Re: 2.6.20-rc7: known regressions

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Sat Feb 03 2007 - 04:28:44 EST


On Sat, 03 Feb 2007 10:19:51 +0100 Frédéric Riss <frederic.riss@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Le vendredi 02 février 2007 à 17:55 -0800, Andrew Morton a écrit :
> > - I have efi-x86-pass-firmware-call-parameters-on-the-stack.patch, but
> > I'm not sure it's right and unless something really rapid happens, we'll
> > ship with that bug unfixed.
>
> Things I can say:
> - Works for me :-)
> - When you look at the code, it's obvious that switching to -mregparm=3
> changed the way we call into EFI runtime services. If you consider that
> that old code was correct, then the patch is needed to keep the good
> calling convention.
> - It touches only arch/i386/kernel/efi.c which is compiled only with
> CONFIG_EFI && X86
> - It changes code that is called only when booted in EFI mode.
>
> Last 2 points mean the user base is pretty limited, which can be taken
> both as an argument to push it for the release or not to. I'd obviously
> prefer that someone knowledgeable about EFI looks at it and ACKs before
> it goes in.
>

OK, well here it is again for everyone's reviwing pleasure:


From: Frederic Riss <frederic.riss@xxxxxxxxx>

When calling into the EFI firmware, the parameters need to be passed on
the stack. The recent change to use -mregparm=3 breaks x86 EFI support.
This patch is needed to allow the new Intel-based Macs to suspend to ram
(efi.get_time is called during the suspend phase).

Signed-off-by: Frederic Riss <frederic.riss@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@xxxxxx>
Cc: <artiom.myaskouvskey@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
---

arch/i386/kernel/efi.c | 89 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
1 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff -puN arch/i386/kernel/efi.c~efi-x86-pass-firmware-call-parameters-on-the-stack arch/i386/kernel/efi.c
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/efi.c~efi-x86-pass-firmware-call-parameters-on-the-stack
+++ a/arch/i386/kernel/efi.c
@@ -473,6 +473,70 @@ static inline void __init check_range_fo
}

/*
+ * Wrap all the virtual calls in a way that forces the parameters on the stack.
+ */
+
+#define efi_call_virt(f, args...) \
+ ((efi_##f##_t __attribute__((regparm(0)))*)efi.systab->runtime->f)(args)
+
+static efi_status_t virt_efi_get_time(efi_time_t *tm, efi_time_cap_t *tc)
+{
+ return efi_call_virt(get_time, tm, tc);
+}
+
+static efi_status_t virt_efi_set_time (efi_time_t *tm)
+{
+ return efi_call_virt(set_time, tm);
+}
+
+static efi_status_t virt_efi_get_wakeup_time (efi_bool_t *enabled,
+ efi_bool_t *pending,
+ efi_time_t *tm)
+{
+ return efi_call_virt(get_wakeup_time, enabled, pending, tm);
+}
+
+static efi_status_t virt_efi_set_wakeup_time (efi_bool_t enabled,
+ efi_time_t *tm)
+{
+ return efi_call_virt(set_wakeup_time, enabled, tm);
+}
+
+static efi_status_t virt_efi_get_variable (efi_char16_t *name,
+ efi_guid_t *vendor, u32 *attr,
+ unsigned long *data_size, void *data)
+{
+ return efi_call_virt(get_variable, name, vendor, attr, data_size, data);
+}
+
+static efi_status_t virt_efi_get_next_variable (unsigned long *name_size,
+ efi_char16_t *name,
+ efi_guid_t *vendor)
+{
+ return efi_call_virt(get_next_variable, name_size, name, vendor);
+}
+
+static efi_status_t virt_efi_set_variable (efi_char16_t *name,
+ efi_guid_t *vendor,
+ unsigned long attr,
+ unsigned long data_size, void *data)
+{
+ return efi_call_virt(set_variable, name, vendor, attr, data_size, data);
+}
+
+static efi_status_t virt_efi_get_next_high_mono_count (u32 *count)
+{
+ return efi_call_virt(get_next_high_mono_count, count);
+}
+
+static void virt_efi_reset_system (int reset_type, efi_status_t status,
+ unsigned long data_size,
+ efi_char16_t *data)
+{
+ efi_call_virt(reset_system, reset_type, status, data_size, data);
+}
+
+/*
* This function will switch the EFI runtime services to virtual mode.
* Essentially, look through the EFI memmap and map every region that
* has the runtime attribute bit set in its memory descriptor and update
@@ -525,22 +589,15 @@ void __init efi_enter_virtual_mode(void)
* pointers in the runtime service table to the new virtual addresses.
*/

- efi.get_time = (efi_get_time_t *) efi.systab->runtime->get_time;
- efi.set_time = (efi_set_time_t *) efi.systab->runtime->set_time;
- efi.get_wakeup_time = (efi_get_wakeup_time_t *)
- efi.systab->runtime->get_wakeup_time;
- efi.set_wakeup_time = (efi_set_wakeup_time_t *)
- efi.systab->runtime->set_wakeup_time;
- efi.get_variable = (efi_get_variable_t *)
- efi.systab->runtime->get_variable;
- efi.get_next_variable = (efi_get_next_variable_t *)
- efi.systab->runtime->get_next_variable;
- efi.set_variable = (efi_set_variable_t *)
- efi.systab->runtime->set_variable;
- efi.get_next_high_mono_count = (efi_get_next_high_mono_count_t *)
- efi.systab->runtime->get_next_high_mono_count;
- efi.reset_system = (efi_reset_system_t *)
- efi.systab->runtime->reset_system;
+ efi.get_time = virt_efi_get_time;
+ efi.set_time = virt_efi_set_time;
+ efi.get_wakeup_time = virt_efi_get_wakeup_time;
+ efi.set_wakeup_time = virt_efi_set_wakeup_time;
+ efi.get_variable = virt_efi_get_variable;
+ efi.get_next_variable = virt_efi_get_next_variable;
+ efi.set_variable = virt_efi_set_variable;
+ efi.get_next_high_mono_count = virt_efi_get_next_high_mono_count;
+ efi.reset_system = virt_efi_reset_system;
}

void __init
_

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