[PATCH 9/15] bootwrapper: rtas support

[David Gibson]

On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 06:05:30PM -0500, Milton Miller wrote:
> This code provides a console write that calls put-term-char.
> 
> To avoid PIC relocation of the absolute rtas addresses, hide the
> actual call to rtas in assembly and declare all variables as int.
> 
> An instantiated rtas will be protected by a reserved range in the
> device tree, so no explicit call to add_occupied_range is needed
> here.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Milton Miller <miltonm at bga.com>
> --- 
> vs 12176
> rtas_put_term_write now takes const char *buf
> rediff ops.h, Makefile
> 
> Index: kernel/arch/powerpc/boot/rtas.c
> ===================================================================
> --- /dev/null	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
> +++ kernel/arch/powerpc/boot/rtas.c	2007-09-21 01:43:08.000000000 -0500
> @@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
> +/*
> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> + * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
> + * (at your option) any later version.
> + *
> + * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
> + * GNU General Public License for more details.
> + *
> + * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> + * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
> + * Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
> + *
> + * Copyright 2007 IBM Corporation.
> + *
> + * Authors: Milton Miller <miltonm at bga.com>
> + *
> + */
> +
> +#include "ops.h"
> +#include "stdio.h"
> +#include "flatdevtree.h"
> +
> +static int rtas_entry;
> +static int rtas_base;
> +static int rtas_size;
> +
> +static void find_rtas(void)
> +{
> +	int rc;
> +	void *devp;
> +	char *str;
> +
> +	devp = finddevice("/rtas");
> +	if (! devp)
> +		return;
> +
> +	str = "linux,rtas-entry";

wtf?  Just use the literals in the getprop() calls, this is pure
obfuscation.

> +	rc = getprop(devp, str, &rtas_entry, sizeof(rtas_entry));
> +	if (rc < 0)
> +		return;
> +	if (rc != sizeof(rtas_entry))
> +		goto fail;
> +
> +	str = "rtas-size";
> +	rc = getprop(devp, str, &rtas_size, sizeof(rtas_size));
> +	if (rc < 0)
> +		return;
> +	if (rc != sizeof(rtas_size))
> +		goto fail;
> +
> +	str = "linux,rtas-base";
> +	rc = getprop(devp, str, &rtas_base, sizeof(rtas_base));
> +	if (rc < 0) {
> +		printf("rtas-size but no linux,rtas-base in /rtas.  "
> +			"disabling wrapper rtas interface\n\r");
> +		rtas_entry = 0;
> +		return;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (rc != sizeof(rtas_base))
> +		goto fail;
> +
> +	return;
> +
> +
> +fail:
> +	printf("Unexpected length %d of %s property in /rtas.\n\r"
> +			"disabling wrapper rtas interface\n\r", rc, str);
> +	rtas_entry = 0;
> +	return;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * PIC relocation of function pointers happens at call time.
> + * We have an absolute out-of-image address.   So tell C they
> + * are just integers, and hide the call as an out-of-file
> + * function.
> + */

I don't get this.  If we can call into the kernel using a function
pointer, you should be able to call into rtas without this weirdness.

> +__asm__ (
> +		"	.globl call_rtas\n"
> +		"	call_rtas: mtctr 5\n"
> +		"	bctr\n"
> +		);
> +
> +void call_rtas(int args[], int base, int entry);
> +
> +
> +static int put_term_char;
> +
> +static void rtas_put_term_write(const char *buf, int len)
> +{
> +	int i, args[5];
> +
> +	args[0] = put_term_char;
> +	args[1] = 1;	/* num inputs */
> +	args[2] = 1;	/* num outputs */
> +
> +	for (i=0; i < len; ) {
> +		args[3] = buf[i];
> +		args[4] = 0;
> +
> +		call_rtas(args, rtas_base, rtas_entry);
> +		if (args[4] == 0)		/* SUCCESS */
> +			i++;
> +		else if (args[4] == -1)		/* HARDWARE_ERROR */
> +			break;
> +		/* else retry */
> +	}
> +}
> +
> +int rtas_console_init(void)
> +{
> +	void *devp;
> +	int rc;
> +
> +
> +	devp = finddevice("/rtas");
> +	if (!devp)
> +		return -1;
> +
> +	if (!rtas_entry)
> +		find_rtas();
> +	if (!rtas_entry)
> +		return -1;
> +
> +	rc = getprop(devp, "put-term-char", &put_term_char,
> +			sizeof(put_term_char));
> +	if (rc == sizeof(put_term_char))
> +		console_ops.write = rtas_put_term_write;
> +	else
> +		put_term_char = -1;
> +
> +	return put_term_char == -1 ? -1 : 0;
> +}
> +
> +/* for debug, hard code */
> +void use_rtas_console(int entry, int base, int tc)
> +{
> +	rtas_entry = entry;
> +	rtas_base = base;
> +	put_term_char = tc;
> +	console_ops.write = rtas_put_term_write;
> +}
> Index: kernel/arch/powerpc/boot/ops.h
> ===================================================================
> --- kernel.orig/arch/powerpc/boot/ops.h	2007-09-21 01:43:02.000000000 -0500
> +++ kernel/arch/powerpc/boot/ops.h	2007-09-21 01:43:08.000000000 -0500
> @@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ void send_slaves_to_kernel(void *vmlinux
>  void slaves_are_low(void);
>  void wait_slaves_moved(void);
>  void kexec_platform_init(struct boot_param_header *dt_blob);
> +int rtas_console_init(void);
> +void use_rtas_console(int entry, int base, int tc);
>  
>  int dt_xlate_reg(void *node, int res, unsigned long *addr, unsigned long *size);
>  int dt_xlate_addr(void *node, u32 *buf, int buflen, unsigned long *xlated_addr);
> Index: kernel/arch/powerpc/boot/kexec.c
> ===================================================================
> --- kernel.orig/arch/powerpc/boot/kexec.c	2007-09-21 01:43:02.000000000 -0500
> +++ kernel/arch/powerpc/boot/kexec.c	2007-09-21 01:43:08.000000000 -0500
> @@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ static void find_console_from_tree(void)
>  {
>  	int rc = -1;
>  
> +	rc = rtas_console_init();
> +	if (!rc)
> +		return;
>  	if (rc) {
>  		/* no console, oh well */
>  	}
> Index: kernel/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
> ===================================================================
> --- kernel.orig/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile	2007-09-21 01:43:02.000000000 -0500
> +++ kernel/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile	2007-09-21 01:43:08.000000000 -0500
> @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(zlib) gunzip_util.
>  	$(addprefix $(obj)/,$(zliblinuxheader)) $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(zlibheader))
>  
>  src-wlib := string.S crt0.S stdio.c main.c flatdevtree.c flatdevtree_misc.c \
> -		flatdevtree_conv.c marshal.c memranges.c kexec.c \
> +		flatdevtree_conv.c marshal.c memranges.c kexec.c rtas.c \
>  		ns16550.c serial.c simple_alloc.c div64.S util.S \
>  		gunzip_util.c elf_util.c $(zlib) devtree.c oflib.c ofconsole.c \
>  		4xx.c ebony.c mv64x60.c mpsc.c mv64x60_i2c.c cuboot.c bamboo.c \
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