[PATCH v2] efi, x86: Add a "debug" option to the efi= cmdline

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Thu Feb 05 2015 - 05:45:19 EST


From: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [PATCH v2] efi, x86: Add a "debug" option to the efi= cmdline

... and hide the memory regions dump behind it. Make it default-off.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20141209095843.GA3990@xxxxxxx
Acked-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Dave Young <dyoung@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 3 ++-
arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c | 5 ++++-
include/linux/efi.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 176d4fe4f076..101ab5601c2d 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"}

efi= [EFI]
- Format: { "old_map", "nochunk", "noruntime" }
+ Format: { "old_map", "nochunk", "noruntime", "debug" }
old_map [X86-64]: switch to the old ioremap-based EFI
runtime services mapping. 32-bit still uses this one by
default.
@@ -1032,6 +1032,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
boot stub, as chunking can cause problems with some
firmware implementations.
noruntime : disable EFI runtime services support
+ debug: enable misc debug output

efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI; X86]
Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of
diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
index dbc8627a5cdf..e859d56ce9f8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
@@ -491,7 +491,8 @@ void __init efi_init(void)
if (efi_memmap_init())
return;

- print_efi_memmap();
+ if (efi_enabled(EFI_DBG))
+ print_efi_memmap();
}

void __init efi_late_init(void)
@@ -939,6 +940,8 @@ static int __init arch_parse_efi_cmdline(char *str)
{
if (parse_option_str(str, "old_map"))
set_bit(EFI_OLD_MEMMAP, &efi.flags);
+ if (parse_option_str(str, "debug"))
+ set_bit(EFI_DBG, &efi.flags);

return 0;
}
diff --git a/include/linux/efi.h b/include/linux/efi.h
index 0238d612750e..14cec75d7e74 100644
--- a/include/linux/efi.h
+++ b/include/linux/efi.h
@@ -940,6 +940,7 @@ extern int __init efi_setup_pcdp_console(char *);
#define EFI_64BIT 5 /* Is the firmware 64-bit? */
#define EFI_PARAVIRT 6 /* Access is via a paravirt interface */
#define EFI_ARCH_1 7 /* First arch-specific bit */
+#define EFI_DBG 8 /* Print additional debug info at runtime */

#ifdef CONFIG_EFI
/*
--
2.2.0.33.gc18b867

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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