Adding some named people to the 'To' list to try and elicit review
comments... :-)
On Fri, 2012-12-07 at 11:35 +0000, Jon Medhurst (Tixy) wrote:
> To enable CPU hotplug the need to provide some boot code at the reset
> vector and which survives after the kernel has booted without being
> overwritten. We achieve this by the getting the linker script to place
> the code in boot.S at address zero. This now means we can delete the
> code that relocates the secondary CPU pen code to "a location less
> likely to be overridden".
>
> We then modify the boot protocol slightly to allow hot-plugging of any
> CPU, including CPU #0, when the system is already booted. This is done
> by checking if SYS_FLAGS is already set before the normal check for CPU0
> and the boot-or-wait decision made.
>
> This patch is based on work by Nicolas Pitre.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jon Medhurst <tixy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> boot.S | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
> model.lds.S | 3 ++-
> 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/boot.S b/boot.S
> index dd453e3..fb56693 100644
> --- a/boot.S
> +++ b/boot.S
> @@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
> .arch_extension virt
> .text
>
> + b start @ Must be first instruction for power on reset vector
> +
> .macro enter_hyp
> @ We assume we're entered in Secure Supervisor mode. To
> @ get to Hyp mode we have to pass through Monitor mode
> @@ -119,27 +121,32 @@ start:
> orr r0, r0, r1
> mcr p15, 0, r0, c1, c1, 2
>
> - @ Check CPU nr again
> - mrc p15, 0, r0, c0, c0, 5 @ MPIDR (ARMv7 only)
> - bfc r0, #24, #8 @ CPU number, taking multicluster into account
> - cmp r0, #0 @ primary CPU?
> - beq 2f
> -
> - @
> - @ Secondary CPUs (following the RealView SMP booting protocol)
> - @
> - enter_hyp
> -
> - ldr r1, =fs_start - 0x100
> - adr r2, 1f
> - ldmia r2, {r3 - r7} @ move the code to a location
> - stmia r1, {r3 - r7} @ less likely to be overridden
> + /*
> + * If SYS_FLAGS is already set, this is a warm boot and we blindly
> + * branch to the indicated address right away, irrespective of the
> + * CPU we are.
> + */
> #ifdef VEXPRESS
> ldr r0, =0x1c010030 @ VE SYS_FLAGS register
> #else
> ldr r0, =0x10000030 @ RealView SYS_FLAGS register
> #endif
> - mov pc, r1 @ branch to the relocated code
> + ldr r1, [r0]
> + cmp r1, #0
> + beq 1f
> + enter_hyp
> + bx r1
> +1:
> + /*
> + * Otherwise this is a cold boot. In this case it depends if
> + * we are the primary CPU or not. The primary CPU boots the system
> + * while the secondaries wait for the primary to set SYS_FLAGS.
> + */
> + mrc p15, 0, r1, c0, c0, 5
> + bics r1, #0xff000000
> + beq 2f
> +
> + enter_hyp
> 1:
> #ifdef VEXPRESS
> wfe
> @@ -147,7 +154,7 @@ start:
> ldr r1, [r0]
> cmp r1, #0
> beq 1b
> - mov pc, r1 @ branch to the given address
> + bx r1 @ branch to the given address
> #endif
>
> 2:
> diff --git a/model.lds.S b/model.lds.S
> index 793df89..f37824e 100644
> --- a/model.lds.S
> +++ b/model.lds.S
> @@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ STACKTOP = 0xff000000;
>
> SECTIONS
> {
> - . = PHYS_OFFSET;
> + . = 0;
> + .boot : { boot.o }
>
> . = PHYS_OFFSET + 0x8000 - 0x40;
>
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