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From: Matt Fleming <matt-mF/unelCI9GS6iBeEJttW/XRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
To: Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel
	<ard.biesheuvel-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>,
	linux-arm-kernel-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org,
	linux-efi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	roy.franz-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org,
	mark.rutland-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org,
	catalin.marinas-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org,
	will.deacon-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org,
	matt.fleming-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org,
	bp-Gina5bIWoIWzQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org,
	dyoung-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org,
	geoff.levand-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org,
	msalter-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 6/8] arm64/efi: move SetVirtualAddressMap() to UEFI stub
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 10:43:39 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150112104339.GB26589@codeblueprint.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150106180120.GF3827-t77nlHhSwNqAroYi2ySoxKxOck334EZe@public.gmane.org>

On Tue, 06 Jan, at 06:01:20PM, Leif Lindholm wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 05, 2015 at 04:54:02PM +0000, Matt Fleming wrote:
> 
> I think all we really need above what efi_get_memory_map() provides is
> the scratch space. Would we care about temporarily wasting a little
> bit of EFI_LOADER_DATA on all platforms, or could we just swap the
> function body in efi-stub-helper.c for Ard's version above?
> 
> (I would guess memory maps with <= 32 entries are uncommon anyway, so
> the existing version would already make the bootservice call twice.)
 
I've no concerns about using the additional scratch space.

[...]

> Mmm, not optimal.
> That said, the only arm*-specific things about this particular
> function are the page sizes. Should this move to efi-stub-helper.c
> with EFI_RT_VIRTUAL_BASE moved to arch/<x>/include/asm/efi.h and
> joined by EFI_RT_VIRTUAL_BASE_ALIGN and EFI_RT_VIRTUAL_REGION_ALIGN?

Yeah, that would be an improvement. It's possible we could reuse some of
this code for x86's EFI virtual mapping code that Borislav wrote
(maybe).

-- 
Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center

  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-01-12 10:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-12-22 10:58 [PATCH v4 0/8] stable UEFI virtual mappings for kexec Ard Biesheuvel
     [not found] ` <1419245944-2424-1-git-send-email-ard.biesheuvel-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2014-12-22 10:58   ` [PATCH v4 1/8] arm64/mm: add explicit struct_mm argument to __create_mapping() Ard Biesheuvel
2014-12-22 10:58   ` [PATCH v4 2/8] arm64/mm: add create_pgd_mapping() to create private page tables Ard Biesheuvel
2014-12-22 10:58   ` [PATCH v4 3/8] efi: split off remapping code from efi_config_init() Ard Biesheuvel
     [not found]     ` <1419245944-2424-4-git-send-email-ard.biesheuvel-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2015-01-05 14:55       ` Matt Fleming
2015-01-05 21:56       ` Borislav Petkov
2014-12-22 10:59   ` [PATCH v4 4/8] efi: efistub: allow allocation alignment larger than EFI_PAGE_SIZE Ard Biesheuvel
     [not found]     ` <1419245944-2424-5-git-send-email-ard.biesheuvel-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2014-12-23 16:45       ` Borislav Petkov
     [not found]         ` <20141223164549.GB3810-fF5Pk5pvG8Y@public.gmane.org>
2014-12-29  9:25           ` Ard Biesheuvel
     [not found]             ` <CAKv+Gu_+scCHYuXccgsvn9THsbP24OfyjvjN9XtEVe4nMdQtig-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2014-12-29  9:47               ` Borislav Petkov
     [not found]                 ` <20141229094732.GA16051-K5JNixvcfoxupOikMc4+xw@public.gmane.org>
2015-01-05 11:24                   ` Ard Biesheuvel
2014-12-22 10:59   ` [PATCH v4 5/8] arm64/efi: set EFI_ALLOC_ALIGN to 64 KB Ard Biesheuvel
2015-01-06 16:37     ` Leif Lindholm
2014-12-22 10:59   ` [PATCH v4 6/8] arm64/efi: move SetVirtualAddressMap() to UEFI stub Ard Biesheuvel
     [not found]     ` <1419245944-2424-7-git-send-email-ard.biesheuvel-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2015-01-05 16:20       ` Mark Rutland
2015-01-06 17:13         ` Leif Lindholm
2015-01-07 18:05         ` Ard Biesheuvel
2015-01-05 16:54       ` Matt Fleming
     [not found]         ` <20150105165402.GE3163-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2015-01-06 18:01           ` Leif Lindholm
     [not found]             ` <20150106180120.GF3827-t77nlHhSwNqAroYi2ySoxKxOck334EZe@public.gmane.org>
2015-01-12 10:43               ` Matt Fleming [this message]
2015-01-07 18:15           ` Ard Biesheuvel
2015-01-07 12:06       ` Leif Lindholm
     [not found]         ` <20150107120608.GJ3827-t77nlHhSwNqAroYi2ySoxKxOck334EZe@public.gmane.org>
2015-01-07 12:16           ` Ard Biesheuvel
     [not found]             ` <CAKv+Gu_k0_anqvm24P8J4WaMrFLMxOhQETAfUb6xmzaJ+Z2vBQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-01-07 12:25               ` Leif Lindholm
     [not found]                 ` <20150107122515.GK3827-t77nlHhSwNqAroYi2ySoxKxOck334EZe@public.gmane.org>
2015-01-07 12:30                   ` Ard Biesheuvel
     [not found]                     ` <CAKv+Gu-aRkoRj5zVXrsBc0APCehZ9W926J6fxH380K9EURXe_Q-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2015-01-07 12:56                       ` Leif Lindholm
2014-12-22 10:59   ` [PATCH v4 7/8] arm64/efi: remove free_boot_services() and friends Ard Biesheuvel
     [not found]     ` <1419245944-2424-8-git-send-email-ard.biesheuvel-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2015-01-06 18:06       ` Leif Lindholm
2014-12-22 10:59   ` [PATCH v4 8/8] arm64/efi: remove idmap manipulations from UEFI code Ard Biesheuvel
     [not found]     ` <1419245944-2424-9-git-send-email-ard.biesheuvel-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2015-01-06 18:17       ` Leif Lindholm

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