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1 files changed, 29 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
index e59d14679fb0..088b0a060876 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
@@ -140,7 +140,18 @@
#endif
.endm
- .section ".start", #alloc, #execinstr
+ .macro enable_cp15_barriers, reg
+ mrc p15, 0, \reg, c1, c0, 0 @ read SCTLR
+ tst \reg, #(1 << 5) @ CP15BEN bit set?
+ bne .L_\@
+ orr \reg, \reg, #(1 << 5) @ CP15 barrier instructions
+ mcr p15, 0, \reg, c1, c0, 0 @ write SCTLR
+ ARM( .inst 0xf57ff06f @ v7+ isb )
+ THUMB( isb )
+.L_\@:
+ .endm
+
+ .section ".start", "ax"
/*
* sort out different calling conventions
*/
@@ -153,11 +164,23 @@
AR_CLASS( .arm )
start:
.type start,#function
+ /*
+ * These 7 nops along with the 1 nop immediately below for
+ * !THUMB2 form 8 nops that make the compressed kernel bootable
+ * on legacy ARM systems that were assuming the kernel in a.out
+ * binary format. The boot loaders on these systems would
+ * jump 32 bytes into the image to skip the a.out header.
+ * with these 8 nops filling exactly 32 bytes, things still
+ * work as expected on these legacy systems. Thumb2 mode keeps
+ * 7 of the nops as it turns out that some boot loaders
+ * were patching the initial instructions of the kernel, i.e
+ * had started to exploit this "patch area".
+ */
.rept 7
__nop
.endr
#ifndef CONFIG_THUMB2_KERNEL
- mov r0, r0
+ __nop
#else
AR_CLASS( sub pc, pc, #3 ) @ A/R: switch to Thumb2 mode
M_CLASS( nop.w ) @ M: already in Thumb2 mode
@@ -808,6 +831,7 @@ __armv4_mmu_cache_on:
mov pc, r12
__armv7_mmu_cache_on:
+ enable_cp15_barriers r11
mov r12, lr
#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
mrc p15, 0, r11, c0, c1, 4 @ read ID_MMFR0
@@ -1197,6 +1221,7 @@ __armv6_mmu_cache_flush:
mov pc, lr
__armv7_mmu_cache_flush:
+ enable_cp15_barriers r10
tst r4, #1
bne iflush
mrc p15, 0, r10, c0, c1, 5 @ read ID_MMFR1
@@ -1261,7 +1286,7 @@ iflush:
__armv5tej_mmu_cache_flush:
tst r4, #1
movne pc, lr
-1: mrc p15, 0, r15, c7, c14, 3 @ test,clean,invalidate D cache
+1: mrc p15, 0, APSR_nzcv, c7, c14, 3 @ test,clean,invalidate D cache
bne 1b
mcr p15, 0, r0, c7, c5, 0 @ flush I cache
mcr p15, 0, r0, c7, c10, 4 @ drain WB
@@ -1435,21 +1460,7 @@ ENTRY(efi_stub_entry)
@ Preserve return value of efi_entry() in r4
mov r4, r0
-
- @ our cache maintenance code relies on CP15 barrier instructions
- @ but since we arrived here with the MMU and caches configured
- @ by UEFI, we must check that the CP15BEN bit is set in SCTLR.
- @ Note that this bit is RAO/WI on v6 and earlier, so the ISB in
- @ the enable path will be executed on v7+ only.
- mrc p15, 0, r1, c1, c0, 0 @ read SCTLR
- tst r1, #(1 << 5) @ CP15BEN bit set?
- bne 0f
- orr r1, r1, #(1 << 5) @ CP15 barrier instructions
- mcr p15, 0, r1, c1, c0, 0 @ write SCTLR
- ARM( .inst 0xf57ff06f @ v7+ isb )
- THUMB( isb )
-
-0: bl cache_clean_flush
+ bl cache_clean_flush
bl cache_off
@ Set parameters for booting zImage according to boot protocol
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