Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] efi/x86: skip efi_arch_mem_reserve() in case of kexec.

["Kalra, Ashish" <ashish.kalra@amd.com>]

 >It sounds to me like you need to go back up, to the 10000ft view and
>> explain how exactly this efi_mem_reserve() causes trouble for the
>> kexec-ed kernel so that we can think of a proper solution, not some
>> random hackery.
>
> The above details explain why and how efi_arch_mem_reserve() causes 
> trouble for the (nested) kexec-ed kernel, additionally, there is a 
> another reason to skip efi_arch_mem_reserve() altogether for the kexec 
> case, as for kexec use case we need to use the EFI memmap passed from 
> the 1st kernel via setup_data and probably need to avoid any 
> additional EFI memory map additions/updates.
>
> Therefore, the first revision of this patch had the following code to 
> skip efi_arch_mem_reserve():
>
> void __init efi_arch_mem_reserve(..) {
>
> + if (efi_setup) + return;
>
> But then based on upstream review/feedback, the second revision of 
> this patch, updated the patch to check the md attribute of the EFI 
> memory descriptor instead of checking for efi_setup for detecting if 
> running under kexec kernel and the checking of the md attribute of the 
> EFI memory descriptor introduces these additional checks and pr_err() 
> which you commented on above.
>
> Hopefully, the above detailed explanation captures the reason to skip 
> efi_arch_mem_reserve() in case of (SNP) guest kexec, looking forward 
> to your comments/feedback on the same for me to rework this patch 
> (especially the commit message) and post it again.

<snip>

I am actually going to rename this patch to something more appropriate like:

Fix EFI memory map corruption during SNP guest kexec

And in the patch itself, go back to skipping efi_arch_mem_reserve() by 
checking efi_setup to check for running under kexec kernel similar to 
how it used by efi_enter_virtual_mode().

Thanks, Ashish


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