Rework handover interface between BL stages

This patch reworks the handover interface from: BL1 to BL2 and
BL2 to BL3-1. It removes the raise_el(), change_el(), drop_el()
and run_image() functions a

Rework handover interface between BL stages

This patch reworks the handover interface from: BL1 to BL2 and
BL2 to BL3-1. It removes the raise_el(), change_el(), drop_el()
and run_image() functions as they catered for code paths that were
never exercised.
BL1 calls bl1_run_bl2() to jump into BL2 instead of doing the same
by calling run_image(). Similarly, BL2 issues the SMC to transfer
execution to BL3-1 through BL1 directly. Only x0 and x1 are used
to pass arguments to BL31. These arguments and parameters for
running BL3-1 are passed through a reference to a
'el_change_info_t' structure. They were being passed value in
general purpose registers earlier.

Change-Id: Id4fd019a19a9595de063766d4a66295a2c9307e1

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Introduce macros to manipulate the SPSR

This patch introduces macros (SPSR_64 and SPSR_32) to
create a SPSR for both aarch32 and aarch64 execution
states. These macros allow the user to set fields
i

Introduce macros to manipulate the SPSR

This patch introduces macros (SPSR_64 and SPSR_32) to
create a SPSR for both aarch32 and aarch64 execution
states. These macros allow the user to set fields
in the SPSR depending upon its format.
The make_spsr() function which did not allow
manipulation of all the fields in the aarch32 SPSR
has been replaced by these new macros.

Change-Id: I9425dda0923e8d5f03d03ddb8fa0e28392c4c61e

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Access system registers directly in assembler

Instead of using the system register helper functions to read
or write system registers, assembler coded functions should
use MRS/MSR instructions. This

Access system registers directly in assembler

Instead of using the system register helper functions to read
or write system registers, assembler coded functions should
use MRS/MSR instructions. This results in faster and more
compact code.

This change replaces all usage of the helper functions with
direct register accesses.

Change-Id: I791d5f11f257010bb3e6a72c6c5ab8779f1982b3

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Correct usage of data and instruction barriers

The current code does not always use data and instruction
barriers as required by the architecture and frequently uses
barriers excessively due to thei

Correct usage of data and instruction barriers

The current code does not always use data and instruction
barriers as required by the architecture and frequently uses
barriers excessively due to their inclusion in all of the
write_*() helper functions.

Barriers should be used explicitly in assembler or C code
when modifying processor state that requires the barriers in
order to enable review of correctness of the code.

This patch removes the barriers from the helper functions and
introduces them as necessary elsewhere in the code.

PORTING NOTE: check any port of Trusted Firmware for use of
system register helper functions for reliance on the previous
barrier behaviour and add explicit barriers as necessary.

Fixes ARM-software/tf-issues#92

Change-Id: Ie63e187404ff10e0bdcb39292dd9066cb84c53bf

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Reduce deep nesting of header files

Reduce the number of header files included from other header
files as much as possible without splitting the files. Use forward
declarations where possible. This

Reduce deep nesting of header files

Reduce the number of header files included from other header
files as much as possible without splitting the files. Use forward
declarations where possible. This allows removal of some unnecessary
"#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__" statements.

Also, review the .c and .S files for which header files really need
including and reorder the #include statements alphabetically.

Fixes ARM-software/tf-issues#31

Change-Id: Iec92fb976334c77453e010b60bcf56f3be72bd3e

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Always use named structs in header files

Add tag names to all unnamed structs in header files. This
allows forward declaration of structs, which is necessary to
reduce header file nesting (to be imp

Always use named structs in header files

Add tag names to all unnamed structs in header files. This
allows forward declaration of structs, which is necessary to
reduce header file nesting (to be implemented in a subsequent
commit).

Also change the typedef names across the codebase to use the _t
suffix to be more conformant with the Linux coding style. The
coding style actually prefers us not to use typedefs at all but
this is considered a step too far for Trusted Firmware.

Also change the IO framework structs defintions to use typedef'd
structs to be consistent with the rest of the codebase.

Change-Id: I722b2c86fc0d92e4da3b15e5cab20373dd26786f

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Separate BL functions out of arch.h

Move the BL function prototypes out of arch.h and into the
appropriate header files to allow more efficient header file
inclusion. Create new BL private header fi

Separate BL functions out of arch.h

Move the BL function prototypes out of arch.h and into the
appropriate header files to allow more efficient header file
inclusion. Create new BL private header files where there is no
sensible existing header file.

Change-Id: I45f3e10b72b5d835254a6f25a5e47cf4cfb274c3

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Remove vpath usage in makefiles

Remove all usage of the vpath keyword in makefiles as it was prone
to mistakes. Specify the relative paths to source files instead.

Also reorder source files in make

Remove vpath usage in makefiles

Remove all usage of the vpath keyword in makefiles as it was prone
to mistakes. Specify the relative paths to source files instead.

Also reorder source files in makefiles alphabetically.

Fixes ARM-software/tf-issues#121

Change-Id: Id15f60655444bae60e0e2165259efac71a50928b

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Make use of user/system includes more consistent

Make codebase consistent in its use of #include "" syntax for
user includes and #include <> syntax for system includes.

Fixes ARM-software/tf-issues

Make use of user/system includes more consistent

Make codebase consistent in its use of #include "" syntax for
user includes and #include <> syntax for system includes.

Fixes ARM-software/tf-issues#65

Change-Id: If2f7c4885173b1fd05ac2cde5f1c8a07000c7a33

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Move include and source files to logical locations

Move almost all system include files to a logical sub-directory
under ./include. The only remaining system include directories
not under ./include

Move include and source files to logical locations

Move almost all system include files to a logical sub-directory
under ./include. The only remaining system include directories
not under ./include are specific to the platform. Move the
corresponding source files to match the include directory
structure.

Also remove pm.h as it is no longer used.

Change-Id: Ie5ea6368ec5fad459f3e8a802ad129135527f0b3

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Place assembler functions in separate sections

This extends the --gc-sections behaviour to the many assembler
support functions in the firmware images by placing each function
into its own code sect

Place assembler functions in separate sections

This extends the --gc-sections behaviour to the many assembler
support functions in the firmware images by placing each function
into its own code section. This is achieved by creating a 'func'
macro used to declare each function label.

Fixes ARM-software/tf-issues#80

Change-Id: I301937b630add292d2dec6d2561a7fcfa6fec690

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Use --gc-sections during link

All common functions are being built into all binary images,
whether or not they are actually used. This change enables the
use of -ffunction-sections, -fdata-sections

Use --gc-sections during link

All common functions are being built into all binary images,
whether or not they are actually used. This change enables the
use of -ffunction-sections, -fdata-sections and --gc-sections
in the compiler and linker to remove unused code and data from
the images.

Change-Id: Ia9f78c01054ac4fa15d145af38b88a0d6fb7d409

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Separate out BL2, BL3-1 and BL3-2 early exception vectors from BL1

bl1/aarch64/early_exceptions.S used to be re-used by BL2, BL3-1 and
BL3-2. There was some early SMC handling code in there that wa

Separate out BL2, BL3-1 and BL3-2 early exception vectors from BL1

bl1/aarch64/early_exceptions.S used to be re-used by BL2, BL3-1 and
BL3-2. There was some early SMC handling code in there that was not
required by the other bootloader stages. Therefore this patch
introduces an even simpler exception vector source file for BL2,
BL3-1 and BL3-2.

Fixes ARM-software/tf-issues#38

Change-Id: I0244b80e9930b0f8035156a0bf91cc3e9a8f995d

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Specify image entry in linker script

At present, the entry point for each BL image is specified via the
Makefiles and provided on the command line to the linker. When using a
link script the entry p

Specify image entry in linker script

At present, the entry point for each BL image is specified via the
Makefiles and provided on the command line to the linker. When using a
link script the entry point should rather be specified via the ENTRY()
directive in the link script.

This patch updates linker scripts of all BL images to specify the entry
point using the ENTRY() directive. It also removes the --entry flag
passed to the linker through Makefile.

Fixes issue ARM-software/tf-issues#66

Change-Id: I1369493ebbacea31885b51185441f6b628cf8da0

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Generate build time and date message at link time.

So it updates each time a bootloader changes, not just when bl*_main.c
files are recompiled.

Fixes ARM-software/tf-issues#33

Change-Id: Ie8e1a7bd

Generate build time and date message at link time.

So it updates each time a bootloader changes, not just when bl*_main.c
files are recompiled.

Fixes ARM-software/tf-issues#33

Change-Id: Ie8e1a7bd7e1913d2e96ac268606284f76af8c5ab
Signed-off-by: Jon Medhurst <tixy@linaro.org>

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Update Makefiles to get proper dependency checking working.

This change requires all platforms to now specify a list of source files
rather than object files.

New source files should preferably be

Update Makefiles to get proper dependency checking working.

This change requires all platforms to now specify a list of source files
rather than object files.

New source files should preferably be specified by using the path as
well and we should add this in the future for all files so we can remove
use of vpath. This is desirable because vpath hides issues like the fact
that BL2 currently pulls in a BL1 file bl1/aarch64/early_exceptions.S
and if in the future we added bl2/aarch64/early_exceptions.S then it's
likely only one of the two version would be used for both bootloaders.

This change also removes the 'dump' build target and simply gets
bootloaders to always generate a dump file. At the same time the -x
option is added so the section headers and symbols table are listed.

Fixes ARM-software/tf-issues#11

Change-Id: Ie38f7be76fed95756c8576cf3f3ea3b7015a18dc
Signed-off-by: Jon Medhurst <tixy@linaro.org>

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Remove duplicate xlat_table descriptions

The BL31 and BL2 linker scripts ended up having duplicate descriptions
for xlat_tables section. This patch removes those duplicate
descriptions.

Change-Id:

Remove duplicate xlat_table descriptions

The BL31 and BL2 linker scripts ended up having duplicate descriptions
for xlat_tables section. This patch removes those duplicate
descriptions.

Change-Id: Ibbdda0902c57fca5ea4e91e0baefa6df8f0a9bb1

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Factor out translation table setup in ARM FVP port

This patch factors out the ARM FVP specific code to create MMU
translation tables so that it is possible for a boot loader stage to
create a differ

Factor out translation table setup in ARM FVP port

This patch factors out the ARM FVP specific code to create MMU
translation tables so that it is possible for a boot loader stage to
create a different set of tables instead of using the default ones.
The default translation tables are created with the assumption that
the calling boot loader stage executes out of secure SRAM. This might
not be true for the BL3_2 stage in the future.

A boot loader stage can define the `fill_xlation_tables()` function as
per its requirements. It returns a reference to the level 1
translation table which is used by the common platform code to setup
the TTBR_EL3.

This patch is a temporary solution before a larger rework of
translation table creation logic is introduced.

Change-Id: I09a075d5da16822ee32a411a9dbe284718fb4ff6

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Add support for BL3-2 in BL2

This patch adds support for loading a BL3-2 image in BL2. In case a
BL3-2 image is found, it also passes information to BL3-1 about where it
is located and the extents o

Add support for BL3-2 in BL2

This patch adds support for loading a BL3-2 image in BL2. In case a
BL3-2 image is found, it also passes information to BL3-1 about where it
is located and the extents of memory available to it. Information about
memory extents is populated by platform specific code.

The documentation has also been updated to reflect the above changes.

Change-Id: I526b2efb80babebab1318f2b02e319a86d6758b0
Co-authored-by: Jeenu Viswambharan <jeenu.viswambharan@arm.com>

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Rework BL2 to BL3-1 hand over interface

This patch reworks BL2 to BL3-1 hand over interface by introducing a
composite structure (bl31_args) that holds the superset of information
that needs to be p

Rework BL2 to BL3-1 hand over interface

This patch reworks BL2 to BL3-1 hand over interface by introducing a
composite structure (bl31_args) that holds the superset of information
that needs to be passed from BL2 to BL3-1.

- The extents of secure memory available to BL3-1
- The extents of memory available to BL3-2 (not yet implemented) and
BL3-3
- Information to execute BL3-2 (not yet implemented) and BL3-3 images

This patch also introduces a new platform API (bl2_get_bl31_args_ptr)
that needs to be implemented by the platform code to export reference to
bl31_args structure which has been allocated in platform-defined memory.

The platform will initialize the extents of memory available to BL3-3
during early platform setup in bl31_args structure. This obviates the
need for bl2_get_ns_mem_layout platform API.

BL2 calls the bl2_get_bl31_args_ptr function to get a reference to
bl31_args structure. It uses the 'bl33_meminfo' field of this structure
to load the BL3-3 image. It sets the entry point information for the
BL3-3 image in the 'bl33_image_info' field of this structure. The
reference to this structure is passed to the BL3-1 image.

Also fixes issue ARM-software/tf-issues#25

Change-Id: Ic36426196dd5ebf89e60ff42643bed01b3500517

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Setup VBAR_EL3 incrementally

This patch ensures that VBAR_EL3 points to the simple stack-less
'early_exceptions' when the C runtime stack is not correctly setup to
use the more complex 'runtime_exce

Setup VBAR_EL3 incrementally

This patch ensures that VBAR_EL3 points to the simple stack-less
'early_exceptions' when the C runtime stack is not correctly setup to
use the more complex 'runtime_exceptions'. It is initialised to
'runtime_exceptions' once this is done.

This patch also moves all exception vectors into a '.vectors' section
and modifies linker scripts to place all such sections together. This
will minimize space wastage from alignment restrictions.

Change-Id: I8c3e596ea3412c8bd582af9e8d622bb1cb2e049d

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Move translation tables into separate section

This patch moves the translation tables into their own section. This
saves space that would otherwise have been lost in padding due to page
table alignm

Move translation tables into separate section

This patch moves the translation tables into their own section. This
saves space that would otherwise have been lost in padding due to page
table alignment constraints. The BL31 and BL32 bases have been
consequently adjusted.

Change-Id: Ibd65ae8a5ce4c4ea9a71a794c95bbff40dc63e65

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Add Firmware Image Package (FIP) driver

The Firmware Image Package (FIP) driver allows for data to be loaded
from a FIP on platform storage. The FVP supports loading bootloader
images from a FIP loc

Add Firmware Image Package (FIP) driver

The Firmware Image Package (FIP) driver allows for data to be loaded
from a FIP on platform storage. The FVP supports loading bootloader
images from a FIP located in NOR FLASH.

The implemented FVP policy states that bootloader images will be
loaded from a FIP in NOR FLASH if available and fall back to loading
individual images from semi-hosting.

NOTE:
- BL3-3(e.g. UEFI) is loaded into DRAM and needs to be configured
to run from the BL33_BASE address. This is currently set to
DRAM_BASE+128MB for the FVP.

Change-Id: I2e4821748e3376b5f9e467cf3ec09509e43579a0

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Build system: minor spacing tidyup

Tidy up the spacing of variable definitions within the makefiles to make
them more consistent, easier to read and amend.

Change-Id: Ic6d7c8489ca4330824abb5cd1ead8

Build system: minor spacing tidyup

Tidy up the spacing of variable definitions within the makefiles to make
them more consistent, easier to read and amend.

Change-Id: Ic6d7c8489ca4330824abb5cd1ead8f1d449d1a85
Signed-off-by: Ryan Harkin <ryan.harkin@linaro.org>

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Build system: Fixes #2: Add multi-platform support

Move all explicit platform or architecture specific references
into a new platform.mk file that is defined for each platform.

Change-Id: I9d6320d1

Build system: Fixes #2: Add multi-platform support

Move all explicit platform or architecture specific references
into a new platform.mk file that is defined for each platform.

Change-Id: I9d6320d1ba957e0cc8d9b316b3578132331fa428
Signed-off-by: Ryan Harkin <ryan.harkin@linaro.org>

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