Re: [PATCH 0/5] beautify EFI memmap logs

Laszlo Ersek
2014-09-01T09:38:16Z

On 09/01/14 09:22, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> * Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com> wrote:
>
>> It's a pain to analyze EFI memmap logs while debugging, especially to
>> verify the memory types (an enum) and the memory attributes (a bitmap).
>> This series renders those columns human-readable, and unifies their
>> formatting between x86, ia64 and arm64.
>>
>> Example output with the patchset on arm64 (in a qemu-system-aarch64
>> guest, booted with Ard's v5 series from edk2-devel ("QEMU_EFI.fd")):
>>
>>> Processing EFI memory map:
>>> 0x000040000000-0x000040000fff [Loader Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC]
>>> 0x000040001000-0x00004007ffff [Conventional Memory| | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC]
>>> 0x000040080000-0x00004072afff [Loader Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC]
>>> 0x00004072b000-0x00005fdfffff [Conventional Memory| | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC]
>>> 0x00005fe00000-0x00005fe0ffff [Loader Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC]
>>> 0x00005fe10000-0x0000964e8fff [Conventional Memory| | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC]
>>> 0x0000964e9000-0x0000964e9fff [Loader Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC]
>>> 0x0000964ea000-0x000096c52fff [Loader Code | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC]
>>> 0x000096c53000-0x00009709dfff [Boot Code | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC]*
>>> 0x00009709e000-0x0000970b3fff [Runtime Code |RUN| | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC]*
>>> 0x0000970b4000-0x0000970f4fff [Runtime Data |RUN| | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC]*
>>> 0x0000970f5000-0x000097117fff [Runtime Code |RUN| | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC]*
>>> 0x000097118000-0x000097199fff [Runtime Data |RUN| | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC]*
>>> 0x00009719a000-0x0000971dffff [Runtime Code |RUN| | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC]*
>>> 0x0000971e0000-0x0000997f8fff [Conventional Memory| | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC]
>>> 0x0000997f9000-0x0000998f1fff [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC]*
>>> 0x0000998f2000-0x0000999eafff [Conventional Memory| | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC]
>>> 0x0000999eb000-0x00009af09fff [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC]*
>>> 0x00009af0a000-0x00009af21fff [Conventional Memory| | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC]
>>> 0x00009af22000-0x00009af46fff [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC]*
>>> 0x00009af47000-0x00009af5bfff [Conventional Memory| | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC]
>>> 0x00009af5c000-0x00009afe1fff [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC]*
>>> 0x00009afe2000-0x00009afe2fff [Conventional Memory| | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC]
>>> 0x00009afe3000-0x00009c01ffff [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC]*
>>> 0x00009c020000-0x00009efbffff [Conventional Memory| | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC]
>>> 0x00009efc0000-0x00009f14efff [Boot Code | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC]*
>>> 0x00009f14f000-0x00009f162fff [Runtime Code |RUN| | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC]*
>>> 0x00009f163000-0x00009f194fff [Runtime Data |RUN| | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC]*
>>> 0x00009f195000-0x00009f197fff [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC]*
>>> 0x00009f198000-0x00009f198fff [Runtime Data |RUN| | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC]*
>>> 0x00009f199000-0x00009f1acfff [Conventional Memory| | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC]
>>> 0x00009f1ad000-0x00009f1affff [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC]*
>>> 0x00009f1b0000-0x00009f1b0fff [Runtime Data |RUN| | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC]*
>>> 0x00009f1b1000-0x00009fffffff [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC]*
>>> 0x000004000000-0x000007ffffff [Memory Mapped I/O |RUN| | | | | | | |UC]
>>> 0x000009010000-0x000009010fff [Memory Mapped I/O |RUN| | | | | | | |UC]
>>
>> Output on x86 (OVMF guest):
>>
>>> [ 0.000000] efi: mem00: [Conventional Memory| | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000000000000-0x000000000009f000) (0MB)
>>> [ 0.000000] efi: mem01: [Loader Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x000000000009f000-0x00000000000a0000) (0MB)
>>> [ 0.000000] efi: mem02: [Conventional Memory| | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000000100000-0x0000000000400000) (3MB)
>>> [ 0.000000] efi: mem03: [Loader Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000800000) (4MB)
>>> [ 0.000000] efi: mem04: [ACPI Memory NVS | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000000800000-0x0000000000808000) (0MB)
>>> [ 0.000000] efi: mem05: [Conventional Memory| | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000000808000-0x0000000000810000) (0MB)
>>> [ 0.000000] efi: mem06: [ACPI Memory NVS | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000000810000-0x0000000000900000) (0MB)
>>> [ 0.000000] efi: mem07: [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000000900000-0x0000000001100000) (8MB)
>>> [ 0.000000] efi: mem08: [Conventional Memory| | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000001100000-0x0000000001400000) (3MB)
>>> [ 0.000000] efi: mem09: [Loader Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000001400000-0x0000000002613000) (18MB)
>>> [ 0.000000] efi: mem10: [Conventional Memory| | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000002613000-0x0000000004000000) (25MB)
>>> [ 0.000000] efi: mem11: [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000004000000-0x0000000004020000) (0MB)
>>> [ 0.000000] efi: mem12: [Conventional Memory| | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000004020000-0x00000000068ea000) (40MB)
>>> [ 0.000000] efi: mem13: [Loader Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x00000000068ea000-0x00000000068f0000) (0MB)
>>> [ 0.000000] efi: mem14: [Boot Code | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x00000000068f0000-0x0000000006c7b000) (3MB)
>>> [ 0.000000] efi: mem15: [Runtime Data |RUN| | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000006c7b000-0x0000000006c7d000) (0MB)
>>> [ 0.000000] efi: mem16: [Runtime Code |RUN| | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000006c7d000-0x0000000006c85000) (0MB)
>>> [ 0.000000] efi: mem17: [Runtime Data |RUN| | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000006c85000-0x0000000006c87000) (0MB)
>>> [ 0.000000] efi: mem18: [Boot Code | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000006c87000-0x0000000006ca3000) (0MB)
>>> [ 0.000000] efi: mem19: [Runtime Data |RUN| | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000006ca3000-0x0000000006ca6000) (0MB)
>>> [ 0.000000] efi: mem20: [ACPI Memory NVS | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000006ca6000-0x0000000006cc6000) (0MB)
>>> [ 0.000000] efi: mem21: [Runtime Data |RUN| | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000006cc6000-0x0000000006d95000) (0MB)
>>> [ 0.000000] efi: mem22: [Runtime Code |RUN| | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000006d95000-0x0000000006e22000) (0MB)
>>> [ 0.000000] efi: mem23: [Conventional Memory| | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000006e22000-0x0000000007165000) (3MB)
>>> [ 0.000000] efi: mem24: [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000007165000-0x0000000007d22000) (11MB)
>>> [ 0.000000] efi: mem25: [Conventional Memory| | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000007d22000-0x0000000007d25000) (0MB)
>>> [ 0.000000] efi: mem26: [Boot Code | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000007d25000-0x0000000007ea2000) (1MB)
>>> [ 0.000000] efi: mem27: [Runtime Code |RUN| | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000007ea2000-0x0000000007ed2000) (0MB)
>>> [ 0.000000] efi: mem28: [Runtime Data |RUN| | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000007ed2000-0x0000000007ef6000) (0MB)
>>> [ 0.000000] efi: mem29: [Conventional Memory| | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000007ef6000-0x0000000007f00000) (0MB)
>>> [ 0.000000] efi: mem30: [ACPI Reclaim Memory| | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000007f00000-0x0000000007f02000) (0MB)
>>> [ 0.000000] efi: mem31: [ACPI Memory NVS | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000007f02000-0x0000000007f06000) (0MB)
>>> [ 0.000000] efi: mem32: [Boot Data | | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000007f06000-0x0000000007fd0000) (0MB)
>>> [ 0.000000] efi: mem33: [Runtime Data |RUN| | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000007fd0000-0x0000000007ff0000) (0MB)
>>> [ 0.000000] efi: mem34: [Conventional Memory| | | | | |WB|WT|WC|UC] range=[0x0000000007ff0000-0x0000000008000000) (0MB)
>
> Would be nice to see the 'before' dump as well, so that we can
> see exactly what changed.

Right.

Current format on arm64 (same qemu-system-aarch64 / QEMU_EFI.fd guest):

> Processing EFI memory map:
> 0x000040000000-0x000040000fff [Loader Data]
> 0x000040001000-0x00004007ffff [Conventional Memory]
> 0x000040080000-0x00004072afff [Loader Data]
> 0x00004072b000-0x00005fdfffff [Conventional Memory]
> 0x00005fe00000-0x00005fe0ffff [Loader Data]
> 0x00005fe10000-0x0000964e8fff [Conventional Memory]
> 0x0000964e9000-0x0000964e9fff [Loader Data]
> 0x0000964ea000-0x000096c52fff [Loader Code]
> 0x000096c53000-0x00009709dfff [Boot Code]*
> 0x00009709e000-0x0000970b3fff [Runtime Code]*
> 0x0000970b4000-0x0000970f4fff [Runtime Data]*
> 0x0000970f5000-0x000097117fff [Runtime Code]*
> 0x000097118000-0x000097199fff [Runtime Data]*
> 0x00009719a000-0x0000971dffff [Runtime Code]*
> 0x0000971e0000-0x0000997f8fff [Conventional Memory]
> 0x0000997f9000-0x0000998f1fff [Boot Data]*
> 0x0000998f2000-0x0000999eafff [Conventional Memory]
> 0x0000999eb000-0x00009af09fff [Boot Data]*
> 0x00009af0a000-0x00009af21fff [Conventional Memory]
> 0x00009af22000-0x00009af46fff [Boot Data]*
> 0x00009af47000-0x00009af5bfff [Conventional Memory]
> 0x00009af5c000-0x00009afe1fff [Boot Data]*
> 0x00009afe2000-0x00009afe2fff [Conventional Memory]
> 0x00009afe3000-0x00009c01ffff [Boot Data]*
> 0x00009c020000-0x00009efbffff [Conventional Memory]
> 0x00009efc0000-0x00009f14efff [Boot Code]*
> 0x00009f14f000-0x00009f162fff [Runtime Code]*
> 0x00009f163000-0x00009f194fff [Runtime Data]*
> 0x00009f195000-0x00009f197fff [Boot Data]*
> 0x00009f198000-0x00009f198fff [Runtime Data]*
> 0x00009f199000-0x00009f1acfff [Conventional Memory]
> 0x00009f1ad000-0x00009f1affff [Boot Data]*
> 0x00009f1b0000-0x00009f1b0fff [Runtime Data]*
> 0x00009f1b1000-0x00009fffffff [Boot Data]*
> 0x000004000000-0x000007ffffff [Memory Mapped I/O]
> 0x000009010000-0x000009010fff [Memory Mapped I/O]

The difference for arm64 is that the attribute bitmap is decoded.

On x86 (same OVMF guest):

> [ 0.000000] efi: mem00: type=7, attr=0xf, range=[0x0000000000000000-0x000000000009f000) (0MB)
> [ 0.000000] efi: mem01: type=2, attr=0xf, range=[0x000000000009f000-0x00000000000a0000) (0MB)
> [ 0.000000] efi: mem02: type=7, attr=0xf, range=[0x0000000000100000-0x0000000000400000) (3MB)
> [ 0.000000] efi: mem03: type=2, attr=0xf, range=[0x0000000000400000-0x0000000000800000) (4MB)
> [ 0.000000] efi: mem04: type=10, attr=0xf, range=[0x0000000000800000-0x0000000000808000) (0MB)
> [ 0.000000] efi: mem05: type=7, attr=0xf, range=[0x0000000000808000-0x0000000000810000) (0MB)
> [ 0.000000] efi: mem06: type=10, attr=0xf, range=[0x0000000000810000-0x0000000000900000) (0MB)
> [ 0.000000] efi: mem07: type=4, attr=0xf, range=[0x0000000000900000-0x0000000001100000) (8MB)
> [ 0.000000] efi: mem08: type=7, attr=0xf, range=[0x0000000001100000-0x0000000001400000) (3MB)
> [ 0.000000] efi: mem09: type=2, attr=0xf, range=[0x0000000001400000-0x0000000002613000) (18MB)
> [ 0.000000] efi: mem10: type=7, attr=0xf, range=[0x0000000002613000-0x0000000004000000) (25MB)
> [ 0.000000] efi: mem11: type=4, attr=0xf, range=[0x0000000004000000-0x0000000004020000) (0MB)
> [ 0.000000] efi: mem12: type=7, attr=0xf, range=[0x0000000004020000-0x00000000068ea000) (40MB)
> [ 0.000000] efi: mem13: type=2, attr=0xf, range=[0x00000000068ea000-0x00000000068f0000) (0MB)
> [ 0.000000] efi: mem14: type=3, attr=0xf, range=[0x00000000068f0000-0x0000000006c7b000) (3MB)
> [ 0.000000] efi: mem15: type=6, attr=0x800000000000000f, range=[0x0000000006c7b000-0x0000000006c7d000) (0MB)
> [ 0.000000] efi: mem16: type=5, attr=0x800000000000000f, range=[0x0000000006c7d000-0x0000000006c85000) (0MB)
> [ 0.000000] efi: mem17: type=6, attr=0x800000000000000f, range=[0x0000000006c85000-0x0000000006c87000) (0MB)
> [ 0.000000] efi: mem18: type=3, attr=0xf, range=[0x0000000006c87000-0x0000000006ca3000) (0MB)
> [ 0.000000] efi: mem19: type=6, attr=0x800000000000000f, range=[0x0000000006ca3000-0x0000000006ca6000) (0MB)
> [ 0.000000] efi: mem20: type=10, attr=0xf, range=[0x0000000006ca6000-0x0000000006cc6000) (0MB)
> [ 0.000000] efi: mem21: type=6, attr=0x800000000000000f, range=[0x0000000006cc6000-0x0000000006d95000) (0MB)
> [ 0.000000] efi: mem22: type=5, attr=0x800000000000000f, range=[0x0000000006d95000-0x0000000006e22000) (0MB)
> [ 0.000000] efi: mem23: type=7, attr=0xf, range=[0x0000000006e22000-0x0000000007165000) (3MB)
> [ 0.000000] efi: mem24: type=4, attr=0xf, range=[0x0000000007165000-0x0000000007d22000) (11MB)
> [ 0.000000] efi: mem25: type=7, attr=0xf, range=[0x0000000007d22000-0x0000000007d25000) (0MB)
> [ 0.000000] efi: mem26: type=3, attr=0xf, range=[0x0000000007d25000-0x0000000007ea2000) (1MB)
> [ 0.000000] efi: mem27: type=5, attr=0x800000000000000f, range=[0x0000000007ea2000-0x0000000007ed2000) (0MB)
> [ 0.000000] efi: mem28: type=6, attr=0x800000000000000f, range=[0x0000000007ed2000-0x0000000007ef6000) (0MB)
> [ 0.000000] efi: mem29: type=7, attr=0xf, range=[0x0000000007ef6000-0x0000000007f00000) (0MB)
> [ 0.000000] efi: mem30: type=9, attr=0xf, range=[0x0000000007f00000-0x0000000007f02000) (0MB)
> [ 0.000000] efi: mem31: type=10, attr=0xf, range=[0x0000000007f02000-0x0000000007f06000) (0MB)
> [ 0.000000] efi: mem32: type=4, attr=0xf, range=[0x0000000007f06000-0x0000000007fd0000) (0MB)
> [ 0.000000] efi: mem33: type=6, attr=0x800000000000000f, range=[0x0000000007fd0000-0x0000000007ff0000) (0MB)
> [ 0.000000] efi: mem34: type=7, attr=0xf, range=[0x0000000007ff0000-0x0000000008000000) (0MB)

The difference for x86 (and ia64) is that both the type enum and the
attribute bitmap are decoded (with the additional benefit that the
memory ranges line up as well).

Thanks!
Laszlo