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authorArd Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>2020-03-26 18:14:23 +0100
committerWill Deacon <will@kernel.org>2020-04-28 13:55:16 +0100
commit348a625deef13d7f8537b9704d29d05cafdd8e72 (patch)
treea0c4f686803f6b9f8717f3b6ccccd15bd32f3b67 /arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
parent6a8b55ed4056ea5559ebe4f6a4b247f627870d4c (diff)
downloadlinux-348a625deef13d7f8537b9704d29d05cafdd8e72.tar.bz2
arm64: rename stext to primary_entry
For historical reasons, the primary entry routine living somewhere in the inittext section is called stext(), which is confusing, given that there is also a section marker called _stext which lives at a fixed offset in the image (either 64 or 4096 bytes, depending on whether CONFIG_EFI is enabled) Let's rename stext to primary_entry(), which is a better description and reflects the secondary_entry() routine that already exists for SMP boot. Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200326171423.3080-1-ardb@kernel.org Reviwed-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/arm64/kernel/head.S')
-rw-r--r--arch/arm64/kernel/head.S19
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
index 57a91032b4c2..01aa238c7b10 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ _head:
* its opcode forms the magic "MZ" signature required by UEFI.
*/
add x13, x18, #0x16
- b stext
+ b primary_entry
#else
- b stext // branch to kernel start, magic
+ b primary_entry // branch to kernel start, magic
.long 0 // reserved
#endif
le64sym _kernel_offset_le // Image load offset from start of RAM, little-endian
@@ -98,14 +98,13 @@ pe_header:
* primary lowlevel boot path:
*
* Register Scope Purpose
- * x21 stext() .. start_kernel() FDT pointer passed at boot in x0
- * x23 stext() .. start_kernel() physical misalignment/KASLR offset
- * x28 __create_page_tables() callee preserved temp register
- * x19/x20 __primary_switch() callee preserved temp registers
- * x24 __primary_switch() .. relocate_kernel()
- * current RELR displacement
+ * x21 primary_entry() .. start_kernel() FDT pointer passed at boot in x0
+ * x23 primary_entry() .. start_kernel() physical misalignment/KASLR offset
+ * x28 __create_page_tables() callee preserved temp register
+ * x19/x20 __primary_switch() callee preserved temp registers
+ * x24 __primary_switch() .. relocate_kernel() current RELR displacement
*/
-SYM_CODE_START(stext)
+SYM_CODE_START(primary_entry)
bl preserve_boot_args
bl el2_setup // Drop to EL1, w0=cpu_boot_mode
adrp x23, __PHYS_OFFSET
@@ -121,7 +120,7 @@ SYM_CODE_START(stext)
mov x0, #ARM64_CPU_BOOT_PRIMARY
bl __cpu_setup // initialise processor
b __primary_switch
-SYM_CODE_END(stext)
+SYM_CODE_END(primary_entry)
/*
* Preserve the arguments passed by the bootloader in x0 .. x3