From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp-Gina5bIWoIWzQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg59-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>,
James Bottomley
<James.Bottomley-d9PhHud1JfjCXq6kfMZ53/egYHeGw8Jk@public.gmane.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>,
Linux EFI <linux-efi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
Matt Fleming
<matt-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>,
X86 ML <x86-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
Borislav Petkov <bp-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v2 0/4] EFI 1:1 mapping
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 15:35:24 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <51C383AC.4060706@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130620184736.GC19877-fF5Pk5pvG8Y@public.gmane.org>
On 06/20/2013 11:47 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
>
> I guess we can do a top-down allocation, starting from the highest
> virtual addresses:
>
> EFI_HIGHEST_ADDRESS
> |
> | size1
> |
> --> region1
> |
> | size2
> |
> --> region2
>
> ...
>
> and we make EFI_HIGHEST_ADDRESS be the same absolute number on every
> system.
>
> hpa, is this close to what you had in mind? It would be prudent to
> verify whether this will suit well with the kexec virtual space layout
> though...
>
This would work really well, I think. The tricky part here is to pick a
safe EFI_HIGHEST_ADDRESS as it is an ABI.
My preference would be to make EFI_HIGHEST_ADDRESS = -4 GB, which is
*not* what Windows uses, but will leave the high negative range clear,
and allows a range where we can grow down without much risk of
interfering with anything else.
-hpa
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>,
James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
Linux EFI <linux-efi@vger.kernel.org>,
Matt Fleming <matt@console-pimps.org>, X86 ML <x86@kernel.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v2 0/4] EFI 1:1 mapping
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 15:35:24 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <51C383AC.4060706@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130620184736.GC19877@pd.tnic>
On 06/20/2013 11:47 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
>
> I guess we can do a top-down allocation, starting from the highest
> virtual addresses:
>
> EFI_HIGHEST_ADDRESS
> |
> | size1
> |
> --> region1
> |
> | size2
> |
> --> region2
>
> ...
>
> and we make EFI_HIGHEST_ADDRESS be the same absolute number on every
> system.
>
> hpa, is this close to what you had in mind? It would be prudent to
> verify whether this will suit well with the kexec virtual space layout
> though...
>
This would work really well, I think. The tricky part here is to pick a
safe EFI_HIGHEST_ADDRESS as it is an ABI.
My preference would be to make EFI_HIGHEST_ADDRESS = -4 GB, which is
*not* what Windows uses, but will leave the high negative range clear,
and allows a range where we can grow down without much risk of
interfering with anything else.
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-06-20 22:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 91+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-06-17 17:50 [PATCH -v2 0/4] EFI 1:1 mapping Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <1371491416-11037-1-git-send-email-bp-Gina5bIWoIWzQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-17 17:50 ` [PATCH -v2 1/4] efi: Convert runtime services function ptrs Borislav Petkov
2013-06-17 17:50 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-06-20 18:15 ` [PATCH] [IA64] sim: Add casts to avoid assignment warnings Luck, Tony
2013-06-20 23:43 ` Tony Luck
2013-06-21 10:26 ` Fleming, Matt
2013-06-19 12:52 ` [PATCH -v2 0/4] EFI 1:1 mapping Ingo Molnar
2013-06-19 12:52 ` Ingo Molnar
[not found] ` <20130619125243.GD11209-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-19 13:02 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-06-19 13:02 ` Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <20130619130225.GA28311-fF5Pk5pvG8Y@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-19 13:04 ` Ingo Molnar
2013-06-19 13:04 ` Ingo Molnar
[not found] ` <20130619130434.GB24957-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-19 13:25 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-06-19 13:25 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-06-19 16:08 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-06-19 16:08 ` Matthew Garrett
[not found] ` <20130619160804.GB27832-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-19 16:18 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-06-19 16:18 ` Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <20130619161827.GF28300-fF5Pk5pvG8Y@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-19 16:21 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-06-19 16:21 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-06-19 16:38 ` Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <20130619163804.GG28300-fF5Pk5pvG8Y@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-19 16:48 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-06-19 16:48 ` Matthew Garrett
[not found] ` <20130619164822.GA28240-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-19 16:59 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-06-19 16:59 ` Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <20130619165902.GH28300-fF5Pk5pvG8Y@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-20 21:26 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-06-20 21:26 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-06-21 6:34 ` Matt Fleming
2013-06-21 6:34 ` Matt Fleming
2013-06-19 16:50 ` James Bottomley
2013-06-20 9:13 ` Ingo Molnar
2013-06-20 9:13 ` Ingo Molnar
[not found] ` <20130620091321.GB6811-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-20 9:15 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-06-20 9:15 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-06-20 9:22 ` Ingo Molnar
[not found] ` <20130620092237.GA6943-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-20 9:33 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-06-20 9:33 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-06-20 9:44 ` Matthew Garrett
[not found] ` <20130620094446.GA17882-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-20 14:33 ` Jiri Kosina
2013-06-20 14:33 ` Jiri Kosina
2013-06-20 14:53 ` James Bottomley
2013-06-20 14:53 ` James Bottomley
2013-06-20 16:29 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-06-20 16:29 ` Matthew Garrett
[not found] ` <20130620162916.GA25727-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-20 16:44 ` Jiri Kosina
2013-06-20 16:44 ` Jiri Kosina
[not found] ` <alpine.LRH.2.00.1306201843430.3478-1ReQVI26iDCaZKY3DrU6dA@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-20 16:53 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-06-20 16:53 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-06-20 16:46 ` James Bottomley
2013-06-20 16:46 ` James Bottomley
2013-06-20 16:54 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-06-20 16:54 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-06-20 17:01 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-06-20 17:12 ` Matthew Garrett
[not found] ` <20130620171210.GA26593-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-20 18:08 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-06-20 18:08 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-06-20 18:10 ` Matthew Garrett
[not found] ` <20130620181015.GA27833-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-20 18:14 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-06-20 18:14 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-06-20 18:17 ` Matthew Garrett
[not found] ` <20130620181731.GA27960-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-20 18:47 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-06-20 18:47 ` Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <20130620184736.GC19877-fF5Pk5pvG8Y@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-20 22:35 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2013-06-20 22:35 ` H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <51C383AC.4060706-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-21 7:23 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-06-21 7:23 ` Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <20130621072356.GA22006-fF5Pk5pvG8Y@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-21 10:05 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-06-21 10:05 ` H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <ca8f8134-24d9-4f96-8876-e24892efc849-2ueSQiBKiTY7tOexoI0I+QC/G2K4zDHf@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-21 14:21 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-06-21 14:21 ` Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <20130621142101.GG22006-fF5Pk5pvG8Y@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-21 16:42 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-06-21 16:42 ` H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <51C4827B.7090208-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2013-07-02 7:29 ` Pavel Machek
2013-07-02 7:29 ` Pavel Machek
2013-06-19 16:05 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-06-19 16:05 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-06-19 17:25 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-06-19 17:25 ` H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <51C1E996.9070209-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-19 17:37 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-06-19 17:37 ` Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <20130619173721.GI28300-fF5Pk5pvG8Y@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-19 17:38 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-06-19 17:38 ` H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <51C1EC90.9030802-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-19 17:50 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-06-19 17:50 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-06-17 17:50 ` [PATCH -v2 2/4] x86, cpa: Map in an arbitrary pgd Borislav Petkov
2013-06-17 17:50 ` [PATCH -v2 3/4] x86, efi: Add an efi= kernel command line parameter Borislav Petkov
2013-06-17 17:50 ` [PATCH -v2 4/4] x86, efi: Map runtime services 1:1 Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <1371491416-11037-5-git-send-email-bp-Gina5bIWoIWzQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-21 11:56 ` Matt Fleming
2013-06-21 11:56 ` Matt Fleming
2013-07-03 6:19 ` joeyli
2013-07-03 6:19 ` joeyli
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