[PATCH 05/13] efi/libstub: start unaccepted bitmap at address 0

From: Kevin Loughlin

Date: Mon Oct 26 2026 - 23:01:05 EST


When EFI_UNACCEPTED_MEMORY is present in the EFI memory map or the
platform supports dynamic memory unacceptance (such as AMD SEV-SNP),
start the EFI unaccepted memory bitmap at physical address 0
(phys_base = 0) instead of the lowest initial unaccepted address.

This ensures that pre-accepted low memory below the initial unaccepted
region is addressable in the bitmap so it can be dynamically marked
unaccepted and re-accepted later via virtio-balloon or free page
reporting. Non-confidential guests without EFI_UNACCEPTED_MEMORY
continue to skip allocating the table.

Signed-off-by: Kevin Loughlin <kevinloughlin@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../firmware/efi/libstub/unaccepted_memory.c | 45 ++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/unaccepted_memory.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/unaccepted_memory.c
index 757dbe734a47..fcb622ac0564 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/unaccepted_memory.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/unaccepted_memory.c
@@ -2,15 +2,28 @@

#include <linux/efi.h>
#include <asm/efi.h>
+#if defined(CONFIG_X86) && defined(CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT)
+#include <asm/sev.h>
+#endif
#include "efistub.h"

struct efi_unaccepted_memory *unaccepted_table;

+static bool efi_stub_has_dynamic_unaccepted_memory(void)
+{
+#if defined(CONFIG_X86) && defined(CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT)
+ return sev_get_status() & MSR_AMD64_SEV_SNP_ENABLED;
+#else
+ return false;
+#endif
+}
+
efi_status_t allocate_unaccepted_bitmap(__u32 nr_desc,
struct efi_boot_memmap *map)
{
efi_guid_t unaccepted_table_guid = LINUX_EFI_UNACCEPTED_MEM_TABLE_GUID;
- u64 unaccepted_start = ULLONG_MAX, unaccepted_end = 0, bitmap_size;
+ bool has_unaccepted = efi_stub_has_dynamic_unaccepted_memory();
+ u64 unaccepted_end = 0, bitmap_size;
efi_status_t status;
int i;

@@ -30,19 +43,27 @@ efi_status_t allocate_unaccepted_bitmap(__u32 nr_desc,
unsigned long m = (unsigned long)map->map;

d = efi_memdesc_ptr(m, map->desc_size, i);
- if (d->type != EFI_UNACCEPTED_MEMORY)
- continue;
-
- unaccepted_start = min(unaccepted_start, d->phys_addr);
- unaccepted_end = max(unaccepted_end,
- d->phys_addr + d->num_pages * PAGE_SIZE);
+ switch (d->type) {
+ case EFI_UNACCEPTED_MEMORY:
+ has_unaccepted = true;
+ fallthrough;
+ case EFI_LOADER_CODE:
+ case EFI_LOADER_DATA:
+ case EFI_BOOT_SERVICES_CODE:
+ case EFI_BOOT_SERVICES_DATA:
+ case EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY:
+ unaccepted_end = max(unaccepted_end,
+ d->phys_addr +
+ d->num_pages * EFI_PAGE_SIZE);
+ break;
+ default:
+ break;
+ }
}

- if (unaccepted_start == ULLONG_MAX)
+ if (!has_unaccepted || unaccepted_end == 0)
return EFI_SUCCESS;

- unaccepted_start = round_down(unaccepted_start,
- EFI_UNACCEPTED_UNIT_SIZE);
unaccepted_end = round_up(unaccepted_end, EFI_UNACCEPTED_UNIT_SIZE);

/*
@@ -59,7 +80,7 @@ efi_status_t allocate_unaccepted_bitmap(__u32 nr_desc,
* The bitmap will be populated in setup_e820() according to the memory
* map after efi_exit_boot_services().
*/
- bitmap_size = DIV_ROUND_UP(unaccepted_end - unaccepted_start,
+ bitmap_size = DIV_ROUND_UP(unaccepted_end,
EFI_UNACCEPTED_UNIT_SIZE * BITS_PER_BYTE);

status = efi_bs_call(allocate_pool, EFI_ACPI_RECLAIM_MEMORY,
@@ -72,7 +93,7 @@ efi_status_t allocate_unaccepted_bitmap(__u32 nr_desc,

unaccepted_table->version = 1;
unaccepted_table->unit_size = EFI_UNACCEPTED_UNIT_SIZE;
- unaccepted_table->phys_base = unaccepted_start;
+ unaccepted_table->phys_base = 0;
unaccepted_table->size = bitmap_size;
memset(unaccepted_table->bitmap, 0, bitmap_size);

--
2.56.0.307.g5fe7bd680c-goog