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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c
index 0b16554ba2..d49145fc76 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c
@@ -104,7 +104,15 @@ int __efi_exit_check(void)
return ret;
}
-/* Called from do_bootefi_exec() */
+/**
+ * efi_save_gd() - save global data register
+ *
+ * On the ARM architecture gd is mapped to a fixed register (r9 or x18).
+ * As this register may be overwritten by an EFI payload we save it here
+ * and restore it on every callback entered.
+ *
+ * This function is called after relocation from initr_reloc_global_data().
+ */
void efi_save_gd(void)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_ARM
@@ -112,10 +120,12 @@ void efi_save_gd(void)
#endif
}
-/*
- * Special case handler for error/abort that just forces things back to u-boot
- * world so we can dump out an abort message, without any care about returning
- * back to UEFI world.
+/**
+ * efi_restore_gd() - restore global data register
+ *
+ * On the ARM architecture gd is mapped to a fixed register (r9 or x18).
+ * Restore it after returning from the UEFI world to the value saved via
+ * efi_save_gd().
*/
void efi_restore_gd(void)
{