Introduce `el3_runtime` and `PSCI` libraries

This patch moves the PSCI services and BL31 frameworks like context
management and per-cpu data into new library components `PSCI` and
`el3_runtime` resp

Introduce `el3_runtime` and `PSCI` libraries

This patch moves the PSCI services and BL31 frameworks like context
management and per-cpu data into new library components `PSCI` and
`el3_runtime` respectively. This enables PSCI to be built independently from
BL31. A new `psci_lib.mk` makefile is introduced which adds the relevant
PSCI library sources and gets included by `bl31.mk`. Other changes which
are done as part of this patch are:

* The runtime services framework is now moved to the `common/` folder to
enable reuse.
* The `asm_macros.S` and `assert_macros.S` helpers are moved to architecture
specific folder.
* The `plat_psci_common.c` is moved from the `plat/common/aarch64/` folder
to `plat/common` folder. The original file location now has a stub which
just includes the file from new location to maintain platform compatibility.

Most of the changes wouldn't affect platform builds as they just involve
changes to the generic bl1.mk and bl31.mk makefiles.

NOTE: THE `plat_psci_common.c` FILE HAS MOVED LOCATION AND THE STUB FILE AT
THE ORIGINAL LOCATION IS NOW DEPRECATED. PLATFORMS SHOULD MODIFY THEIR
MAKEFILES TO INCLUDE THE FILE FROM THE NEW LOCATION.

Change-Id: I6bd87d5b59424995c6a65ef8076d4fda91ad5e86

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Merge pull request #662 from sandrine-bailleux-arm/sb/rodata-xn

Map read-only data as execute-never

Introduce SEPARATE_CODE_AND_RODATA build flag

At the moment, all BL images share a similar memory layout: they start
with their code section, followed by their read-only data section.
The two sectio

Introduce SEPARATE_CODE_AND_RODATA build flag

At the moment, all BL images share a similar memory layout: they start
with their code section, followed by their read-only data section.
The two sections are contiguous in memory. Therefore, the end of the
code section and the beginning of the read-only data one might share
a memory page. This forces both to be mapped with the same memory
attributes. As the code needs to be executable, this means that the
read-only data stored on the same memory page as the code are
executable as well. This could potentially be exploited as part of
a security attack.

This patch introduces a new build flag called
SEPARATE_CODE_AND_RODATA, which isolates the code and read-only data
on separate memory pages. This in turn allows independent control of
the access permissions for the code and read-only data.

This has an impact on memory footprint, as padding bytes need to be
introduced between the code and read-only data to ensure the
segragation of the two. To limit the memory cost, the memory layout
of the read-only section has been changed in this case.

- When SEPARATE_CODE_AND_RODATA=0, the layout is unchanged, i.e.
the read-only section still looks like this (padding omitted):

| ... |
+-------------------+
| Exception vectors |
+-------------------+
| Read-only data |
+-------------------+
| Code |
+-------------------+ BLx_BASE

In this case, the linker script provides the limits of the whole
read-only section.

- When SEPARATE_CODE_AND_RODATA=1, the exception vectors and
read-only data are swapped, such that the code and exception
vectors are contiguous, followed by the read-only data. This
gives the following new layout (padding omitted):

| ... |
+-------------------+
| Read-only data |
+-------------------+
| Exception vectors |
+-------------------+
| Code |
+-------------------+ BLx_BASE

In this case, the linker script now exports 2 sets of addresses
instead: the limits of the code and the limits of the read-only
data. Refer to the Firmware Design guide for more details. This
provides platform code with a finer-grained view of the image
layout and allows it to map these 2 regions with the appropriate
access permissions.

Note that SEPARATE_CODE_AND_RODATA applies to all BL images.

Change-Id: I936cf80164f6b66b6ad52b8edacadc532c935a49

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Merge pull request #652 from soby-mathew/sm/pmf_psci_stat

Introduce PMF and implement PSCI STAT APIs

Add optional PSCI STAT residency & count functions

This patch adds following optional PSCI STAT functions:

- PSCI_STAT_RESIDENCY: This call returns the amount of time spent
in power_state in micr

Add optional PSCI STAT residency & count functions

This patch adds following optional PSCI STAT functions:

- PSCI_STAT_RESIDENCY: This call returns the amount of time spent
in power_state in microseconds, by the node represented by the
`target_cpu` and the highest level of `power_state`.

- PSCI_STAT_COUNT: This call returns the number of times a
`power_state` has been used by the node represented by the
`target_cpu` and the highest power level of `power_state`.

These APIs provides residency statistics for power states that has
been used by the platform. They are implemented according to v1.0
of the PSCI specification.

By default this optional feature is disabled in the PSCI
implementation. To enable it, set the boolean flag
`ENABLE_PSCI_STAT` to 1. This also sets `ENABLE_PMF` to 1.

Change-Id: Ie62e9d37d6d416ccb1813acd7f616d1ddd3e8aff

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Add Performance Measurement Framework(PMF)

This patch adds Performance Measurement Framework(PMF) in the
ARM Trusted Firmware. PMF is implemented as a library and the
SMC interface is provided throu

Add Performance Measurement Framework(PMF)

This patch adds Performance Measurement Framework(PMF) in the
ARM Trusted Firmware. PMF is implemented as a library and the
SMC interface is provided through ARM SiP service.

The PMF provides capturing, storing, dumping and retrieving the
time-stamps, by enabling the development of services by different
providers, that can be easily integrated into ARM Trusted Firmware.
The PMF capture and retrieval APIs can also do appropriate cache
maintenance operations to the timestamp memory when the caller
indicates so.

`pmf_main.c` consists of core functions that implement service
registration, initialization, storing, dumping and retrieving
the time-stamp.
`pmf_smc.c` consists SMC handling for registered PMF services.
`pmf.h` consists of the macros that can be used by the PMF service
providers to register service and declare time-stamp functions.
`pmf_helpers.h` consists of internal macros that are used by `pmf.h`

By default this feature is disabled in the ARM trusted firmware.
To enable it set the boolean flag `ENABLE_PMF` to 1.

NOTE: The caller is responsible for specifying the appropriate cache
maintenance flags and for acquiring/releasing appropriate locks
before/after capturing/retrieving the time-stamps.

Change-Id: Ib45219ac07c2a81b9726ef6bd9c190cc55e81854

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Merge pull request #643 from sandrine-bailleux-arm/sb/checkpatch-conf-file

Move checkpatch options in a configuration file

Merge pull request #639 from danh-arm/dh/import-libfdt

Import libfdt v1.4.1 and related changes

Move checkpatch options in a configuration file

At the moment, the top Makefile specifies the options to pass to the
checkpatch script in order to check the coding style. The checkpatch
script also

Move checkpatch options in a configuration file

At the moment, the top Makefile specifies the options to pass to the
checkpatch script in order to check the coding style. The checkpatch
script also supports reading its options from a configuration file
rather than from the command line.

This patch makes use of this feature and moves the checkpatch options
out of the Makefile. This simplifies the Makefile and makes things
clearer.

This patch also adds some more checkpatch options:
--showfile
--ignore FILE_PATH_CHANGES
--ignore AVOID_EXTERNS
--ignore NEW_TYPEDEFS
--ignore VOLATILE
The rationale behind each of these options has been documented
in the configuration file.

Change-Id: I423e1abe5670c0f57046cbf705f89a8463898676

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Merge pull request #636 from soby-mathew/sm/cpu_ctx_rem_aarch32_regs

Build option to include AArch32 registers in cpu context

Exclude more files from checkpatch and checkcodebase

Exclude documentation files from the `make checkcodebase` target
(these files were already excluded from checkpatch).

Also exclude libfdt files

Exclude more files from checkpatch and checkcodebase

Exclude documentation files from the `make checkcodebase` target
(these files were already excluded from checkpatch).

Also exclude libfdt files to prepare for import of this library.

Change-Id: Iee597ed66494de2b11cf84096f771f1f04472d5b

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Move stdlib header files to include/lib/stdlib

* Move stdlib header files from include/stdlib to include/lib/stdlib for
consistency with other library headers.
* Fix checkpatch paths to continue e

Move stdlib header files to include/lib/stdlib

* Move stdlib header files from include/stdlib to include/lib/stdlib for
consistency with other library headers.
* Fix checkpatch paths to continue excluding stdlib files.
* Create stdlib.mk to define the stdlib source files and include directories.
* Include stdlib.mk from the top level Makefile.
* Update stdlib header path in the fip_create Makefile.
* Update porting-guide.md with the new paths.

Change-Id: Ia92c2dc572e9efb54a783e306b5ceb2ce24d27fa

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Build option to include AArch32 registers in cpu context

The system registers that are saved and restored in CPU context include
AArch32 systems registers like SPSR_ABT, SPSR_UND, SPSR_IRQ, SPSR_FIQ

Build option to include AArch32 registers in cpu context

The system registers that are saved and restored in CPU context include
AArch32 systems registers like SPSR_ABT, SPSR_UND, SPSR_IRQ, SPSR_FIQ,
DACR32_EL2, IFSR32_EL2 and FPEXC32_EL2. Accessing these registers on an
AArch64-only (i.e. on hardware that does not implement AArch32, or at
least not at EL1 and higher ELs) platform leads to an exception. This patch
introduces the build option `CTX_INCLUDE_AARCH32_REGS` to specify whether to
include these AArch32 systems registers in the cpu context or not. By default
this build option is set to 1 to ensure compatibility. AArch64-only platforms
must set it to 0. A runtime check is added in BL1 and BL31 cold boot path to
verify this.

Fixes ARM-software/tf-issues#386

Change-Id: I720cdbd7ed7f7d8516635a2ec80d025f478b95ee

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Merge pull request #595 from sandrine-bailleux-arm/sb/unoptimised-build

Add support for unoptimised (-O0) build

Give user's compiler flags precedence over default ones

The user can provide additional CFLAGS to use when building TF.
However, these custom CFLAGS are currently prepended to the
standard CFLAGS th

Give user's compiler flags precedence over default ones

The user can provide additional CFLAGS to use when building TF.
However, these custom CFLAGS are currently prepended to the
standard CFLAGS that are hardcoded in the TF build system. This
is an issue because when providing conflicting compiler flags
(e.g. different optimisations levels like -O1 and -O0), the last
one on the command line usually takes precedence. This means that
the user flags get overriden.

To address this problem, this patch separates the TF CFLAGS from
the user CFLAGS. The former are now stored in the TF_CFLAGS make
variable, whereas the CFLAGS make variable is untouched and reserved
for the user. The order of the 2 sets of flags is enforced when
invoking the compiler.

Fixes ARM-Software/tf-issues#350

Change-Id: Ib189f44555b885f1dffbec6015092f381600e560

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Merge pull request #588 from antonio-nino-diaz-arm/an/ignore-check-md

Fix style check and remove markdown files from it

Remove markdown files from coding style check

All markdown (.md) files in the root directory of the repository and
all the files inside the 'docs' directory have been removed from
ROOT_DIRS_TO_CHECK

Remove markdown files from coding style check

All markdown (.md) files in the root directory of the repository and
all the files inside the 'docs' directory have been removed from
ROOT_DIRS_TO_CHECK in the Makefile in order not to perform the coding
style check on them.

Change-Id: Iac397b44f95cbcdb9a52cc20bf69998c394ac00a

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Fix list of paths to perform coding style check on

Removed an extra parentheses that produced an invalid list of files
and directories to check by checkpatch.pl.

Change-Id: Iefe2c1f8be6e7b7b58f6ffe

Fix list of paths to perform coding style check on

Removed an extra parentheses that produced an invalid list of files
and directories to check by checkpatch.pl.

Change-Id: Iefe2c1f8be6e7b7b58f6ffe3e16fe6336b9a8689

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Merge pull request #587 from antonio-nino-diaz-arm/an/rename-bl33-base

Rename BL33_BASE and make it work with RESET_TO_BL31

Merge pull request #586 from antonio-nino-diaz-arm/an/spd-bl32

Remove BL32_BASE when building without SPD for FVP

Rename BL33_BASE option to PRELOADED_BL33_BASE

To avoid confusion the build option BL33_BASE has been renamed to
PRELOADED_BL33_BASE, which is more descriptive of what it does and
doesn't get mistak

Rename BL33_BASE option to PRELOADED_BL33_BASE

To avoid confusion the build option BL33_BASE has been renamed to
PRELOADED_BL33_BASE, which is more descriptive of what it does and
doesn't get mistaken by similar names like BL32_BASE that work in a
completely different way.

NOTE: PLATFORMS USING BUILD OPTION `BL33_BASE` MUST CHANGE TO THE NEW
BUILD OPTION `PRELOADED_BL33_BASE`.

Change-Id: I658925ebe95406edf0325f15aa1752e1782aa45b

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Remove BL32_BASE when building without SPD for FVP

Previously, when building TF without SPD support, BL2 tried to load a
BL32 image from the FIP and fails to find one, which resulted on
warning mess

Remove BL32_BASE when building without SPD for FVP

Previously, when building TF without SPD support, BL2 tried to load a
BL32 image from the FIP and fails to find one, which resulted on
warning messages on the console. Even if there is a BL32 image in the
FIP it shouldn't be loaded because there is no way to transfer
control to the Secure Payload without SPD support.

The Makefile has been modified to pass a define of the form
SPD_${SPD} to the source code the same way it's done for PLAT. The
define SPD_none is then used to undefine BL32_BASE when BL32 is not
used to prevent BL2 from trying to load a BL32 image and failing,
thus removing the warning messages mentioned above.

Fixes ARM-software/tf-issues#287

Change-Id: Ifeb6f1c26935efb76afd353fea88e87ba09e9658

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Merge pull request #578 from EvanLloyd/ejll/woa_make2

Make improvements for host environment portability

Merge pull request #577 from antonio-nino-diaz-arm/an/remove-xlat-helpers

Remove xlat_helpers.c

Make:Allow for extension in tool names.

In some build environments executable programs have a specific file
extension. The value of BIN_EXT is appended to the relevant tool file
names to allow for

Make:Allow for extension in tool names.

In some build environments executable programs have a specific file
extension. The value of BIN_EXT is appended to the relevant tool file
names to allow for this.
The value of BIN_EXT is set, where appropriate, by the build environment
specific make helper (to .exe for Windows build environments).

.gitignore is updated to hide the new (.exe) files.

Change-Id: Icc32f64b750e425265075ad4e0dea18129640b86

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