +
>> +        /* Jump to C world */
>> +        br    x2
>>   ENDPROC(launch)
>>   
>>   /* Fail-stop */

Cheers,
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diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/arm64/head.S b/xen/arch/arm/arm64/head.S
index 4f7fa6769f..130ab66d8e 100644
--- a/xen/arch/arm/arm64/head.S
+++ b/xen/arch/arm/arm64/head.S
@@ -312,6 +312,11 @@  primary_switched:
         /* Use a virtual address to access the UART. */
         ldr   x23, =EARLY_UART_VIRTUAL_ADDRESS
 #endif
+        PRINT("- Ready -\r\n")
+        /* Setup the arguments for start_xen and jump to C world */
+        mov   x0, x20                /* x0 := phys_offset */
+        mov   x1, x21                /* x1 := paddr(FDT) */
+        ldr   x2, =start_xen
         b     launch
 ENDPROC(real_start)
 
@@ -374,6 +379,9 @@  secondary_switched:
         /* Use a virtual address to access the UART. */
         ldr   x23, =EARLY_UART_VIRTUAL_ADDRESS
 #endif
+        PRINT("- Ready -\r\n")
+        /* Jump to C world */
+        ldr   x2, =start_secondary
         b     launch
 ENDPROC(init_secondary)
 
@@ -734,23 +742,24 @@  setup_fixmap:
         ret
 ENDPROC(setup_fixmap)
 
+/*
+ * Setup the initial stack and jump to the C world
+ *
+ * Inputs:
+ *   x0 : Argument 0 of the C function to call
+ *   x1 : Argument 1 of the C function to call
+ *   x2 : C entry point
+ */
 launch:
-        PRINT("- Ready -\r\n")
-
-        ldr   x0, =init_data
-        add   x0, x0, #INITINFO_stack /* Find the boot-time stack */
-        ldr   x0, [x0]
-        add   x0, x0, #STACK_SIZE    /* (which grows down from the top). */
-        sub   x0, x0, #CPUINFO_sizeof /* Make room for CPU save record */
-        mov   sp, x0
-
-        cbnz  x22, 1f
-
-        mov   x0, x20                /* Marshal args: - phys_offset */
-        mov   x1, x21                /*               - FDT */
-        b     start_xen              /* and disappear into the land of C */
-1:
-        b     start_secondary        /* (to the appropriate entry point) */
+        ldr   x4, =init_data
+        add   x4, x4, #INITINFO_stack /* Find the boot-time stack */
+        ldr   x4, [x4]
+        add   x4, x4, #STACK_SIZE    /* (which grows down from the top). */
+        sub   x4, x4, #CPUINFO_sizeof /* Make room for CPU save record */
+        mov   sp, x4
+
+        /* Jump to C world */
+        br    x2
 ENDPROC(launch)
 
 /* Fail-stop */