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
This patch introduces functions for saving and restoring shared system
registers between secure and non-secure EL1 exception levels, VFP
registers and essential EL3 system register and other state. It also
defines the 'cpu_context' data structure which will used for saving and
restoring execution context for a given security state. These functions
will allow runtime services like PSCI and Secure payload dispatcher to
implement logic for switching between the secure and non-secure states.
The save and restore functions follow AArch64 PCS and only use
caller-saved temporary registers.
Change-Id: I8ee3aaa061d3caaedb28ae2c5becb9a206b6fd74
Achin Gupta