Introduce unified API to zero memory

Introduce zeromem_dczva function on AArch64 that can handle unaligned
addresses and make use of DC ZVA instruction to zero a whole block at a
time. This zeroing

Introduce unified API to zero memory

Introduce zeromem_dczva function on AArch64 that can handle unaligned
addresses and make use of DC ZVA instruction to zero a whole block at a
time. This zeroing takes place directly in the cache to speed it up
without doing external memory access.

Remove the zeromem16 function on AArch64 and replace it with an alias to
zeromem. This zeromem16 function is now deprecated.

Remove the 16-bytes alignment constraint on __BSS_START__ in
firmware-design.md as it is now not mandatory anymore (it used to comply
with zeromem16 requirements).

Change the 16-bytes alignment constraints in SP min's linker script to a
8-bytes alignment constraint as the AArch32 zeromem implementation is now
more efficient on 8-bytes aligned addresses.

Introduce zero_normalmem and zeromem helpers in platform agnostic header
that are implemented this way:
* AArch32:
* zero_normalmem: zero using usual data access
* zeromem: alias for zero_normalmem
* AArch64:
* zero_normalmem: zero normal memory using DC ZVA instruction
(needs MMU enabled)
* zeromem: zero using usual data access

Usage guidelines: in most cases, zero_normalmem should be preferred.

There are 2 scenarios where zeromem (or memset) must be used instead:
* Code that must run with MMU disabled (which means all memory is
considered device memory for data accesses).
* Code that fills device memory with null bytes.

Optionally, the following rule can be applied if performance is
important:
* Code zeroing small areas (few bytes) that are not secrets should use
memset to take advantage of compiler optimizations.

Note: Code zeroing security-related critical information should use
zero_normalmem/zeromem instead of memset to avoid removal by
compilers' optimizations in some cases or misbehaving versions of GCC.

Fixes ARM-software/tf-issues#408

Change-Id: Iafd9663fc1070413c3e1904e54091cf60effaa82
Signed-off-by: Douglas Raillard <douglas.raillard@arm.com>

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AArch32: Fix the stack alignment issue

The AArch32 Procedure call Standard mandates that the stack must be aligned
to 8 byte boundary at external interfaces. This patch does the required
changes.

T

AArch32: Fix the stack alignment issue

The AArch32 Procedure call Standard mandates that the stack must be aligned
to 8 byte boundary at external interfaces. This patch does the required
changes.

This problem was detected when a crash was encountered in
`psci_print_power_domain_map()` while printing 64 bit values. Aligning
the stack to 8 byte boundary resolved the problem.

Fixes ARM-Software/tf-issues#437

Change-Id: I517bd8203601bb88e9311bd36d477fb7b3efb292
Signed-off-by: Soby Mathew <soby.mathew@arm.com>

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PSCI: Do psci_setup() as part of std_svc_setup()

This patch moves the invocation of `psci_setup()` from BL31 and SP_MIN
into `std_svc_setup()` as part of ARM Standard Service initialization.
This al

PSCI: Do psci_setup() as part of std_svc_setup()

This patch moves the invocation of `psci_setup()` from BL31 and SP_MIN
into `std_svc_setup()` as part of ARM Standard Service initialization.
This allows us to consolidate ARM Standard Service initializations which
will be added to in the future. A new function `get_arm_std_svc_args()`
is introduced to get arguments corresponding to each standard service.
This function must be implemented by the EL3 Runtime Firmware and both
SP_MIN and BL31 implement it.

Change-Id: I38e1b644f797fa4089b20574bd4a10f0419de184

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PSCI: Introduce PSCI Library argument structure

This patch introduces a `psci_lib_args_t` structure which must be
passed into `psci_setup()` which is then used to initialize the PSCI
library. The `p

PSCI: Introduce PSCI Library argument structure

This patch introduces a `psci_lib_args_t` structure which must be
passed into `psci_setup()` which is then used to initialize the PSCI
library. The `psci_lib_args_t` is a versioned structure so as to enable
compatibility checks during library initialization. Both BL31 and SP_MIN
are modified to use the new structure.

SP_MIN is also modified to add version string and build message as part
of its cold boot log just like the other BLs in Trusted Firmware.

NOTE: Please be aware that this patch modifies the prototype of
`psci_setup()`, which breaks compatibility with EL3 Runtime Firmware
(excluding BL31 and SP_MIN) integrated with the PSCI Library.

Change-Id: Ic3761db0b790760a7ad664d8a437c72ea5edbcd6

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AArch32: Support in SP_MIN to receive arguments from BL2

This patch adds support in SP_MIN to receive generic and
platform specific arguments from BL2.

The new signature is as following:
void s

AArch32: Support in SP_MIN to receive arguments from BL2

This patch adds support in SP_MIN to receive generic and
platform specific arguments from BL2.

The new signature is as following:
void sp_min_early_platform_setup(void *from_bl2,
void *plat_params_from_bl2);

ARM platforms have been modified to use this support.

Note: Platforms may break if using old signature.
Default value for RESET_TO_SP_MIN is changed to 0.

Change-Id: I008d4b09fd3803c7b6231587ebf02a047bdba8d0

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AArch32: Refactor SP_MIN to support RESET_TO_SP_MIN

This patch uses the `el3_entrypoint_common` macro to initialize
CPU registers, in SP_MIN entrypoint.s file, in both cold and warm
boot path. It al

AArch32: Refactor SP_MIN to support RESET_TO_SP_MIN

This patch uses the `el3_entrypoint_common` macro to initialize
CPU registers, in SP_MIN entrypoint.s file, in both cold and warm
boot path. It also adds conditional compilation, in cold and warm
boot entry path, based on RESET_TO_SP_MIN.

Change-Id: Id493ca840dc7b9e26948dc78ee928e9fdb76b9e4

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AArch32: add a minimal secure payload (SP_MIN)

This patch adds a minimal AArch32 secure payload SP_MIN. It relies on PSCI
library to initialize the normal world context. It runs in Monitor mode
and

AArch32: add a minimal secure payload (SP_MIN)

This patch adds a minimal AArch32 secure payload SP_MIN. It relies on PSCI
library to initialize the normal world context. It runs in Monitor mode
and uses the runtime service framework to handle SMCs. It is added as
a BL32 component in the Trusted Firmware source tree.

Change-Id: Icc04fa6b242025a769c1f6c7022fde19459c43e9

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