Skip reserving memory for non-executable and BL3-0 images

This patch adds support to not reserve the memory where an image is
loaded if the image is:

  1. A non-executable image e.g. a certificate
  2. An executable image which is not meant to run on the
     application CPU (e.g. BL3-0)

Both types of images are characterized by a NULL entrypoint argument
to the load_image() function. It is used to distinguish them from
other type of images.

Important: Use this feature carefully. The caller is responsible for
providing a valid entrypoint while loading images which will execute
on the application CPU to prevent a potential overwrite of the
corresponding memory region.

Change-Id: Ied482280d9db714c529ec12c33a6c1d918d77a4e
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Juan Castillo 2015-01-19 16:51:21 +00:00 committed by Dan Handley
parent 03b2370386
commit c5fb47c389
1 changed files with 9 additions and 2 deletions

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@ -275,9 +275,16 @@ int load_image(meminfo_t *mem_layout,
* Update the memory usage info.
* This is done after the actual loading so that it is not updated when
* the load is unsuccessful.
* If the caller does not provide an entry point, bypass the memory
* reservation.
*/
reserve_mem(&mem_layout->free_base, &mem_layout->free_size,
image_base, image_size);
if (entry_point_info != NULL) {
reserve_mem(&mem_layout->free_base, &mem_layout->free_size,
image_base, image_size);
} else {
INFO("Skip reserving memory: 0x%lx - 0x%lx\n",
image_base, image_base + image_size);
}
image_data->image_base = image_base;
image_data->image_size = image_size;