sim: kernelExtras optional load addresses

This patch provides a new "System" parameter named "kernel_extras_addrs".
This allows to optionally specify fixed load addresses for the
additional kernel objects. This is useful to load arbitrary blobs into
memory.

Change-Id: I4725763b86c29f72282d1c184d4284d90f9d3016
Reviewed-by: Giacomo Travaglini <giacomo.travaglini@arm.com>
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/23566
Reviewed-by: Bobby R. Bruce <bbruce@ucdavis.edu>
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>

2 files changed, 23 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/src/sim/System.py b/src/sim/System.py
index 9928887b9..619b54ed1 100644
--- a/src/sim/System.py
+++ b/src/sim/System.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2017 ARM Limited
+# Copyright (c) 2017, 2019 ARM Limited
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # The license below extends only to copyright in the software and shall
@@ -107,7 +107,9 @@ class System(SimObject):
     kernel = Param.String("", "file that contains the kernel code")
     kernel_addr_check = Param.Bool(True,
         "whether to address check on kernel (disable for baremetal)")
-    kernel_extras = VectorParam.String([],"Additional object files to load")
+    kernel_extras = VectorParam.String([], "Additional object files to load")
+    kernel_extras_addrs = VectorParam.Addr([],
+        "Load addresses for additional object files")
     readfile = Param.String("", "file to read startup script from")
     symbolfile = Param.String("", "file to get the symbols from")
     load_addr_mask = Param.UInt64(0xffffffffffffffff,
diff --git a/src/sim/system.cc b/src/sim/system.cc
index 8c438086b..97ebd1d7c 100644
--- a/src/sim/system.cc
+++ b/src/sim/system.cc
@@ -192,10 +192,15 @@ System::System(Params *p)
             // connected so it will happen in initState()
         }
 
-        for (const auto &obj_name : p->kernel_extras) {
-            inform("Loading additional kernel object: %s", obj_name);
-            ObjectFile *obj = createObjectFile(obj_name);
-            fatal_if(!obj, "Failed to additional kernel object '%s'.\n",
+        if (p->kernel_extras_addrs.empty())
+            p->kernel_extras_addrs.resize(p->kernel_extras.size(), MaxAddr);
+        fatal_if(p->kernel_extras.size() != p->kernel_extras_addrs.size(),
+            "Additional kernel objects, not all load addresses specified\n");
+        for (int ker_idx = 0; ker_idx < p->kernel_extras.size(); ker_idx++) {
+            const std::string &obj_name = p->kernel_extras[ker_idx];
+            const bool raw = p->kernel_extras_addrs[ker_idx] != MaxAddr;
+            ObjectFile *obj = createObjectFile(obj_name, raw);
+            fatal_if(!obj, "Failed to build additional kernel object '%s'.\n",
                      obj_name);
             kernelExtras.push_back(obj);
         }
@@ -360,8 +365,16 @@ System::initState()
             DPRINTF(Loader, "Kernel entry = %#x\n", kernelEntry);
             DPRINTF(Loader, "Kernel loaded...\n");
         }
-        for (const auto &extra_kernel : kernelExtras)
-            extra_kernel->buildImage().move(mapper).write(physProxy);
+        std::function<Addr(Addr)> extra_mapper;
+        for (auto ker_idx = 0; ker_idx < kernelExtras.size(); ker_idx++) {
+            const Addr load_addr = params()->kernel_extras_addrs[ker_idx];
+            auto image = kernelExtras[ker_idx]->buildImage();
+            if (load_addr != MaxAddr)
+                image = image.offset(load_addr);
+            else
+                image = image.move(mapper);
+            image.write(physProxy);
+        }
     }
 }