RE: [PATCH 2/2] x86, kexec_file_load: make it work with efi=noruntime or efi=oldmap

From: Schmauss, Erik
Date: Wed Jan 16 2019 - 16:39:45 EST




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Young [mailto:dyoung@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2019 12:42 AM
> To: Kairui Song <kasong@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Moore, Robert
> <robert.moore@xxxxxxxxx>; Schmauss, Erik
> <erik.schmauss@xxxxxxxxx>; Wysocki, Rafael J
> <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>; lenb@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86, kexec_file_load: make it work with
> efi=noruntime or efi=oldmap
>
> On 01/09/19 at 02:47pm, Kairui Song wrote:
> > When efi=noruntime or efi=oldmap is used, EFI services won't be
> > available in the second kernel, therefore the second kernel will not
> > be able to get the ACPI RSDP address from firmware by calling EFI
> > services and won't boot. Previously we are expecting the user to set
> > the acpi_rsdp=<addr> on kernel command line for second kernel as
> there
> > was no way to pass RSDP address to second kernel.
> >
> > After commit e6e094e053af ('x86/acpi, x86/boot: Take RSDP address
> from
> > boot params if available'), now it's possible to set a acpi_rsdp_addr
> > parameter in the boot_params passed to second kernel, this commit
> make
> > use of it, detect and set the RSDP address when it's required for
> > second kernel to boot.
> >
> > Tested with an EFI enabled KVM VM with efi=noruntime.
> >
> > Suggested-by: Dave Young <dyoung@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Kairui Song <kasong@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
> > drivers/acpi/acpica/tbxfroot.c | 3 +--
> > include/acpi/acpixf.h | 2 +-
> > 3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c
> > b/arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c
> > index 53917a3ebf94..0a90dcbd041f 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kexec-bzimage64.c
> > @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
> > #include <linux/mm.h>
> > #include <linux/efi.h>
> > #include <linux/verification.h>
> > +#include <linux/acpi.h>
> >
> > #include <asm/bootparam.h>
> > #include <asm/setup.h>
> > @@ -255,8 +256,28 @@ setup_boot_parameters(struct kimage
> *image, struct boot_params *params,
> > /* Setup EFI state */
> > setup_efi_state(params, params_load_addr, efi_map_offset,
> efi_map_sz,
> > efi_setup_data_offset);
> > +
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
> > + /* Setup ACPI RSDP pointer in case EFI is not available in
> second kernel */
> > + if (!acpi_disabled && (!efi_enabled(EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES)
> || efi_enabled(EFI_OLD_MEMMAP))) {
> > + /* Copied from acpi_os_get_root_pointer accordingly
> */
> > + params->acpi_rsdp_addr =
> boot_params.acpi_rsdp_addr;
> > + if (!params->acpi_rsdp_addr) {
> > + if (efi_enabled(EFI_CONFIG_TABLES)) {
> > + if (efi.acpi20 !=
> EFI_INVALID_TABLE_ADDR)
> > + params->acpi_rsdp_addr =
> efi.acpi20;
> > + else if (efi.acpi !=
> EFI_INVALID_TABLE_ADDR)
> > + params->acpi_rsdp_addr =
> efi.acpi;
> > + } else if
> (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ACPI_LEGACY_TABLES_LOOKUP)) {
> > + acpi_find_root_pointer(&params-
> >acpi_rsdp_addr);
> > + }
> > + }
> > + if (!params->acpi_rsdp_addr)
> > + pr_warn("RSDP is not available for second
> kernel\n");
> > + }
> > #endif
> >
> > +#endif
> > /* Setup EDD info */
> > memcpy(params->eddbuf, boot_params.eddbuf,
> > EDDMAXNR * sizeof(struct edd_info));
> diff --git
> > a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbxfroot.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbxfroot.c
> > index 483d0ce5180a..dac1e34a931c 100644
> > --- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbxfroot.c
> > +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/tbxfroot.c
> > @@ -108,8 +108,7 @@ acpi_status acpi_tb_validate_rsdp(struct
> acpi_table_rsdp *rsdp)
> > *
> >
> >
> ******************************************************
> ****************
> > ********/
> >
> > -acpi_status ACPI_INIT_FUNCTION
> > -acpi_find_root_pointer(acpi_physical_address *table_address)
> > +acpi_status acpi_find_root_pointer(acpi_physical_address
> > +*table_address)
> > {
> > u8 *table_ptr;
> > u8 *mem_rover;
> > diff --git a/include/acpi/acpixf.h b/include/acpi/acpixf.h index
> > 7aa38b648564..869d75ecaf7d 100644
> > --- a/include/acpi/acpixf.h
> > +++ b/include/acpi/acpixf.h
> > @@ -474,7 +474,7 @@
> ACPI_EXTERNAL_RETURN_STATUS(acpi_status
> > ACPI_INIT_FUNCTION
> ACPI_EXTERNAL_RETURN_STATUS(acpi_status ACPI_INIT_FUNCTION
> > acpi_reallocate_root_table(void))
> >
> > -ACPI_EXTERNAL_RETURN_STATUS(acpi_status
> ACPI_INIT_FUNCTION
> > +ACPI_EXTERNAL_RETURN_STATUS(acpi_status

@JK

Do you see any issues with this? Does free BSD use ACPI_INIT_FUNCTION?

> >
> acpi_find_root_pointer(acpi_physical_address
> > *rsdp_address))
> > ACPI_EXTERNAL_RETURN_STATUS(acpi_status
> > --
> > 2.20.1
> >
>
> Kairui, thanks for the patches, did a test, it works for me.
>
> Seems the two patches are not in a thread, can you resend them
> together?
>
> Dave