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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


  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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