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-rw-r--r--docs/user-guide.rst6
-rw-r--r--lib/el3_runtime/aarch64/context_mgmt.c2
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/user-guide.rst b/docs/user-guide.rst
index 3f8170fd0..2b80531ce 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide.rst
+++ b/docs/user-guide.rst
@@ -457,8 +457,10 @@ Common build options
.. __: `platform-interrupt-controller-API.rst`
.. __: `interrupt-framework-design.rst`
-- ``HANDLE_EA_EL3_FIRST``: When defined External Aborts and SError Interrupts
- will be always trapped in EL3 i.e. in BL31 at runtime.
+- ``HANDLE_EA_EL3_FIRST``: When set to ``1``, External Aborts and SError
+ Interrupts will be always trapped in EL3 i.e. in BL31 at runtime. When set to
+ ``0`` (default), these exceptions will be trapped in the current exception
+ level (or in EL1 if the current exception level is EL0).
- ``HW_ASSISTED_COHERENCY``: On most Arm systems to-date, platform-specific
software operations are required for CPUs to enter and exit coherency.
diff --git a/lib/el3_runtime/aarch64/context_mgmt.c b/lib/el3_runtime/aarch64/context_mgmt.c
index 2812bdaab..ee5fe4f9d 100644
--- a/lib/el3_runtime/aarch64/context_mgmt.c
+++ b/lib/el3_runtime/aarch64/context_mgmt.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ void cm_setup_context(cpu_context_t *ctx, const entry_point_info_t *ep)
if (EP_GET_ST(ep->h.attr))
scr_el3 |= SCR_ST_BIT;
-#ifndef HANDLE_EA_EL3_FIRST
+#if !HANDLE_EA_EL3_FIRST
/*
* SCR_EL3.EA: Do not route External Abort and SError Interrupt External
* to EL3 when executing at a lower EL. When executing at EL3, External