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From: joeyli <jlee@suse.com>
To: Matt Fleming <matt@console-pimps.org>
Cc: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@nebula.com>,
	"Fleming, Matt" <matt.fleming@intel.com>,
	"rja@sgi.com" <rja@sgi.com>,
	"mingo@kernel.org" <mingo@kernel.org>,
	"torvalds@linux-foundation.org" <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	"bp@alien8.de" <bp@alien8.de>,
	"jkosina@suse.cz" <jkosina@suse.cz>,
	"linux-efi@vger.kernel.org" <linux-efi@vger.kernel.org>,
	"x86@kernel.org" <x86@kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"tglx@linutronix.de" <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	"hpa@linux.intel.com" <hpa@linux.intel.com>,
	"akpm@linux-foundation.org" <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	"oneukum@suse.de" <oneukum@suse.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Modify UEFI anti-bricking code
Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 13:41:06 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1370497266.6523.39.camel@linux-s257.site> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1370495110.6523.35.camel@linux-s257.site>

於 四,2013-06-06 於 13:05 +0800,joeyli 提到:
> 於 三,2013-06-05 於 16:59 +0100,Matt Fleming 提到:
> > On Wed, 05 Jun, at 02:53:27PM, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2013-06-05 at 15:49 +0100, Fleming, Matt wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Folks, what do you want me to do with this? Merge it with Matthew's patch?
> > > 
> > > Do that and add Joey's signed-off-by?
> > 
> > Right, this is what I've got queued up.
> > 
> > ---
> > 
> > >From 380dcc12ba82f4e10feb6a72207b2e4771d16d8d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > From: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@nebula.com>
> > Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2013 16:06:20 -0400
> > Subject: [PATCH] Modify UEFI anti-bricking code
> > 
> > This patch reworks the UEFI anti-bricking code, including an effective
> > reversion of cc5a080c and 31ff2f20. It turns out that calling
> > QueryVariableInfo() from boot services results in some firmware
> > implementations jumping to physical addresses even after entering virtual
> > mode, so until we have 1:1 mappings for UEFI runtime space this isn't
> > going to work so well.
> [...]
> 
> The follow diff change is base on 380dcc12 patch queued in efi git tree,
> it included Matthew and hpa's suggestions. I fix the attributes of DUMMY
> object to NV/BS/RT and introduced a #define of the minimum reserve flash
> space.
> 
> This change works to me on OVMF.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks a lot!
> Joey Lee
> 

Sorry for attached a wrong diff result, it lost a NV/BS/RT attributes
changed in efi_query_variable_store(). The right diff change is
following.


Thanks a lot!
Joey Lee


diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
index cc3cfe8..ec8ac97 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@
 
 #define EFI_DEBUG	1
 
+#define EFI_MIN_RESERVE 5120
+
 #define EFI_DUMMY_GUID \
 	EFI_GUID(0x4424ac57, 0xbe4b, 0x47dd, 0x9e, 0x97, 0xed, 0x50, 0xf0, 0x9f, 0x92, 0xa9)
 
@@ -988,7 +990,11 @@ void __init efi_enter_virtual_mode(void)
 	kfree(new_memmap);
 
 	/* clean DUMMY object */
-	efi.set_variable(efi_dummy_name, &EFI_DUMMY_GUID, 0, 0, NULL);
+	efi.set_variable(efi_dummy_name, &EFI_DUMMY_GUID,
+			 EFI_VARIABLE_NON_VOLATILE |
+			 EFI_VARIABLE_BOOTSERVICE_ACCESS |
+			 EFI_VARIABLE_RUNTIME_ACCESS,
+			 0, NULL);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1051,7 +1057,12 @@ efi_status_t efi_query_variable_store(u32 attributes, unsigned long size)
 	 * write if permitting it would reduce the available space to under
 	 * 5KB. This figure was provided by Samsung, so should be safe.
 	 */
-	if ((remaining_size - size < 5120) && !efi_no_storage_paranoia) {
+	if ((remaining_size - size < EFI_MIN_RESERVE) &&
+		!efi_no_storage_paranoia) {
+
+		if (!(attributes & EFI_VARIABLE_NON_VOLATILE))
+			return EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES;
+
 		/*
 		 * Triggering garbage collection may require that the firmware
 		 * generate a real EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES error. We can force
@@ -1061,7 +1072,10 @@ efi_status_t efi_query_variable_store(u32 attributes, unsigned long size)
 		void *dummy = kmalloc(dummy_size, GFP_ATOMIC);
 
 		status = efi.set_variable(efi_dummy_name, &EFI_DUMMY_GUID,
-					  attributes, dummy_size, dummy);
+					  EFI_VARIABLE_NON_VOLATILE |
+					  EFI_VARIABLE_BOOTSERVICE_ACCESS |
+					  EFI_VARIABLE_RUNTIME_ACCESS,
+					  dummy_size, dummy);
 
 		if (status == EFI_SUCCESS) {
 			/*
@@ -1069,7 +1083,10 @@ efi_status_t efi_query_variable_store(u32 attributes, unsigned long size)
 			 * that we delete it...
 			 */
 			efi.set_variable(efi_dummy_name, &EFI_DUMMY_GUID,
-					 attributes, 0, dummy);
+					 EFI_VARIABLE_NON_VOLATILE |
+					 EFI_VARIABLE_BOOTSERVICE_ACCESS |
+					 EFI_VARIABLE_RUNTIME_ACCESS,
+					 0, dummy);
 		}
 
 		/*
@@ -1085,7 +1102,7 @@ efi_status_t efi_query_variable_store(u32 attributes, unsigned long size)
 		/*
 		 * There still isn't enough room, so return an error
 		 */
-		if (remaining_size - size < 5120)
+		if (remaining_size - size < EFI_MIN_RESERVE)
 			return EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES;
 	}
 

  reply	other threads:[~2013-06-06  5:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-06-01 20:06 [PATCH] Modify UEFI anti-bricking code Matthew Garrett
2013-06-03 12:17 ` Matt Fleming
2013-06-03 14:58   ` Matthew Garrett
2013-06-03 16:13 ` joeyli
2013-06-03 16:31   ` Matthew Garrett
     [not found]     ` <1370277079.6315.14.camel-+5W/JHIUVxg@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-04  3:35       ` joeyli
2013-06-05 14:49         ` Fleming, Matt
     [not found]           ` <CAL01qptzxe5L6Vq+nBZLq+bQNxbe_i_2OdKMNJGZQDfMihaHOw-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-05 14:53             ` Matthew Garrett
     [not found]               ` <1370444007.6315.32.camel-+5W/JHIUVxg@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-05 15:59                 ` Matt Fleming
     [not found]                   ` <20130605155904.GC30420-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-05 16:08                     ` Matthew Garrett
     [not found]                       ` <1370448519.6315.36.camel-+5W/JHIUVxg@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-05 19:59                         ` Matt Fleming
2013-06-06  2:24                       ` joeyli
2013-06-05 20:19                     ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-06-06  5:05                     ` joeyli
2013-06-06  5:41                       ` joeyli [this message]
2013-06-06  5:42                       ` Matthew Garrett
     [not found]                         ` <1370497321.6315.44.camel-+5W/JHIUVxg@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-06  7:40                           ` joeyli
     [not found]                             ` <1370504426.6523.49.camel-ONCj+Eqt86TasUa73XJKwA@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-06  9:25                               ` Matt Fleming
     [not found]                                 ` <20130606092542.GE30420-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-06 14:48                                   ` Russ Anderson
     [not found]                                     ` <20130606144846.GA10393-sJ/iWh9BUns@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-06 15:00                                       ` Matt Fleming
     [not found]                                         ` <20130606150039.GL30420-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-06 15:28                                           ` Russ Anderson
2013-06-10 18:54                                   ` Russ Anderson
     [not found] ` <1370117180-1712-1-git-send-email-matthew.garrett-05XSO3Yj/JvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-02 15:48   ` Russ Anderson
2013-06-04  5:29   ` Lingzhu Xiang

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