Author: andrew
Date: Wed May  1 17:12:49 2019
New Revision: 346996
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/346996

Log:
  Restore x18 in efi_arch_leave.
  
  Some UEFI implementations trash this register and, as we use it as a
  platform register, the kernel doesn't save it before calling into the UEFI
  runtime services. As we have a copy in tpidr_el1 restore from there when
  exiting the EFI environment.
  
  PR:           237234, 237055
  Reviewed by:  manu
  Tested On:    Ampere eMAG
  MFC after:    2 weeks
  Sponsored by: DARPA, AFRL
  Sponsored by: Ampere Computing (hardware)
  Differential Revision:        https://reviews.freebsd.org/D20127

Modified:
  head/sys/arm64/arm64/efirt_machdep.c

Modified: head/sys/arm64/arm64/efirt_machdep.c
==============================================================================
--- head/sys/arm64/arm64/efirt_machdep.c        Wed May  1 15:28:23 2019        
(r346995)
+++ head/sys/arm64/arm64/efirt_machdep.c        Wed May  1 17:12:49 2019        
(r346996)
@@ -259,6 +259,16 @@ efi_arch_leave(void)
 {
        struct thread *td;
 
+       /*
+        * Restore the pcpu pointer. Some UEFI implementations trash it and
+        * we don't store it before calling into them. To fix this we need
+        * to restore it after returning to the kernel context. As reading
+        * curthread will access x18 we need to restore it before loading
+        * the thread pointer.
+        */
+       __asm __volatile(
+           "mrs x18, tpidr_el1 \n"
+       );
        td = curthread;
        __asm __volatile(
            "msr ttbr0_el1, %0  \n"
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