[PATCH v2 3/5] x86/boot: Remove hardcoded boot_param constants
From: Brian Gerst
Date: Thu Jul 30 2026 - 16:08:45 EST
Use generated constants or sizeof() instead of hardcoded values.
No functional change.
Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h | 3 ---
arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets.c | 2 ++
arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S | 4 ++--
drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c | 6 +++---
4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
index 5534f4aaf73b..d23f4272d930 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
@@ -21,11 +21,8 @@
#endif /* __i386__ */
-#define PARAM_SIZE 4096 /* sizeof(struct boot_params) */
-
#define OLD_CL_MAGIC 0xA33F
#define OLD_CL_ADDRESS 0x020 /* Relative to real mode data */
-#define NEW_CL_POINTER 0x228 /* Relative to real mode data */
#ifndef __ASSEMBLER__
#include <linux/cache.h>
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets.c b/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets.c
index 081816888f7a..0c49bb50188d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets.c
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ static void __used common(void)
OFFSET(BP_kernel_alignment, boot_params, hdr.kernel_alignment);
OFFSET(BP_init_size, boot_params, hdr.init_size);
OFFSET(BP_pref_address, boot_params, hdr.pref_address);
+ OFFSET(BP_cmd_line_ptr, boot_params, hdr.cmd_line_ptr);
+ DEFINE(SIZEOF_boot_params, sizeof(struct boot_params));
BLANK();
DEFINE(PTREGS_SIZE, sizeof(struct pt_regs));
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
index 5171cb746444..1f66ccc36fe8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
@@ -96,10 +96,10 @@ SYM_CODE_START(startup_32)
* page tables.
*/
movl $pa(boot_params),%edi
- movl $(PARAM_SIZE/4),%ecx
+ movl $(SIZEOF_boot_params/4),%ecx
cld
rep movsl
- movl pa(boot_params) + NEW_CL_POINTER,%esi
+ movl pa(boot_params) + BP_cmd_line_ptr,%esi
andl %esi,%esi
jz 1f # No command line
movl $pa(boot_command_line),%edi
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c
index cef32e2c82d8..9ec19e9a79ff 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c
@@ -520,11 +520,11 @@ static efi_status_t efi_allocate_bootparams(efi_handle_t handle,
return status;
}
- status = efi_allocate_pages(PARAM_SIZE, &alloc, ULONG_MAX);
+ status = efi_allocate_pages(sizeof(*boot_params), &alloc, ULONG_MAX);
if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
return status;
- boot_params = memset((void *)alloc, 0x0, PARAM_SIZE);
+ boot_params = memset((void *)alloc, 0x0, sizeof(*boot_params));
hdr = &boot_params->hdr;
/* Assign the setup_header fields that the kernel actually cares about */
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ static efi_status_t efi_allocate_bootparams(efi_handle_t handle,
/* Convert unicode cmdline to ascii */
cmdline_ptr = efi_convert_cmdline(image);
if (!cmdline_ptr) {
- efi_free(PARAM_SIZE, alloc);
+ efi_free(sizeof(*boot_params), alloc);
return EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES;
}
--
2.55.0