From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb+git@google.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org,
Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>,
"Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>,
Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>,
Dave Young <ruirui.yang@linux.dev>,
Gregory Price <gourry@gourry.net>
Subject: [PATCH v3 03/17] x86/efi: Only merge EFI memory map entries on 32-bit systems
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:20:28 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260423152024.1098465-22-ardb+git@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260423152024.1098465-19-ardb+git@google.com>
From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Commit
202f9d0a4180 ("x86, efi: Merge contiguous memory regions of the same type and attribute")
introduced a pass over the EFI memory map, ensuring that contiguous
regions of the same type and attribute are coalesced into a single
entry. This was needed because relative references may exist between
those regions, and so the virtual remapping needs to preserve the
relative placement of these regions. This virtual remapping was based on
ioremap() at the time, which does not guarantee that adjacent physical
addresses are mapped adjacently in the virtual space.
Commit
d2f7cbe7b26a ("x86/efi: Runtime services virtual mapping")
introduced a new strategy for virtually remapping the EFI runtime
services, which is now the only remaining one, and commit
a5caa209ba9c ("x86/efi: Fix boot crash by mapping EFI memmap entries bottom-up at runtime, instead of top-down")
tweaked the logic to ensure that the relative offset of adjacent regions
of any type is preserved on 64-bit systems, by reversing the order in
which the EFI memory map is traversed when choosing the virtual
placement.
This means that merging regions is no longer needed on 64-bit, given
that the relative placement of adjacent regions is guaranteed to be
preserved in the virtual space. So make this hack 32-bit only.
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h | 6 ++++
arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c | 31 --------------------
arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_32.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h
index dc8fe1361c18..f291845b403a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h
@@ -143,6 +143,12 @@ extern void efi_unmap_boot_services(void);
void arch_efi_call_virt_setup(void);
void arch_efi_call_virt_teardown(void);
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
+void efi_merge_regions(void);
+#else
+static inline void efi_merge_regions(void) {}
+#endif
+
extern u64 efi_setup;
#ifdef CONFIG_EFI
diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
index 1b7a0cd54d08..c0195b5eab21 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
@@ -502,37 +502,6 @@ void __init efi_init(void)
efi_print_memmap();
}
-/* Merge contiguous regions of the same type and attribute */
-static void __init efi_merge_regions(void)
-{
- efi_memory_desc_t *md, *prev_md = NULL;
-
- for_each_efi_memory_desc(md) {
- u64 prev_size;
-
- if (!prev_md) {
- prev_md = md;
- continue;
- }
-
- if (prev_md->type != md->type ||
- prev_md->attribute != md->attribute) {
- prev_md = md;
- continue;
- }
-
- prev_size = prev_md->num_pages << EFI_PAGE_SHIFT;
-
- if (md->phys_addr == (prev_md->phys_addr + prev_size)) {
- prev_md->num_pages += md->num_pages;
- md->type = EFI_RESERVED_TYPE;
- md->attribute = 0;
- continue;
- }
- prev_md = md;
- }
-}
-
static void *realloc_pages(void *old_memmap, int old_shift)
{
void *ret;
diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_32.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_32.c
index b2cc7b4552a1..886ede4117b5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_32.c
@@ -152,3 +152,34 @@ void arch_efi_call_virt_teardown(void)
firmware_restrict_branch_speculation_end();
efi_fpu_end();
}
+
+/* Merge contiguous regions of the same type and attribute */
+void __init efi_merge_regions(void)
+{
+ efi_memory_desc_t *md, *prev_md = NULL;
+
+ for_each_efi_memory_desc(md) {
+ u64 prev_size;
+
+ if (!prev_md) {
+ prev_md = md;
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ if (prev_md->type != md->type ||
+ prev_md->attribute != md->attribute) {
+ prev_md = md;
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ prev_size = prev_md->num_pages << EFI_PAGE_SHIFT;
+
+ if (md->phys_addr == (prev_md->phys_addr + prev_size)) {
+ prev_md->num_pages += md->num_pages;
+ md->type = EFI_RESERVED_TYPE;
+ md->attribute = 0;
+ continue;
+ }
+ prev_md = md;
+ }
+}
--
2.54.0.rc2.544.gc7ae2d5bb8-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-23 15:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-23 15:20 [PATCH v3 00/17] efi/x86: Avoid the need to mangle the EFI memory map Ard Biesheuvel
2026-04-23 15:20 ` [PATCH v3 01/17] x86/efi: Omit redundant kernel image overlap check Ard Biesheuvel
2026-04-28 8:21 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-04-28 10:40 ` Gregory Price
2026-04-23 15:20 ` [PATCH v3 02/17] x86/efi: Drop redundant EFI_PARAVIRT check Ard Biesheuvel
2026-04-28 8:21 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-04-28 10:42 ` Gregory Price
2026-04-23 15:20 ` Ard Biesheuvel [this message]
2026-04-28 10:47 ` [PATCH v3 03/17] x86/efi: Only merge EFI memory map entries on 32-bit systems Gregory Price
2026-04-23 15:20 ` [PATCH v3 04/17] x86/efi: Defer sub-1M check from unmap to free stage Ard Biesheuvel
2026-04-28 8:25 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-04-23 15:20 ` [PATCH v3 05/17] x86/efi: Simplify real mode trampoline allocation quirk Ard Biesheuvel
2026-04-28 8:32 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-04-23 15:20 ` [PATCH v3 06/17] x86/efi: Unmap kernel-reserved boot regions from EFI page tables Ard Biesheuvel
2026-04-23 15:20 ` [PATCH v3 07/17] x86/efi: Drop EFI_MEMORY_RUNTIME check from __ioremap_check_other() Ard Biesheuvel
2026-04-23 15:20 ` [PATCH v3 08/17] x86/efi: Allow ranges_to_free array to grow beyond initial size Ard Biesheuvel
2026-04-28 8:38 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-04-23 15:20 ` [PATCH v3 09/17] x86/efi: Intersect ranges_to_free with MEMBLOCK_RSRV_KERN regions Ard Biesheuvel
2026-04-28 8:40 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-04-23 15:20 ` [PATCH v3 10/17] x86/efi: Do not rely on EFI_MEMORY_RUNTIME bit and avoid entry splitting Ard Biesheuvel
2026-04-23 15:20 ` [PATCH v3 11/17] efi: Use nr_map not map_end to find the last valid memory map entry Ard Biesheuvel
2026-04-23 15:20 ` [PATCH v3 12/17] x86/efi: Clean the memory map using iterator and filter API Ard Biesheuvel
2026-04-23 15:20 ` [PATCH v3 13/17] x86/efi: Update the runtime map in place Ard Biesheuvel
2026-04-23 15:20 ` [PATCH v3 14/17] x86/efi: Reuse memory map instead of reallocating it Ard Biesheuvel
2026-04-23 15:20 ` [PATCH v3 15/17] x86/efi: Merge two traversals of the memory map when freeing boot regions Ard Biesheuvel
2026-04-23 15:20 ` [PATCH v3 16/17] x86/efi: Avoid EFI_MEMORY_RUNTIME for early EFI boot memory reservations Ard Biesheuvel
2026-04-23 15:20 ` [PATCH v3 17/17] x86/efi: Drop kexec quirk for the EFI memory attributes table Ard Biesheuvel
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