From: Matt Fleming <matt-mF/unelCI9GS6iBeEJttW/XRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
To: Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel
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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
next prev 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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