From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb+git@google.com>
To: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>, Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v3 6/8] arm64/efi: Use a mutex to protect the EFI stack and FP/SIMD state
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 12:30:17 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250918103010.2973462-16-ardb+git@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250918103010.2973462-10-ardb+git@google.com>
From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Replace the spinlock in the arm64 glue code with a mutex, so that
the CPU can preempted while running the EFI runtime service.
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
---
arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c | 13 ++++++++++---
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c
index 0d52414415f3..4372fafde8e9 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c
@@ -166,15 +166,22 @@ asmlinkage efi_status_t efi_handle_corrupted_x18(efi_status_t s, const char *f)
return s;
}
-static DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(efi_rt_lock);
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(efi_rt_lock);
bool arch_efi_call_virt_setup(void)
{
if (!may_use_simd())
return false;
+ /*
+ * This might be called from a non-sleepable context so try to take the
+ * lock but don't block on it. This should never fail in practice, as
+ * all EFI runtime calls are serialized under the efi_runtime_lock.
+ */
+ if (WARN_ON(!mutex_trylock(&efi_rt_lock)))
+ return false;
+
efi_virtmap_load();
- raw_spin_lock(&efi_rt_lock);
kernel_neon_begin();
return true;
}
@@ -182,8 +189,8 @@ bool arch_efi_call_virt_setup(void)
void arch_efi_call_virt_teardown(void)
{
kernel_neon_end();
- raw_spin_unlock(&efi_rt_lock);
efi_virtmap_unload();
+ mutex_unlock(&efi_rt_lock);
}
asmlinkage u64 *efi_rt_stack_top __ro_after_init;
--
2.51.0.384.g4c02a37b29-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-09-18 10:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-09-18 10:30 [PATCH v3 0/8] arm64: Make EFI calls preemptible Ard Biesheuvel
2025-09-18 10:30 ` [PATCH v3 1/8] efi: Add missing static initializer for efi_mm::cpus_allowed_lock Ard Biesheuvel
2025-09-18 10:30 ` [PATCH v3 2/8] efi/runtime: Return success/failure from arch_efi_call_virt_setup() Ard Biesheuvel
2025-09-18 10:30 ` [PATCH v3 3/8] efi/runtime: Deal with arch_efi_call_virt_setup() returning failure Ard Biesheuvel
2025-09-18 10:30 ` [PATCH v3 4/8] arm64/fpsimd: Permit kernel mode NEON with IRQs off Ard Biesheuvel
2025-09-19 11:33 ` Will Deacon
2025-09-18 10:30 ` [PATCH v3 5/8] arm64/fpsimd: Drop special handling for EFI runtime services Ard Biesheuvel
2025-09-18 11:57 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2025-09-18 13:10 ` Mark Brown
2025-09-22 6:55 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2025-09-18 10:30 ` Ard Biesheuvel [this message]
2025-09-19 11:35 ` [PATCH v3 6/8] arm64/efi: Use a mutex to protect the EFI stack and FP/SIMD state Will Deacon
2025-09-19 13:42 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2025-09-19 13:54 ` Will Deacon
2025-09-18 10:30 ` [PATCH v3 7/8] arm64/efi: Move uaccess en/disable out of efi_set_pgd() Ard Biesheuvel
2025-09-19 11:36 ` Will Deacon
2025-09-18 10:30 ` [PATCH v3 8/8] arm64/efi: Call EFI runtime services without disabling preemption Ard Biesheuvel
2025-09-19 11:36 ` Will Deacon
2025-09-18 11:33 ` [PATCH v3 0/8] arm64: Make EFI calls preemptible Ard Biesheuvel
2025-09-18 11:44 ` Will Deacon
2025-09-18 11:48 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2025-09-19 11:38 ` Will Deacon
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