From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
To: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>,
Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@kernel.org>,
WANG Xuerui <kernel@xen0n.name>,
loongarch@lists.linux.dev
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] efi: Pass EFI boot memmap struct address to core kernel
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2026 09:45:09 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260813074506.643472-7-ardb@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260813074506.643472-5-ardb@kernel.org>
The EFI stub already passes a struct efi_boot_memmap populated with the
information of the EFI memory map as a configuration table, and so
passing the physical address, size, descriptor size and descriptor
version via 4 different DT properties is kind of redundant.
Instead, pass the physical address of this struct in memory so that the
kernel can just retrieve the values directly.
Unfortunately, the scheme with four separate properties is boot ABI for
Xen, and so this needs to remain supported. But for the EFI stub itself,
this is just an internal ABI that can be modified.
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
---
Documentation/arch/arm/uefi.rst | 10 +----
drivers/firmware/efi/fdtparams.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++---
drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/fdt.c | 40 ++------------------
3 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 52 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/arch/arm/uefi.rst b/Documentation/arch/arm/uefi.rst
index 2b7ad9bd7cd2..c19cf3720f27 100644
--- a/Documentation/arch/arm/uefi.rst
+++ b/Documentation/arch/arm/uefi.rst
@@ -54,17 +54,9 @@ Name Type Description
========================== ====== ===========================================
linux,uefi-system-table 64-bit Physical address of the UEFI System Table.
-linux,uefi-mmap-start 64-bit Physical address of the UEFI memory map,
+linux,uefi-boot-memmap 64-bit Physical address of a struct efi_boot_memmap
populated by the UEFI GetMemoryMap() call.
-linux,uefi-mmap-size 32-bit Size in bytes of the UEFI memory map
- pointed to in previous entry.
-
-linux,uefi-mmap-desc-size 32-bit Size in bytes of each entry in the UEFI
- memory map.
-
-linux,uefi-mmap-desc-ver 32-bit Version of the mmap descriptor format.
-
kaslr-seed 64-bit Entropy used to randomize the kernel image
base address location.
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/fdtparams.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/fdtparams.c
index b815d2a754ee..a54a76a6aaeb 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/fdtparams.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/fdtparams.c
@@ -10,22 +10,30 @@
#include <linux/unaligned.h>
+#include <asm/early_ioremap.h>
+
enum {
SYSTAB,
+ MEMMAP,
+#ifdef CONFIG_XEN
MMBASE,
MMSIZE,
DCSIZE,
DCVERS,
+#endif
PARAMCOUNT
};
static __initconst const char name[][22] = {
[SYSTAB] = "System Table ",
+ [MEMMAP] = "Boot Memory Map ",
+#ifdef CONFIG_XEN
[MMBASE] = "MemMap Address ",
[MMSIZE] = "MemMap Size ",
[DCSIZE] = "MemMap Desc. Size ",
[DCVERS] = "MemMap Desc. Version ",
+#endif
};
static __initconst const struct {
@@ -49,10 +57,7 @@ static __initconst const struct {
.path = "/chosen",
.params = { // <-----------26----------->
[SYSTAB] = "linux,uefi-system-table",
- [MMBASE] = "linux,uefi-mmap-start",
- [MMSIZE] = "linux,uefi-mmap-size",
- [DCSIZE] = "linux,uefi-mmap-desc-size",
- [DCVERS] = "linux,uefi-mmap-desc-ver",
+ [MEMMAP] = "linux,uefi-boot-memmap",
}
}
};
@@ -84,17 +89,20 @@ static int __init efi_get_fdt_prop(const void *fdt, int node, const char *pname,
u64 __init efi_get_fdt_params(struct efi_memory_map_data *mm)
{
const void *fdt = initial_boot_params;
- unsigned long systab;
+ unsigned long systab, memmap;
int i, j, node;
struct {
void *var;
int size;
} target[] = {
[SYSTAB] = { &systab, sizeof(systab) },
+ [MEMMAP] = { &memmap, sizeof(memmap) },
+#ifdef CONFIG_XEN
[MMBASE] = { &mm->phys_map, sizeof(mm->phys_map) },
[MMSIZE] = { &mm->size, sizeof(mm->size) },
[DCSIZE] = { &mm->desc_size, sizeof(mm->desc_size) },
[DCVERS] = { &mm->desc_version, sizeof(mm->desc_version) },
+#endif
};
BUILD_BUG_ON(ARRAY_SIZE(target) != ARRAY_SIZE(name));
@@ -115,6 +123,9 @@ u64 __init efi_get_fdt_params(struct efi_memory_map_data *mm)
for (j = 0; j < ARRAY_SIZE(target); j++) {
const char *pname = dt_params[i].params[j];
+ if (pname[0] == '\0')
+ continue;
+
if (!efi_get_fdt_prop(fdt, node, pname, name[j],
target[j].var, target[j].size))
continue;
@@ -123,8 +134,24 @@ u64 __init efi_get_fdt_params(struct efi_memory_map_data *mm)
pr_err("Can't find property '%s' in DT!\n", pname);
return 0;
}
- if (dt_params[i].paravirt)
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_XEN) && dt_params[i].paravirt) {
set_bit(EFI_PARAVIRT, &efi.flags);
+ } else {
+ struct efi_boot_memmap *bm;
+
+ bm = early_memremap_ro(memmap, sizeof(*bm));
+ if (!bm) {
+ pr_err("Cannot remap EFI boot memory map\n");
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ mm->phys_map = memmap + sizeof(*bm);
+ mm->size = bm->map_size;
+ mm->desc_size = bm->desc_size;
+ mm->desc_version = bm->desc_ver;
+
+ early_memunmap(bm, sizeof(*bm));
+ }
return systab;
}
notfound:
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/fdt.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/fdt.c
index 23b3543d3041..417b1344bdd8 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/fdt.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/fdt.c
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ static efi_status_t update_fdt(void *orig_fdt, unsigned long orig_fdt_size,
{
int node, num_rsv;
int status;
- fdt32_t fdt_val32;
fdt64_t fdt_val64;
/* Do some checks on provided FDT, if it exists: */
@@ -102,21 +101,7 @@ static efi_status_t update_fdt(void *orig_fdt, unsigned long orig_fdt_size,
fdt_val64 = cpu_to_fdt64(U64_MAX); /* placeholder */
- status = fdt_setprop_var(fdt, node, "linux,uefi-mmap-start", fdt_val64);
- if (status)
- goto fdt_set_fail;
-
- fdt_val32 = cpu_to_fdt32(U32_MAX); /* placeholder */
-
- status = fdt_setprop_var(fdt, node, "linux,uefi-mmap-size", fdt_val32);
- if (status)
- goto fdt_set_fail;
-
- status = fdt_setprop_var(fdt, node, "linux,uefi-mmap-desc-size", fdt_val32);
- if (status)
- goto fdt_set_fail;
-
- status = fdt_setprop_var(fdt, node, "linux,uefi-mmap-desc-ver", fdt_val32);
+ status = fdt_setprop_var(fdt, node, "linux,uefi-boot-memmap", fdt_val64);
if (status)
goto fdt_set_fail;
@@ -148,33 +133,14 @@ static efi_status_t update_fdt_memmap(void *fdt, struct efi_boot_memmap *map)
{
int node = fdt_path_offset(fdt, "/chosen");
fdt64_t fdt_val64;
- fdt32_t fdt_val32;
int err;
if (node < 0)
return EFI_LOAD_ERROR;
- fdt_val64 = cpu_to_fdt64((unsigned long)map->map);
-
- err = fdt_setprop_inplace_var(fdt, node, "linux,uefi-mmap-start", fdt_val64);
- if (err)
- return EFI_LOAD_ERROR;
-
- fdt_val32 = cpu_to_fdt32(map->map_size);
-
- err = fdt_setprop_inplace_var(fdt, node, "linux,uefi-mmap-size", fdt_val32);
- if (err)
- return EFI_LOAD_ERROR;
-
- fdt_val32 = cpu_to_fdt32(map->desc_size);
-
- err = fdt_setprop_inplace_var(fdt, node, "linux,uefi-mmap-desc-size", fdt_val32);
- if (err)
- return EFI_LOAD_ERROR;
-
- fdt_val32 = cpu_to_fdt32(map->desc_ver);
+ fdt_val64 = cpu_to_fdt64((unsigned long)map);
- err = fdt_setprop_inplace_var(fdt, node, "linux,uefi-mmap-desc-ver", fdt_val32);
+ err = fdt_setprop_inplace_var(fdt, node, "linux,uefi-boot-memmap", fdt_val64);
if (err)
return EFI_LOAD_ERROR;
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-13 7:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-13 7:45 [PATCH 0/3] efi: Simply DT handoff from stub to kernel Ard Biesheuvel
2026-08-13 7:45 ` [PATCH 1/3] efi: Turn boot memmap handling into shared code Ard Biesheuvel
2026-08-13 8:24 ` Richard Lyu
2026-08-13 7:45 ` Ard Biesheuvel [this message]
2026-08-13 8:25 ` [PATCH 2/3] efi: Pass EFI boot memmap struct address to core kernel Richard Lyu
2026-08-13 7:45 ` [PATCH 3/3] efi: Make the 'linux,uefi-boot-memmap' DT property optional Ard Biesheuvel
2026-08-13 8:25 ` Richard Lyu
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