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 15/17] x86/efi: Merge two traversals of the memory map when freeing boot regions
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:20:40 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260423152024.1098465-34-ardb+git@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260423152024.1098465-19-ardb+git@google.com>
From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Combine two traversals of the EFI memory map, one that instantiates
ranges_to_free array elements, and one that prunes EFI memory map
entries that do not need to be preserved.
This will make it easier to determine whether or not a EFI boot services
region was freed in its entirety, and this informs the decision whether
an entry needs to be preserved in the EFI runtime map.
This will allow the distinction between early reservations of EFI boot
services memory (marked with the EFI_MEMORY_RUNTIME attribute) and late
ones (marked using the MEMBLOCK_RSRV_KERN attribute) to be dropped in a
subsequent patch.
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
---
arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c | 58 +++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c
index 98fdc286eb40..b7c8337d8f88 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c
@@ -416,13 +416,23 @@ void __init efi_unmap_boot_services(void)
return;
}
+ new_md = efi.memmap.map;
for_each_efi_memory_desc(md) {
unsigned long long start = md->phys_addr;
unsigned long long size = md->num_pages << EFI_PAGE_SHIFT;
bool has_reservations = false;
+ /*
+ * Build a new EFI memmap that excludes any boot services data
+ * regions that do not cover any reserved areas, since those
+ * regions are being freed.
+ */
+ if (new_md != md)
+ memcpy(new_md, md, efi.memmap.desc_size);
+
if (md->type != EFI_BOOT_SERVICES_CODE &&
md->type != EFI_BOOT_SERVICES_DATA) {
+ new_md += efi.memmap.desc_size;
continue;
}
@@ -433,40 +443,26 @@ void __init efi_unmap_boot_services(void)
*/
efi_unmap_pages(md);
- /* Do not free, someone else owns it: */
- if (md->attribute & EFI_MEMORY_RUNTIME) {
- continue;
- }
-
- /*
- * With CONFIG_DEFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE_INIT parts of the memory
- * map are still not initialized and we can't reliably free
- * memory here.
- * Queue the ranges to free at a later point.
- */
- if (efi_add_range_to_free(start, start + size, &has_reservations)) {
- pr_err("Failed to reallocate storage for freeable EFI regions\n");
- return;
- }
- }
+ if (!(md->attribute & EFI_MEMORY_RUNTIME)) {
+ /*
+ * With CONFIG_DEFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE_INIT parts of the memory
+ * map are still not initialized and we can't reliably free
+ * memory here.
+ * Queue the ranges to free at a later point.
+ */
+ if (efi_add_range_to_free(start, start + size, &has_reservations)) {
+ pr_err("Failed to reallocate storage for freeable EFI regions\n");
+ clear_bit(EFI_MEMMAP, &efi.flags);
+ return;
+ }
+
+ /* Continue without advancing new_md so this region is omitted */
+ if (!has_reservations)
+ continue;
- /*
- * Build a new EFI memmap that excludes any boot services
- * regions that are not tagged EFI_MEMORY_RUNTIME, since those
- * regions have now been freed.
- */
- new_md = efi.memmap.map;
- for_each_efi_memory_desc(md) {
- if (!(md->attribute & EFI_MEMORY_RUNTIME) &&
- (md->type == EFI_BOOT_SERVICES_CODE ||
- md->type == EFI_BOOT_SERVICES_DATA) &&
- can_free_region(md->phys_addr,
- md->num_pages << EFI_PAGE_SHIFT)) {
- continue;
}
- if (new_md != md)
- memcpy(new_md, md, efi.memmap.desc_size);
+ /* Advance new_md so this region is preserved in the EFI memory map */
new_md += efi.memmap.desc_size;
}
--
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 ` [PATCH v3 03/17] x86/efi: Only merge EFI memory map entries on 32-bit systems Ard Biesheuvel
2026-04-28 10:47 ` 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 ` Ard Biesheuvel [this message]
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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