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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+ *
+ * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
+ * list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *
+ * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
+ * this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
+ * and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+ *
+ * Neither the name of ARM nor the names of its contributors may be used
+ * to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific
+ * prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
+ * AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+ * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+ * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
+ * LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
+ * CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
+ * SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
+ * INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
+ * CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
+ * ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
+ * POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __CPU_DATA_H__
+#define __CPU_DATA_H__
+
+/* Offsets for the cpu_data structure */
+#define CPU_DATA_CRASH_STACK_OFFSET	0x0
+#define CPU_DATA_LOG2SIZE		6
+
+#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
+
+#include <arch_helpers.h>
+#include <platform_def.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Function & variable prototypes
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Cache of frequently used per-cpu data:
+ *   Address of the crash stack
+ * It is aligned to the cache line boundary to allow efficient concurrent
+ * manipulation of these pointers on different cpus
+ *
+ * TODO: Add other commonly used variables to this (tf_issues#90)
+ *
+ * The data structure and the _cpu_data accessors should not be used directly
+ * by components that have per-cpu members. The member access macros should be
+ * used for this.
+ ******************************************************************************/
+
+typedef struct cpu_data {
+	uint64_t crash_stack;
+} __aligned(CACHE_WRITEBACK_GRANULE) cpu_data_t;
+
+struct cpu_data *_cpu_data_by_index(uint32_t cpu_index);
+struct cpu_data *_cpu_data_by_mpidr(uint64_t mpidr);
+
+/* Return the cpu_data structure for the current CPU. */
+static inline struct cpu_data *_cpu_data(void)
+{
+	return (cpu_data_t *)read_tpidr_el3();
+}
+
+
+/**************************************************************************
+ * APIs for initialising and accessing per-cpu data
+ *************************************************************************/
+
+void init_cpu_data_ptr(void);
+
+#define get_cpu_data(_m)		   _cpu_data()->_m
+#define set_cpu_data(_m, _v)		   _cpu_data()->_m = _v
+#define get_cpu_data_by_index(_ix, _m)	   _cpu_data_by_index(_ix)->_m
+#define set_cpu_data_by_index(_ix, _m, _v) _cpu_data_by_index(_ix)->_m = _v
+#define get_cpu_data_by_mpidr(_id, _m)	   _cpu_data_by_mpidr(_id)->_m
+#define set_cpu_data_by_mpidr(_id, _m, _v) _cpu_data_by_mpidr(_id)->_m = _v
+
+
+#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
+#endif /* __CPU_DATA_H__ */