[PATCH v4] efi/earlycon: Remap entire framebuffer after page initialization

[Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>]

From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>

When commit 69c1f396f25b

  "efi/x86: Convert x86 EFI earlyprintk into generic earlycon implementation"

moved the x86 specific EFI earlyprintk implementation to a shared location,
it also tweaked the behaviour. In particular, it dropped a trick with full
framebuffer remapping after page initialization, leading to two regressions:
1) very slow scrolling after page initialization,
2) kernel hang when the 'keep_bootcon' command line argument is passed.

Putting the tweak back fixes #2 and mitigates #1, i.e., it limits the slow
behavior to the early boot stages, presumably due to eliminating heavy
map()/unmap() operations per each pixel line on the screen.

Fixes: 69c1f396f25b ("efi/x86: Convert x86 EFI earlyprintk into generic earlycon implementation")
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
[ardb: ensure efifb is unmapped again unless keep_bootcon is in effect]
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/firmware/efi/earlycon.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/earlycon.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/earlycon.c
index c9a0efca17b0..0bc4fe741415 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/earlycon.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/earlycon.c
@@ -13,18 +13,57 @@
 
 #include <asm/early_ioremap.h>
 
+static const struct console *earlycon_console __initdata;
 static const struct font_desc *font;
 static u32 efi_x, efi_y;
 static u64 fb_base;
 static pgprot_t fb_prot;
+static void *efi_fb;
+
+/*
+ * efi earlycon needs to use early_memremap() to map the framebuffer.
+ * But early_memremap() is not usable for 'earlycon=efifb keep_bootcon',
+ * memremap() should be used instead. memremap() will be available after
+ * paging_init() which is earlier than initcall callbacks. Thus adding this
+ * early initcall function early_efi_map_fb() to map the whole efi framebuffer.
+ */
+static int __init efi_earlycon_remap_fb(void)
+{
+	/* bail if there is no bootconsole or it has been disabled already */
+	if (!earlycon_console || !(earlycon_console->flags & CON_ENABLED))
+		return 0;
+
+	if (pgprot_val(fb_prot) == pgprot_val(PAGE_KERNEL))
+		efi_fb = memremap(fb_base, screen_info.lfb_size, MEMREMAP_WB);
+	else
+		efi_fb = memremap(fb_base, screen_info.lfb_size, MEMREMAP_WC);
+
+	return efi_fb ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
+}
+early_initcall(efi_earlycon_remap_fb);
+
+static int __init efi_earlycon_unmap_fb(void)
+{
+	/* unmap the bootconsole fb unless keep_bootcon has left it enabled */
+	if (efi_fb && !(earlycon_console->flags & CON_ENABLED))
+		memunmap(efi_fb);
+	return 0;
+}
+late_initcall(efi_earlycon_unmap_fb);
 
 static __ref void *efi_earlycon_map(unsigned long start, unsigned long len)
 {
+	if (efi_fb)
+		return efi_fb + start;
+
 	return early_memremap_prot(fb_base + start, len, pgprot_val(fb_prot));
 }
 
 static __ref void efi_earlycon_unmap(void *addr, unsigned long len)
 {
+	if (efi_fb)
+		return;
+
 	early_memunmap(addr, len);
 }
 
@@ -201,6 +240,7 @@ static int __init efi_earlycon_setup(struct earlycon_device *device,
 		efi_earlycon_scroll_up();
 
 	device->con->write = efi_earlycon_write;
+	earlycon_console = device->con;
 	return 0;
 }
 EARLYCON_DECLARE(efifb, efi_earlycon_setup);
-- 
2.17.1