[PATCH 0/3] Use mm_struct and switch_mm() instead of manually

Sai Praneeth Prakhya
2017-08-15T19:18:23Z

From: Sai Praneeth <sai.praneeth.prakhya@intel.com>

Presently, in x86, to invoke any efi function like
efi_set_virtual_address_map() or any efi_runtime_service() the code path
typically involves read_cr3() (save previous pgd), write_cr3()
(write efi_pgd) and calling efi function. Likewise after returning from
efi function the code path typically involves read_cr3() (save efi_pgd),
write_cr3() (write previous pgd). We do this couple of times in efi
subsystem of Linux kernel, so we can use a function (efi_switch_mm())
to do this. This improves readability and maintainability. Also, instead
of maintaining a separate struct "efi_scratch" to store/restore efi_pgd,
we can use mm_struct to do this.

I have tested this patch set against LUV, so I think I didn't break
any existing configurations. I have tested this patch set for
1. x86_64,
2. x86_32,
3. Mixed mode
with efi=old_map and for kexec kernel. Please let me know if I have
missed any other configurations.

Special thanks to Matt for his initial review.

Matt,
I have implemented efi_switch_mm() in "arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c"
because it's used only by x86_64. Please let me know if you think it
should be in "drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c"

Andy and Michael,
As I am twiddling with memory management for the first time and I think
you are mm experts, could you please review efi_switch_mm() function
in "x86/efi: Use efi_switch_mm() rather than manually twiddling with cr3"

Sai Praneeth (3):
efi: Use efi_mm in x86 as well as ARM
x86/efi: Replace efi_pgd with efi_mm.pgd
x86/efi: Use efi_switch_mm() rather than manually twiddling with cr3

arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h | 30 +++++++++----------
arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_thunk_64.S | 2 +-
drivers/firmware/efi/arm-runtime.c | 9 ------
drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c | 9 ++++++
include/linux/efi.h | 2 ++
6 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)

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