From: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
To: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>,
Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>, Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>,
"Guilherme G. Piccoli" <gpiccoli@igalia.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
x86@kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>,
kernel-team@meta.com
Subject: [PATCH v3 2/7] efi/runtime-wrappers: factor out efi_rts_park_worker()
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2026 05:09:35 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260616-efi_timeout-v3-2-76dd1d26657b@debian.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260616-efi_timeout-v3-0-76dd1d26657b@debian.org>
x86's efi_crash_gracefully_on_page_fault() ends in an infinite
schedule() loop so the kworker that faulted in firmware never runs
efi_rts_wq again. A later change needs the same "park this worker
forever" primitive on the runtime service timeout path, so factor the
loop into a shared efi_rts_park_worker() and call it from the x86
page-fault handler.
No functional change.
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
---
arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c | 9 +--------
drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c | 13 +++++++++++++
include/linux/efi.h | 2 ++
3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c
index 90a065fcb1fab..02c56a02eb9bc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c
@@ -832,12 +832,5 @@ void efi_crash_gracefully_on_page_fault(unsigned long phys_addr,
clear_bit(EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES, &efi.flags);
pr_info("Froze efi_rts_wq and disabled EFI Runtime Services\n");
- /*
- * Call schedule() in an infinite loop, so that any spurious wake ups
- * will never run efi_rts_wq again.
- */
- for (;;) {
- set_current_state(TASK_IDLE);
- schedule();
- }
+ efi_rts_park_worker();
}
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c
index da8d296216441..a1e46ab003668 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c
@@ -211,6 +211,19 @@ static struct task_struct *efi_runtime_lock_owner;
extern struct semaphore __efi_uv_runtime_lock __alias(efi_runtime_lock);
#endif
+/*
+ * Park a worker that must never run efi_rts_wq again: EFI runtime services
+ * have been disabled and its efi_rts_work is abandoned. Loop in schedule()
+ * so a spurious wakeup cannot resume it.
+ */
+void efi_rts_park_worker(void)
+{
+ for (;;) {
+ set_current_state(TASK_IDLE);
+ schedule();
+ }
+}
+
/*
* Calls the appropriate efi_runtime_service() with the appropriate
* arguments.
diff --git a/include/linux/efi.h b/include/linux/efi.h
index 24221a8424121..015505423277e 100644
--- a/include/linux/efi.h
+++ b/include/linux/efi.h
@@ -1256,6 +1256,8 @@ extern struct efi_runtime_work efi_rts_work;
/* Workqueue to queue EFI Runtime Services */
extern struct workqueue_struct *efi_rts_wq;
+void efi_rts_park_worker(void);
+
struct linux_efi_memreserve {
int size; // allocated size of the array
atomic_t count; // number of entries used
--
2.53.0-Meta
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-16 12:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-16 12:09 [PATCH v3 0/7] efi/runtime-wrappers: bound the wait for EFI runtime service calls Breno Leitao
2026-06-16 12:09 ` [PATCH v3 1/7] efi: fix stale reference to efi_recover_from_page_fault() Breno Leitao
2026-06-16 12:09 ` Breno Leitao [this message]
2026-06-16 12:09 ` [PATCH v3 3/7] efi/runtime-wrappers: handle queue_work() failure with goto exit Breno Leitao
2026-06-16 12:09 ` [PATCH v3 4/7] efi/runtime-wrappers: check EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES before using efi_rts_work Breno Leitao
2026-06-16 12:09 ` [PATCH v3 5/7] efi/runtime-wrappers: bound the wait for EFI runtime service calls Breno Leitao
2026-06-16 12:09 ` [PATCH v3 6/7] efi/runtime-wrappers: honour EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES in the non-blocking paths Breno Leitao
2026-06-16 12:09 ` [PATCH v3 7/7] efi/runtime-wrappers: retire the worker if a wedged call ever returns Breno Leitao
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