From: Ingo Molnar <mingo-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
To: Matthew Garrett <mjg59-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp-Gina5bIWoIWzQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>,
Linux EFI <linux-efi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
Matt Fleming
<matt-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>,
X86 ML <x86-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
Borislav Petkov <bp-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v2 0/4] EFI 1:1 mapping
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:13:21 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130620091321.GB6811@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130619160804.GB27832-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
* Matthew Garrett <mjg59-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 03:04:34PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > * Borislav Petkov <bp-Gina5bIWoIWzQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > > And yet there are the Macs which reportedly cannot stomach this.
> >
> > Do we know why?
>
> I got lost in a maze of pointer arithmetic. There seems to be an
> assumption that nvram writes should be forbidden if in runtime mode but
> with pointers still below the phys/virt split, which obviously makes no
> sense but hey.
>
> But, as always, the only reliable thing to do here is to behave as much
> like Windows as possible. [...]
Amen ...
> [...] Which means performing the 1:1 mapping but maintaining the high
> mapping, and passing the high values via SetVirtualAddressMap.
Cool - and supposedly this will work in a Mac environment as well? Would
be very nice to avoid fundamentally fragile system specific quirks for
something as fundamental as the EFI runtime memory mapping model ...
Thanks,
Ingo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-06-20 9:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-06-17 17:50 [PATCH -v2 0/4] EFI 1:1 mapping Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <1371491416-11037-1-git-send-email-bp-Gina5bIWoIWzQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-17 17:50 ` [PATCH -v2 1/4] efi: Convert runtime services function ptrs Borislav Petkov
2013-06-19 12:52 ` [PATCH -v2 0/4] EFI 1:1 mapping Ingo Molnar
[not found] ` <20130619125243.GD11209-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-19 13:02 ` Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <20130619130225.GA28311-fF5Pk5pvG8Y@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-19 13:04 ` Ingo Molnar
[not found] ` <20130619130434.GB24957-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-19 13:25 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-06-19 16:08 ` Matthew Garrett
[not found] ` <20130619160804.GB27832-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-19 16:18 ` Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <20130619161827.GF28300-fF5Pk5pvG8Y@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-19 16:21 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-06-19 16:38 ` Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <20130619163804.GG28300-fF5Pk5pvG8Y@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-19 16:48 ` Matthew Garrett
[not found] ` <20130619164822.GA28240-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-19 16:59 ` Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <20130619165902.GH28300-fF5Pk5pvG8Y@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-20 21:26 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-06-21 6:34 ` Matt Fleming
2013-06-19 16:50 ` James Bottomley
2013-06-20 9:13 ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
[not found] ` <20130620091321.GB6811-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-20 9:15 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-06-20 9:22 ` Ingo Molnar
[not found] ` <20130620092237.GA6943-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-20 9:33 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-06-20 9:44 ` Matthew Garrett
[not found] ` <20130620094446.GA17882-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-20 14:33 ` Jiri Kosina
2013-06-20 14:53 ` James Bottomley
2013-06-20 16:29 ` Matthew Garrett
[not found] ` <20130620162916.GA25727-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-20 16:44 ` Jiri Kosina
[not found] ` <alpine.LRH.2.00.1306201843430.3478-1ReQVI26iDCaZKY3DrU6dA@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-20 16:53 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-06-20 16:46 ` James Bottomley
2013-06-20 16:54 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-06-20 17:01 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-06-20 17:12 ` Matthew Garrett
[not found] ` <20130620171210.GA26593-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-20 18:08 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-06-20 18:10 ` Matthew Garrett
[not found] ` <20130620181015.GA27833-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-20 18:14 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-06-20 18:17 ` Matthew Garrett
[not found] ` <20130620181731.GA27960-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-20 18:47 ` Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <20130620184736.GC19877-fF5Pk5pvG8Y@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-20 22:35 ` H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <51C383AC.4060706-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-21 7:23 ` Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <20130621072356.GA22006-fF5Pk5pvG8Y@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-21 10:05 ` H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <ca8f8134-24d9-4f96-8876-e24892efc849-2ueSQiBKiTY7tOexoI0I+QC/G2K4zDHf@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-21 14:21 ` Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <20130621142101.GG22006-fF5Pk5pvG8Y@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-21 16:42 ` H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <51C4827B.7090208-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2013-07-02 7:29 ` Pavel Machek
2013-06-19 16:05 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-06-19 17:25 ` H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <51C1E996.9070209-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-19 17:37 ` Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <20130619173721.GI28300-fF5Pk5pvG8Y@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-19 17:38 ` H. Peter Anvin
[not found] ` <51C1EC90.9030802-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-19 17:50 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-06-17 17:50 ` [PATCH -v2 2/4] x86, cpa: Map in an arbitrary pgd Borislav Petkov
2013-06-17 17:50 ` [PATCH -v2 3/4] x86, efi: Add an efi= kernel command line parameter Borislav Petkov
2013-06-17 17:50 ` [PATCH -v2 4/4] x86, efi: Map runtime services 1:1 Borislav Petkov
[not found] ` <1371491416-11037-5-git-send-email-bp-Gina5bIWoIWzQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-21 11:56 ` Matt Fleming
2013-07-03 6:19 ` joeyli
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