On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 05:44:29PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > In preparation of turning the decompressor's cache clean/flush > operations into proper by-VA maintenance for v7 cores, pass the > start and end addresses of the regions that need cache maintenance > into cache_clean_flush in registers r0 and r1. Where's the documentation of the new calling convention? This is assembly code, it needs such things documented as there's no function prototypes to give that information. > > Currently, all implementations of cache_clean_flush ignore these > values, so no functional change is expected as a result of this > patch. > > Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S | 28 +++++++++++++++++--- > 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S > index 7b86a2e1acce..935799b92198 100644 > --- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S > +++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S > @@ -525,12 +525,15 @@ dtb_check_done: > /* cache_clean_flush may use the stack, so relocate it */ > add sp, sp, r6 > #endif > - > + mov r0, r9 > + ldr r1, 0f > + add r1, r1, r0 > bl cache_clean_flush > > badr r0, restart > add r0, r0, r6 > mov pc, r0 > +0: .long _edata - restart > > wont_overwrite: > /* > @@ -622,6 +625,21 @@ not_relocated: mov r0, #0 > add r2, sp, #0x10000 @ 64k max > mov r3, r7 > bl decompress_kernel > + > + mov r0, r4 @ base of inflated image > + adr r1, LC0 @ actual LC0 > + ldr r2, [r1] @ linktime LC0 > + sub r2, r1, r2 @ LC0 delta > + ldr r1, [r1, #16] @ link time inflated size offset > + ldr r1, [r1, r2] @ actual inflated size (LE) > +#ifdef __ARMEB__ > + /* convert to big endian */ > + eor r2, r1, r1, ror #16 > + bic r2, r2, #0x00ff0000 > + mov r1, r1, ror #8 > + eor r1, r1, r2, lsr #8 > +#endif > + add r1, r1, r0 @ end of inflated image > bl cache_clean_flush > bl cache_off > > @@ -1439,6 +1457,7 @@ reloc_code_end: > #ifdef CONFIG_EFI_STUB > .align 2 > _start: .long start - . > +__edata: .long _edata - . > > ENTRY(efi_stub_entry) > @ allocate space on stack for passing current zImage address > @@ -1470,8 +1489,11 @@ ENTRY(efi_stub_entry) > .align 2 > 0: .long start - (. + 4) > > - @ Preserve return value of efi_entry() in r4 > - mov r4, r0 > + mov r4, r0 @ preserve DTB pointer > + mov r0, r1 @ start of image > + adr r2, __edata > + ldr r1, [r2] > + add r1, r1, r2 @ end of image > bl cache_clean_flush > bl cache_off > > -- > 2.17.1 > > -- RMK's Patch system: https://www.armlinux.org.uk/developer/patches/ FTTC broadband for 0.8mile line in suburbia: sync at 12.1Mbps down 622kbps up According to speedtest.net: 11.9Mbps down 500kbps up