[PATCH v3 2/7] efi/runtime-wrappers: factor out efi_rts_park_worker()

From: Breno Leitao

Date: Tue Jun 16 2026 - 08:24:12 EST


x86's efi_crash_gracefully_on_page_fault() ends in an infinite
schedule() loop so the kworker that faulted in firmware never runs
efi_rts_wq again. A later change needs the same "park this worker
forever" primitive on the runtime service timeout path, so factor the
loop into a shared efi_rts_park_worker() and call it from the x86
page-fault handler.

No functional change.

Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c | 9 +--------
drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c | 13 +++++++++++++
include/linux/efi.h | 2 ++
3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c
index 90a065fcb1fab..02c56a02eb9bc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c
@@ -832,12 +832,5 @@ void efi_crash_gracefully_on_page_fault(unsigned long phys_addr,
clear_bit(EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES, &efi.flags);
pr_info("Froze efi_rts_wq and disabled EFI Runtime Services\n");

- /*
- * Call schedule() in an infinite loop, so that any spurious wake ups
- * will never run efi_rts_wq again.
- */
- for (;;) {
- set_current_state(TASK_IDLE);
- schedule();
- }
+ efi_rts_park_worker();
}
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c
index da8d296216441..a1e46ab003668 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c
@@ -211,6 +211,19 @@ static struct task_struct *efi_runtime_lock_owner;
extern struct semaphore __efi_uv_runtime_lock __alias(efi_runtime_lock);
#endif

+/*
+ * Park a worker that must never run efi_rts_wq again: EFI runtime services
+ * have been disabled and its efi_rts_work is abandoned. Loop in schedule()
+ * so a spurious wakeup cannot resume it.
+ */
+void efi_rts_park_worker(void)
+{
+ for (;;) {
+ set_current_state(TASK_IDLE);
+ schedule();
+ }
+}
+
/*
* Calls the appropriate efi_runtime_service() with the appropriate
* arguments.
diff --git a/include/linux/efi.h b/include/linux/efi.h
index 24221a8424121..015505423277e 100644
--- a/include/linux/efi.h
+++ b/include/linux/efi.h
@@ -1256,6 +1256,8 @@ extern struct efi_runtime_work efi_rts_work;
/* Workqueue to queue EFI Runtime Services */
extern struct workqueue_struct *efi_rts_wq;

+void efi_rts_park_worker(void);
+
struct linux_efi_memreserve {
int size; // allocated size of the array
atomic_t count; // number of entries used

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2.53.0-Meta