Re: [PATCH v13 2/6] x86/boot: Introduce get_acpi_rsdp() to parse RSDP in cmdline from KEXEC

From: Chao Fan
Date: Thu Dec 13 2018 - 20:31:38 EST


On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 08:42:30PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
>On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 11:10:49AM +0800, Chao Fan wrote:
>> Memory information in SRAT is necessary to fix the conflict between
>> KASLR and memory-hotremove.
>>
>> ACPI SRAT (System/Static Resource Affinity Table) shows the details
>> about memory ranges, including ranges of memory provided by hot-added
>> memory devices. SRAT is introduced by Root System Description
>> Pointer(RSDP). So RSDP should be found firstly.
>>
>> When booting form KEXEC/EFI/BIOS, the methods to find RSDP
>> are different. When booting from KEXEC, 'acpi_rsdp' may have been
>> added to cmdline, so parse cmdline to find RSDP.
>>
>> Since 'RANDOMIZE_BASE' && 'MEMORY_HOTREMOVE' is needed, introduce
>> 'CONFIG_EARLY_PARSE_RSDP' to make ifdeffery clear.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Chao Fan <fanc.fnst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> arch/x86/Kconfig | 10 ++++++++++
>> arch/x86/boot/compressed/acpi.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h | 6 ++++++
>> 3 files changed, 46 insertions(+)
>> create mode 100644 arch/x86/boot/compressed/acpi.c
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
>> index ba7e3464ee92..455da382fa9e 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
>> +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
>> @@ -2149,6 +2149,16 @@ config X86_NEED_RELOCS
>> def_bool y
>> depends on RANDOMIZE_BASE || (X86_32 && RELOCATABLE)
>>
>> +config EARLY_PARSE_RSDP
>
>That should be EARLY_SRAT_PARSE or so
>
>> + bool "Parse RSDP pointer on compressed period for KASLR"
>
>and that should be
>
> bool "Early SRAT table parsing"
>
>> + def_bool y
>> + depends on RANDOMIZE_BASE && MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
>> + help
>> + This option parses RSDP in compressed period. Works
>
>do s/compressed period/compressed stage/g
>
>I think "compressed stage" or "compressed boot stage" is more precise.
>
>> + for KASLR to get memory information from SRAT table and choose
>> + immovable memory to extract kernel.
>> + Say Y if you want to use both KASLR and memory-hotremove.
>
>This help text needs to explain what the functionality is for. "This
>option parses RSDP in compressed period" doesn't tell a whole lot to the
>normal user wondering whether she should enable this or not. You need to
>explain whether people would need this or not so should start along the
>lines of:
>
>"This option enables early SRAT parsing so that memory hot remove ranges do not
>overlap with KASLR chosen ranges..."
>
>Basically, the "***Background" in your 0th message.
>

Thanks, I will rewrite this part.

>> +
>> config PHYSICAL_ALIGN
>> hex "Alignment value to which kernel should be aligned"
>> default "0x200000"
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/acpi.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/acpi.c
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..cad15686f82c
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/acpi.c
>> @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
>> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>> +#define BOOT_CTYPE_H
>> +#include "misc.h"
>> +#include "error.h"
>> +
>> +#include <linux/efi.h>
>> +#include <linux/numa.h>
>> +#include <linux/acpi.h>
>> +#include <asm/efi.h>
>> +
>> +#define STATIC
>> +#include <linux/decompress/mm.h>
>> +
>> +#include "../string.h"
>> +
>> +static acpi_physical_address get_acpi_rsdp(void)
>> +{
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_KEXEC
>> + unsigned long long res;
>> + int len = 0;
>> + char val[MAX_ADDRESS_LENGTH+1];
>
>Please sort function local variables declaration in a reverse christmas
>tree order:
>
> <type A> longest_variable_name;
> <type B> shorter_var_name;
> <type C> even_shorter;
> <type D> i;

I will change the position and check other places like this.

>
>> +
>> + len = cmdline_find_option("acpi_rsdp", val, MAX_ADDRESS_LENGTH+1);
>
>That MAX_ADDRESS_LENGTH define is used only here, right? So put it at
>the top in this file - no need to have it in a header.
>
>> + if (len > 0) {
>> + val[len] = 0;
>> + return (acpi_physical_address)kstrtoull(val, 16, &res);
>> + }
>> + return 0;
>> +#endif
>
>Those two lines need to be the other way around:
>
>#endif
> return 0;
>
>because in the !CONFIG_KEXEC case that function won't return anything.
>gcc is smart enough to optimize that function away so that there's no
>build error but still.
>
>Ditto for efi_get_rsdp_addr() in your next patch.

Yes, I will change all places like this.

Thanks,
Chao Fan

>
>> +}
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h
>> index a1d5918765f3..72fcfbfec3c6 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h
>> +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h
>> @@ -116,3 +116,9 @@ static inline void console_init(void)
>> void set_sev_encryption_mask(void);
>>
>> #endif
>> +
>> +/* acpi.c */
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_EARLY_PARSE_RSDP
>> +/* Max length of 64-bit hex address string is 18, prefix "0x" + 16 hex digit. */
>> +#define MAX_ADDRESS_LENGTH 18
>> +#endif
>> --
>
>Yeah, just put that define in acpi.c.
>
>--
>Regards/Gruss,
> Boris.
>
>Good mailing practices for 400: avoid top-posting and trim the reply.
>
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