Re: [PATCH v4] x86/boot: Use efi_setup_data for searching RSDP on kexec-ed kernel

[Junichi Nomura]

On 4/15/19 7:25 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 11:07:17AM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 07:01:54AM +0000, Junichi Nomura wrote:
>>> OK. Then I'll go back to v3 and make sure to hang when
>>> something is wrong during kexec boot on EFI system.
>>
>> No need - I have it here locally. I'll clean it up and post it for
>> review.
> 
> Here it is. Ok, not ok?

Thank you.  Basically ok.
I put some comments below about whether to hang or return.

> +static acpi_physical_address kexec_get_rsdp_addr(void)
> +{
> +	efi_system_table_64_t *systab;
> +	struct efi_setup_data *esd;
> +	struct efi_info *ei;
> +	char *sig;
> +
> +	esd = (struct efi_setup_data *)get_kexec_setup_data_addr();
> +	if (!esd)
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	if (!esd->tables) {
> +		debug_putstr("Wrong kexec SETUP_EFI data.\n");
> +		return 0;
> +	}

I thought we should hang here instead of return so that we
don't run into efi_get_rsdp_addr() in case of kexec.

> +	ei = &boot_params->efi_info;
> +	sig = (char *)&ei->efi_loader_signature;
> +	if (strncmp(sig, EFI64_LOADER_SIGNATURE, 4)) {
> +		debug_putstr("Wrong kexec EFI loader signature.\n");
> +		return 0;
> +	}

Same here.

> +	/* Get systab from boot params. */
> +	systab = (efi_system_table_64_t *) (ei->efi_systab | ((__u64)ei->efi_systab_hi << 32));
> +	if (!systab)
> +		error("EFI system table not found in kexec boot_params.");
> +
> +	return __efi_get_rsdp_addr((unsigned long)esd->tables, systab->nr_tables, true);

Same here when __efi_get_rsdp_addr() returns 0.

I'm fine with either way, though.

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Jun'ichi Nomura, NEC Corporation / NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.