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Re: [PATCH 2/6] xen/arm: Introduce arm_smccc_guest_smc()


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  • Cc: Xen-devel <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>, Julien Grall <julien@xxxxxxx>, Volodymyr Babchuk <Volodymyr_Babchuk@xxxxxxxx>, Michal Orzel <michal.orzel@xxxxxxx>, Jan Setje-Eilers <Jan.SetjeEilers@xxxxxxxxxx>
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  • Thread-topic: [PATCH 2/6] xen/arm: Introduce arm_smccc_guest_smc()

Hi Andrew,

> On 31 Aug 2026, at 14:19, Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Both {get,set}_user_reg() are out-of-line functions, leading to awful code
> generation.
> 
> Introduce arm_smccc_guest_smc() to operate directly on guest registers.
> 
> No functional change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>

Looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Bertrand Marquis <bertrand.marquis@xxxxxxx>

Cheers
Bertrand

> ---
> CC: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Julien Grall <julien@xxxxxxx>
> CC: Volodymyr Babchuk <Volodymyr_Babchuk@xxxxxxxx>
> CC: Bertrand Marquis <bertrand.marquis@xxxxxxx>
> CC: Michal Orzel <michal.orzel@xxxxxxx>
> CC: Jan Setje-Eilers <Jan.SetjeEilers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> For arm64:
> 
>  add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 2/4 up/down: 27/-864 (-837)
>  Function                                     old     new   delta
>  symbols_addresses                          35096   35120     +24
>  symbols_names                              42958   42961      +3
>  imx8qm_smc                                   544     348    -196
>  scmi_handle_smc                              372     152    -220
>  imx8m_smc                                    576     356    -220
>  zynqmp_eemi                                  864     636    -228
> 
> For arm32:
> 
>  add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 0/1 up/down: 0/-160 (-160)
>  Function                                     old     new   delta
>  scmi_handle_smc                              392     232    -160
> ---
> xen/arch/arm/firmware/scmi-smc.c            | 16 +-----------
> xen/arch/arm/include/asm/smccc.h            | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++
> xen/arch/arm/platforms/imx8m.c              | 16 +-----------
> xen/arch/arm/platforms/imx8qm.c             | 16 +-----------
> xen/arch/arm/platforms/xilinx-zynqmp-eemi.c | 17 ++----------
> 5 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/firmware/scmi-smc.c 
> b/xen/arch/arm/firmware/scmi-smc.c
> index 0835ddeeeccc..a0cc6c6192f8 100644
> --- a/xen/arch/arm/firmware/scmi-smc.c
> +++ b/xen/arch/arm/firmware/scmi-smc.c
> @@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ static bool scmi_is_valid_smc_id(uint32_t fid)
> static bool scmi_handle_smc(struct cpu_user_regs *regs)
> {
>     uint32_t fid = (uint32_t)get_user_reg(regs, 0);
> -    struct arm_smccc_res res;
> 
>     if ( !scmi_is_valid_smc_id(fid) )
>         return false;
> @@ -63,20 +62,7 @@ static bool scmi_handle_smc(struct cpu_user_regs *regs)
>     }
> 
>     /* For the moment, forward the SCMI Request to FW running at EL3 */
> -    arm_smccc_1_1_smc(fid,
> -                      get_user_reg(regs, 1),
> -                      get_user_reg(regs, 2),
> -                      get_user_reg(regs, 3),
> -                      get_user_reg(regs, 4),
> -                      get_user_reg(regs, 5),
> -                      get_user_reg(regs, 6),
> -                      get_user_reg(regs, 7),
> -                      &res);
> -
> -    set_user_reg(regs, 0, res.a0);
> -    set_user_reg(regs, 1, res.a1);
> -    set_user_reg(regs, 2, res.a2);
> -    set_user_reg(regs, 3, res.a3);
> +    arm_smccc_guest_smc(regs);
> 
>     return true;
> }
> diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/include/asm/smccc.h 
> b/xen/arch/arm/include/asm/smccc.h
> index 53cdddb690b7..832157f43734 100644
> --- a/xen/arch/arm/include/asm/smccc.h
> +++ b/xen/arch/arm/include/asm/smccc.h
> @@ -202,6 +202,21 @@ struct arm_smccc_res {
> #ifdef CONFIG_ARM_32
> #define arm_smccc_1_0_smc(...) arm_smccc_1_1_smc(__VA_ARGS__)
> #define arm_smccc_smc(...) arm_smccc_1_1_smc(__VA_ARGS__)
> +
> +/* Make an SMCCC v1.1 compliant SMC call with guest register state. */
> +static inline void arm_smccc_guest_smc(struct cpu_user_regs *regs)
> +{
> +    struct arm_smccc_res res;
> +
> +    arm_smccc_1_1_smc(regs->r0, regs->r1, regs->r2, regs->r3,
> +                      regs->r4, regs->r5, regs->r6, regs->r7, &res);
> +
> +    regs->r0 = res.a0;
> +    regs->r1 = res.a1;
> +    regs->r2 = res.a2;
> +    regs->r3 = res.a3;
> +}
> +
> #else
> 
> void __arm_smccc_1_0_smc(register_t a0, register_t a1, register_t a2,
> @@ -251,6 +266,20 @@ void __arm_smccc_1_0_smc(register_t a0, register_t a1, 
> register_t a2,
>             arm_smccc_1_0_smc(__VA_ARGS__);                     \
>     } while ( 0 )
> 
> +/* Make an SMCCC v1.1 compliant SMC call with guest register state. */
> +static inline void arm_smccc_guest_smc(struct cpu_user_regs *regs)
> +{
> +    struct arm_smccc_res res;
> +
> +    arm_smccc_1_1_smc(regs->x0, regs->x1, regs->x2, regs->x3,
> +                      regs->x4, regs->x5, regs->x6, regs->x7, &res);
> +
> +    regs->x0 = res.a0;
> +    regs->x1 = res.a1;
> +    regs->x2 = res.a2;
> +    regs->x3 = res.a3;
> +}
> +
> /*
>  * struct arm_smccc_1_2_regs - Arguments for or Results from SMC call
>  * @a0-a17 argument values from registers 0 to 17
> diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/platforms/imx8m.c b/xen/arch/arm/platforms/imx8m.c
> index 669dd517e057..efb0ad20d6e8 100644
> --- a/xen/arch/arm/platforms/imx8m.c
> +++ b/xen/arch/arm/platforms/imx8m.c
> @@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ static bool imx8m_smc(struct cpu_user_regs *regs)
> {
>     uint32_t function_id = get_user_reg(regs, 0);
>     uint32_t subfunction_id = get_user_reg(regs, 1);
> -    struct arm_smccc_res res;
> 
>     if ( !cpus_have_const_cap(ARM_SMCCC_1_1) )
>     {
> @@ -122,20 +121,7 @@ static bool imx8m_smc(struct cpu_user_regs *regs)
>         return false;
>     }
> 
> -    arm_smccc_1_1_smc(function_id,
> -                      subfunction_id,
> -                      get_user_reg(regs, 2),
> -                      get_user_reg(regs, 3),
> -                      get_user_reg(regs, 4),
> -                      get_user_reg(regs, 5),
> -                      get_user_reg(regs, 6),
> -                      get_user_reg(regs, 7),
> -                      &res);
> -
> -    set_user_reg(regs, 0, res.a0);
> -    set_user_reg(regs, 1, res.a1);
> -    set_user_reg(regs, 2, res.a2);
> -    set_user_reg(regs, 3, res.a3);
> +    arm_smccc_guest_smc(regs);
> 
>     return true;
> }
> diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/platforms/imx8qm.c b/xen/arch/arm/platforms/imx8qm.c
> index 3600a073e8ba..7249e14ab640 100644
> --- a/xen/arch/arm/platforms/imx8qm.c
> +++ b/xen/arch/arm/platforms/imx8qm.c
> @@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ static bool imx8qm_smc(struct cpu_user_regs *regs)
> {
>     uint32_t function_id = get_user_reg(regs, 0);
>     uint32_t subfunction_id = get_user_reg(regs, 1);
> -    struct arm_smccc_res res;
> 
>     if ( !cpus_have_const_cap(ARM_SMCCC_1_1) )
>     {
> @@ -106,20 +105,7 @@ static bool imx8qm_smc(struct cpu_user_regs *regs)
>     }
> 
>  allow_call:
> -    arm_smccc_1_1_smc(function_id,
> -                      subfunction_id,
> -                      get_user_reg(regs, 2),
> -                      get_user_reg(regs, 3),
> -                      get_user_reg(regs, 4),
> -                      get_user_reg(regs, 5),
> -                      get_user_reg(regs, 6),
> -                      get_user_reg(regs, 7),
> -                      &res);
> -
> -    set_user_reg(regs, 0, res.a0);
> -    set_user_reg(regs, 1, res.a1);
> -    set_user_reg(regs, 2, res.a2);
> -    set_user_reg(regs, 3, res.a3);
> +    arm_smccc_guest_smc(regs);
> 
>     return true;
> }
> diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/platforms/xilinx-zynqmp-eemi.c 
> b/xen/arch/arm/platforms/xilinx-zynqmp-eemi.c
> index 2053ed7ac5f6..326c8a1ba6e5 100644
> --- a/xen/arch/arm/platforms/xilinx-zynqmp-eemi.c
> +++ b/xen/arch/arm/platforms/xilinx-zynqmp-eemi.c
> @@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ static inline bool domain_has_reset_access(struct domain 
> *d, uint32_t rst)
> 
> bool zynqmp_eemi(struct cpu_user_regs *regs)
> {
> -    struct arm_smccc_res res;
>     uint32_t fid = get_user_reg(regs, 0);
>     uint32_t nodeid = get_user_reg(regs, 1);
>     unsigned int pm_fn = fid & 0xFFFF;
> @@ -187,20 +186,8 @@ bool zynqmp_eemi(struct cpu_user_regs *regs)
>      * can forward the whole command to firmware without additional
>      * parameters checks.
>      */
> -    arm_smccc_1_1_smc(get_user_reg(regs, 0),
> -                      get_user_reg(regs, 1),
> -                      get_user_reg(regs, 2),
> -                      get_user_reg(regs, 3),
> -                      get_user_reg(regs, 4),
> -                      get_user_reg(regs, 5),
> -                      get_user_reg(regs, 6),
> -                      get_user_reg(regs, 7),
> -                      &res);
> -
> -    set_user_reg(regs, 0, res.a0);
> -    set_user_reg(regs, 1, res.a1);
> -    set_user_reg(regs, 2, res.a2);
> -    set_user_reg(regs, 3, res.a3);
> +    arm_smccc_guest_smc(regs);
> +
>     return true;
> 
> done:
> -- 
> 2.39.5
> 




 


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