If the kernel image has not been moved from the place where it was loaded by the firmware, just call the kernel entrypoint directly, and keep the MMU and caches enabled. This removes the need for any cache invalidation in the entry path. Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/arm64/kernel/efi-entry.S | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/efi-entry.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/efi-entry.S index 61a87fa1c305..0da0b373cf32 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/efi-entry.S +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/efi-entry.S @@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ SYM_CODE_START(efi_enter_kernel) add x19, x0, x2 // relocated Image entrypoint mov x20, x1 // DTB address + adrp x3, _text // just call the entrypoint + cmp x0, x3 // directly if the image was + b.eq 2f // not moved around in memory + /* * Clean the copied Image to the PoC, and ensure it is not shadowed by * stale icache entries from before relocation. -- 2.30.2
