Re: [PATCHv5 06/12] x86/boot/compressed: Handle unaccepted memory

Michael Roth
2022-04-27T00:19:17Z

On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 06:39:28AM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> The firmware will pre-accept the memory used to run the stub. But, the
> stub is responsible for accepting the memory into which it decompresses
> the main kernel. Accept memory just before decompression starts.
>
> The stub is also responsible for choosing a physical address in which to
> place the decompressed kernel image. The KASLR mechanism will randomize
> this physical address. Since the unaccepted memory region is relatively
> small, KASLR would be quite ineffective if it only used the pre-accepted
> area (EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY). Ensure that KASLR randomizes among the
> entire physical address space by also including EFI_UNACCEPTED_MEMOR
>
> Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
> ---
> arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile | 2 +-
> arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
> arch/x86/boot/compressed/mem.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
> arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c | 9 +++++++++
> arch/x86/include/asm/unaccepted_memory.h | 2 ++
> 5 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
> index 7f672f7e2fea..b59007e57cbf 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
> @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ endif
>
> vmlinux-objs-$(CONFIG_ACPI) += $(obj)/acpi.o
> vmlinux-objs-$(CONFIG_INTEL_TDX_GUEST) += $(obj)/tdx.o $(obj)/tdcall.o
> -vmlinux-objs-$(CONFIG_UNACCEPTED_MEMORY) += $(obj)/bitmap.o $(obj)/mem.o
> +vmlinux-objs-$(CONFIG_UNACCEPTED_MEMORY) += $(obj)/bitmap.o $(obj)/find.o $(obj)/mem.o

Since it's possible to have CONFIG_UNACCEPTED_MEMORY=y while
CONFIG_INTEL_TDX_GUEST=n (e.g. for SNP-only guest kernels), this can
result in mem.o reporting linker errors due to tdx_accept_memory() not
being defined. I think it needs a stub for !CONFIG_INTEL_TDX_GUEST, or
something along that line.

>
> vmlinux-objs-$(CONFIG_EFI_MIXED) += $(obj)/efi_thunk_$(BITS).o
> efi-obj-$(CONFIG_EFI_STUB) = $(objtree)/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/lib.a
> diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c
> index 411b268bc0a2..59db90626042 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c
> @@ -725,10 +725,20 @@ process_efi_entries(unsigned long minimum, unsigned long image_size)
> * but in practice there's firmware where using that memory leads
> * to crashes.
> *
> - * Only EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY is guaranteed to be free.
> + * Only EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY and EFI_UNACCEPTED_MEMORY (if
> + * supported) are guaranteed to be free.
> */
> - if (md->type != EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY)
> +
> + switch (md->type) {
> + case EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY:
> + break;
> + case EFI_UNACCEPTED_MEMORY:

Just FYI, but with latest tip boot/compressed now relies on a separate header
in arch/x86/boot/compressed/efi.h where this need to be defined again.