From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([216.205.24.124]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.94 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1lh1ts-00Ayye-Oa for kexec@lists.infradead.org; Thu, 13 May 2021 03:20:38 +0000 Date: Thu, 13 May 2021 11:20:21 +0800 From: Dave Young Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] firmware/efi: Tell memblock about EFI reservations Message-ID: <20210513031958.GD45898@dhcp-128-65.nay.redhat.com> References: <20210429133533.1750721-1-maz@kernel.org> <20210429133533.1750721-2-maz@kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "kexec" Errors-To: kexec-bounces+dwmw2=infradead.org@lists.infradead.org To: Moritz Fischer Cc: Marc Zyngier , kexec@lists.infradead.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, Catalin Marinas , Will Deacon , Ard Biesheuvel , Mark Rutland , James Morse , Lorenzo Pieralisi , Hanjun Guo , Sudeep Holla , Eric Biederman , AKASHI Takahiro , kernel-team@android.com On 05/03/21 at 11:56am, Moritz Fischer wrote: > Marc, > > On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 02:35:32PM +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote: > > kexec_load_file() relies on the memblock infrastructure to avoid > > stamping over regions of memory that are essential to the survival > > of the system. > > > > However, nobody seems to agree how to flag these regions as reserved, > > and (for example) EFI only publishes its reservations in /proc/iomem > > for the benefit of the traditional, userspace based kexec tool. > > > > On arm64 platforms with GICv3, this can result in the payload being > > placed at the location of the LPI tables. Shock, horror! > > > > Let's augment the EFI reservation code with a memblock_reserve() call, > > protecting our dear tables from the secondary kernel invasion. > > > > At some point, someone will have to go and figure out a way to unify > > these multiple reservation trees, because sprinkling random reservation > > calls is only a temporary workaround. > > > > Feel free to add (and/or): > > Reported-by: Moritz Fischer > Tested-by: Moritz Fischer > > Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier > > --- > > drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++- > > 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c > > index 4b7ee3fa9224..026b02f5f7d8 100644 > > --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c > > +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c > > @@ -896,11 +896,25 @@ static int __init efi_memreserve_map_root(void) > > static int efi_mem_reserve_iomem(phys_addr_t addr, u64 size) > > { > > struct resource *res, *parent; > > + int ret; > > > > res = kzalloc(sizeof(struct resource), GFP_ATOMIC); > > if (!res) > > return -ENOMEM; > > > > + /* > > + * Given that efi_mem_reserve_iomem() can be called at any > > + * time, only call memblock_reserve() if the architecture > > + * keeps the infrastructure around. > > + */ > > + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_KEEP_MEMBLOCK)) { > > + ret = memblock_reserve(addr, size); > > + if (ret) { > > + kfree(res); > > + return ret; > > + } > > + } > > + If you go with memblock, it would be better to handle it separately from the iomem? > > res->name = "reserved"; > > res->flags = IORESOURCE_MEM; > > res->start = addr; > > @@ -908,7 +922,14 @@ static int efi_mem_reserve_iomem(phys_addr_t addr, u64 size) > > > > /* we expect a conflict with a 'System RAM' region */ > > parent = request_resource_conflict(&iomem_resource, res); > > - return parent ? request_resource(parent, res) : 0; > > + ret = parent ? request_resource(parent, res) : 0; > > + if (ret) { > > + kfree(res); > > + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_KEEP_MEMBLOCK)) > > + memblock_free(addr, size); > > + } > > + > > + return ret; It looks odd to free memblock when reqeust resource fails, they are not relavant? > > } > > > > int __ref efi_mem_reserve_persistent(phys_addr_t addr, u64 size) > > -- > > 2.29.2 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > linux-arm-kernel mailing list > > linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org > > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel > > Thanks, > Moritz > > _______________________________________________ > kexec mailing list > kexec@lists.infradead.org > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec > > Thanks Dave _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec