Re: [PATCH v7 1/4] efi: Introduce EFI_FIRMWARE_MANAGEMENT_CAPSULE_HEADER and corresponding structures

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 03:07:24PM +0800, Chen Yu wrote:
> Platform Firmware Runtime Update image starts with UEFI headers, and the
> headers are defined in UEFI specification, but some of them have not been
> defined in the kernel yet.
> 
> For example, the header layout of a capsule file looks like this:
> 
> EFI_CAPSULE_HEADER
> EFI_FIRMWARE_MANAGEMENT_CAPSULE_HEADER
> EFI_FIRMWARE_MANAGEMENT_CAPSULE_IMAGE_HEADER
> EFI_FIRMWARE_IMAGE_AUTHENTICATION
> 
> These structures would be used by the Platform Firmware Runtime Update
> driver to parse the format of capsule file to verify if the corresponding
> version number is valid. The EFI_CAPSULE_HEADER has been defined in the
> kernel, however the rest are not, thus introduce corresponding UEFI
> structures accordingly. Besides, EFI_FIRMWARE_MANAGEMENT_CAPSULE_HEADER
> and EFI_FIRMWARE_MANAGEMENT_CAPSULE_IMAGE_HEADER are required to be packed
> in the uefi specification. And Ard has pointed out that, the __packed
> attribute does indicate to the compiler that the entire thing can appear
> misaligned in memory. So if one follows the other in the capsule header,
> the __packed attribute may be appropriate to ensure that the second one
> is not accessed using misaligned loads and stores.

...

> +/* EFI_FIRMWARE_MANAGEMENT_CAPSULE_IMAGE_HEADER */
> +struct efi_manage_capsule_image_header {
> +	u32	ver;

> +	guid_t	image_type_id;

Shouldn't it be efi_guid_t ?

> +	u8	image_index;
> +	u8	reserved_bytes[3];
> +	u32	image_size;
> +	u32	vendor_code_size;
> +	/* ver = 2. */
> +	u64	hw_ins;
> +	/* ver = v3. */
> +	u64	capsule_support;
> +} __packed;

...

> +/* WIN_CERTIFICATE_UEFI_GUID */
> +struct win_cert_uefi_guid {
> +	struct win_cert	hdr;

> +	guid_t		cert_type;

Ditto.

> +	u8		cert_data[];
> +};

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko