Remove concept of top/bottom image loading

This concept is no longer required since we now support loading of
images at fixed addresses only.

The image loader now automatically detects the position

Remove concept of top/bottom image loading

This concept is no longer required since we now support loading of
images at fixed addresses only.

The image loader now automatically detects the position of the image
inside the current memory layout and updates the layout such that
memory fragmentation is minimised.

The 'attr' field of the meminfo data structure, which used to hold
the bottom/top loading information, has been removed. Also the 'next'
field has been removed as it wasn't used anywhere.

The 'init_bl2_mem_layout()' function has been moved out of common
code and put in BL1-specific code. It has also been renamed into
'bl1_init_bl2_mem_layout'.

Fixes ARM-software/tf-issues#109

Change-Id: I3f54642ce7b763d5ee3b047ad0ab59eabbcf916d

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Make the entry point argument optional in load_image()

There are cases where the entry point information is useless to the
caller, e.g. when an image just needs to be loaded in memory but won't
ever

Make the entry point argument optional in load_image()

There are cases where the entry point information is useless to the
caller, e.g. when an image just needs to be loaded in memory but won't
ever be executed.

This patch allows load_image() function to take a NULL pointer as the
entry point argument. In this case, it won't be populated.

Change-Id: Ie9394b054457706c6699926c5e0206e0c3851c56

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Move BL porting functions into platform.h

Some platform porting functions were in BL specific header files.
These have been moved to platform.h so that all porting functions
are in the same place. T

Move BL porting functions into platform.h

Some platform porting functions were in BL specific header files.
These have been moved to platform.h so that all porting functions
are in the same place. The functions are now grouped by BL.
Obsolete BL headers files have been removed.

Also, the weak declaration of the init_bl2_mem_layout() function
has been moved out the header file and into the source file
(bl_common.c) using the more succinct #pragma syntax. This
mitigates the risk of 2 weak definitions being created and the
wrong one being picked up by the compiler.

Change-Id: Ib19934939fd755f3e5a5a5bceec88da684308a83

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Rework memory information passing to BL3-x images

The issues addressed in this patch are:

1. Remove meminfo_t from the common interfaces in BL3-x,
expecting that platform code will find a suitable

Rework memory information passing to BL3-x images

The issues addressed in this patch are:

1. Remove meminfo_t from the common interfaces in BL3-x,
expecting that platform code will find a suitable mechanism
to determine the memory extents in these images and provide
it to the BL3-x images.

2. Remove meminfo_t and bl31_plat_params_t from all FVP BL3-x
code as the images use link-time information to determine
memory extents.

meminfo_t is still used by common interface in BL1/BL2 for
loading images

Change-Id: I4e825ebf6f515b59d84dc2bdddf6edbf15e2d60f

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Populate BL31 input parameters as per new spec

This patch is based on spec published at
https://github.com/ARM-software/tf-issues/issues/133

It rearranges the bl31_args struct into
bl31_params and

Populate BL31 input parameters as per new spec

This patch is based on spec published at
https://github.com/ARM-software/tf-issues/issues/133

It rearranges the bl31_args struct into
bl31_params and bl31_plat_params which provide the
information needed for Trusted firmware and platform
specific data via x0 and x1

On the FVP platform BL3-1 params and BL3-1 plat params
and its constituents are stored at the start of TZDRAM.

The information about memory availability and size for
BL3-1, BL3-2 and BL3-3 is moved into platform specific data.

Change-Id: I8b32057a3d0dd3968ea26c2541a0714177820da9

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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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Rework BL3-1 unhandled exception handling and reporting

This patch implements the register reporting when unhandled exceptions are
taken in BL3-1. Unhandled exceptions will result in a dump of regis

Rework BL3-1 unhandled exception handling and reporting

This patch implements the register reporting when unhandled exceptions are
taken in BL3-1. Unhandled exceptions will result in a dump of registers
to the console, before halting execution by that CPU. The Crash Stack,
previously called the Exception Stack, is used for this activity.
This stack is used to preserve the CPU context and runtime stack
contents for debugging and analysis.

This also introduces the per_cpu_ptr_cache, referenced by tpidr_el3,
to provide easy access to some of BL3-1 per-cpu data structures.
Initially, this is used to provide a pointer to the Crash stack.

panic() now prints the the error file and line number in Debug mode
and prints the PC value in release mode.

The Exception Stack is renamed to Crash Stack with this patch.
The original intention of exception stack is no longer valid
since we intend to support several valid exceptions like IRQ
and FIQ in the trusted firmware context. This stack is now
utilized for dumping and reporting the system state when a
crash happens and hence the rename.

Fixes ARM-software/tf-issues#79 Improve reporting of unhandled exception

Change-Id: I260791dc05536b78547412d147193cdccae7811a

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Introduce IS_IN_ELX() macros

The goal of these macros is to improve code readability by providing
a concise way to check whether we are running in the expected
exception level.

Change-Id: If9aebadf

Introduce IS_IN_ELX() macros

The goal of these macros is to improve code readability by providing
a concise way to check whether we are running in the expected
exception level.

Change-Id: If9aebadfb6299a5196e9a582b442f0971d9909b1

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Remove variables from .data section

Update code base to remove variables from the .data section,
mainly by using const static data where possible and adding
the const specifier as required. Most cha

Remove variables from .data section

Update code base to remove variables from the .data section,
mainly by using const static data where possible and adding
the const specifier as required. Most changes are to the IO
subsystem, including the framework APIs. The FVP power
management code is also affected.

Delay initialization of the global static variable,
next_image_type in bl31_main.c, until it is realy needed.
Doing this moves the variable from the .data to the .bss
section.

Also review the IO interface for inconsistencies, using
uintptr_t where possible instead of void *. Remove the
io_handle and io_dev_handle typedefs, which were
unnecessary, replacing instances with uintptr_t.

Fixes ARM-software/tf-issues#107.

Change-Id: I085a62197c82410b566e4698e5590063563ed304

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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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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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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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Remove partially qualified asm helper functions

Each ARM Trusted Firmware image should know in which EL it is running
and it should use the corresponding register directly instead of reading
current

Remove partially qualified asm helper functions

Each ARM Trusted Firmware image should know in which EL it is running
and it should use the corresponding register directly instead of reading
currentEL and knowing which asm register to read/write

Change-Id: Ief35630190b6f07c8fbb7ba6cb20db308f002945

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bl_common: add image_size()

Fixes ARM-software/tf-issues#42

Some callers of load_image() may need to get the size of the image
before/after loading it.

Change-Id: I8dc067b69fc711433651a560ba5a8c35

bl_common: add image_size()

Fixes ARM-software/tf-issues#42

Some callers of load_image() may need to get the size of the image
before/after loading it.

Change-Id: I8dc067b69fc711433651a560ba5a8c3519445857
Signed-off-by: Ryan Harkin <ryan.harkin@linaro.org>

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Tolerate runtime service initialization failure

At present, the firmware panics if a runtime service fails to
initialize. An earlier patch had implemented late binding for all
runtime service handle

Tolerate runtime service initialization failure

At present, the firmware panics if a runtime service fails to
initialize. An earlier patch had implemented late binding for all
runtime service handlers.

With that in place, this patch allows the firmware to proceed even when
a service fails to initialize.

Change-Id: I6cf4de2cecea9719f4cd48272a77cf459b080d4e

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Report recoverable errors as warnings

At present many recoverable failures are reported as errors. This patch
modifies all such failures to be reported as warnings instead.

Change-Id: I5141653c8249

Report recoverable errors as warnings

At present many recoverable failures are reported as errors. This patch
modifies all such failures to be reported as warnings instead.

Change-Id: I5141653c82498defcada9b90fdf7498ba496b2f2

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Move PSCI to runtime services directory

This patch creates a 'services' directory and moves the PSCI under
it. Other runtime services e.g. the Secure Payload Dispatcher service
will be placed under

Move PSCI to runtime services directory

This patch creates a 'services' directory and moves the PSCI under
it. Other runtime services e.g. the Secure Payload Dispatcher service
will be placed under the same directory in the future.

Also fixes issue ARM-software/tf-issues#12

Change-Id: I187f83dcb660b728f82155d91882e961d2255068

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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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Add support for handling runtime service requests

This patch uses the reworked exception handling support to handle
runtime service requests through SMCs following the SMC calling
convention. This i

Add support for handling runtime service requests

This patch uses the reworked exception handling support to handle
runtime service requests through SMCs following the SMC calling
convention. This is a giant commit since all the changes are
inter-related. It does the following:

1. Replace the old exception handling mechanism with the new one
2. Enforce that SP_EL0 is used C runtime stacks.
3. Ensures that the cold and warm boot paths use the 'cpu_context'
structure to program an ERET into the next lower EL.
4. Ensures that SP_EL3 always points to the next 'cpu_context'
structure prior to an ERET into the next lower EL
5. Introduces a PSCI SMC handler which completes the use of PSCI as a
runtime service

Change-Id: I661797f834c0803d2c674d20f504df1b04c2b852
Co-authored-by: Achin Gupta <achin.gupta@arm.com>

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Introduce new exception handling framework

This patch introduces the reworked exception handling logic which lays
the foundation for accessing runtime services in later patches. The
type of an excep

Introduce new exception handling framework

This patch introduces the reworked exception handling logic which lays
the foundation for accessing runtime services in later patches. The
type of an exception has a greater say in the way it is
handled. SP_EL3 is used as the stack pointer for:

1. Determining the type of exception and handling the unexpected ones
on the exception stack

2. Saving and restoring the essential general purpose and system
register state after exception entry and prior to exception exit.

SP_EL0 is used as the stack pointer for handling runtime service
requests e.g. SMCs. A new structure for preserving general purpose
register state has been added to the 'cpu_context' structure. All
assembler ensures that it does not use callee saved registers
(x19-x29). The C runtime preserves them across functions calls. Hence
EL3 code does not have to save and restore them explicitly.

Since the exception handling framework has undergone substantial change,
the changes have been kept in separate files to aid readability. These
files will replace the existing ones in subsequent patches.

Change-Id: Ice418686592990ff7a4260771e8d6676e6c8c5ef

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Add runtime services framework

This patch introduces the framework to enable registration and
initialisation of runtime services. PSCI is registered and initialised
as a runtime service. Handling of

Add runtime services framework

This patch introduces the framework to enable registration and
initialisation of runtime services. PSCI is registered and initialised
as a runtime service. Handling of runtime service requests will be
implemented in subsequent patches.

Change-Id: Id21e7ddc5a33d42b7d6e455b41155fc5441a9547

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psci: Use context library for preserving EL3 state

This patch uses the context library to save and restore EL3 state on
the 'cpu_context' data structures allocated by PSCI for managing
non-secure st

psci: Use context library for preserving EL3 state

This patch uses the context library to save and restore EL3 state on
the 'cpu_context' data structures allocated by PSCI for managing
non-secure state context on each cpu.

Change-Id: I19c1f26578204a7cd9e0a6c582ced0d97ee4cf80

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