[PATCH v2 6/6] efi: respect the poisoned pages coming from previous kernel

From: Breno Leitao

Date: Fri Aug 21 2026 - 06:24:06 EST


On kexec next kernel, walk the LINUX_EFI_POISONED_MEMORY bitmap during
EFI init -- before memblock hands memory to the buddy allocator -- and
memblock_reserve() every unit whose bit is set. So a frame poisoned
under a previous kernel is never handed back out across a kexec.

This runs from efi_config_parse_tables(), early enough to keep the
frames out of memblock and the buddy allocator.

Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c | 2 ++
drivers/firmware/efi/poison.c | 71 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
include/linux/efi.h | 2 ++
3 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
index 111e60479211a..7474eeebb0add 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
@@ -812,6 +812,8 @@ int __init efi_config_parse_tables(const efi_config_table_t *config_tables,
}
}

+ efi_reserve_poisoned_memory();
+
if (rt_prop != EFI_INVALID_TABLE_ADDR) {
efi_rt_properties_table_t *tbl;

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/poison.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/poison.c
index 2f47293a4e45f..e418c6b3aab81 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/poison.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/poison.c
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
* Runtime handling for the LINUX_EFI_POISONED_MEMORY configuration table: a
* bitmap with one bit per EFI_POISON_UNIT_SIZE of physical memory that records
* hardware-poisoned frames so the next kexec kernel can keep them out of its
- * allocator. The stub installs the (empty) bitmap; this kernel sets bits at
- * runtime.
+ * allocator. The stub allocates and installs the (empty) bitmap; this kernel
+ * sets bits at runtime; the next kernel reserves the set units before the
+ * allocator comes up.
*
* Copyright (c) 2026 Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
* Copyright (c) 2026 Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@
#include <linux/efi.h>
#include <linux/io.h>
#include <linux/log2.h>
+#include <linux/memblock.h>
+#include <linux/minmax.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/overflow.h>

@@ -128,3 +131,67 @@ void efi_hwpoison_record_pfn(unsigned long pfn)

set_bit(unit, efi_poison->bitmap);
}
+
+void __init efi_reserve_poisoned_memory(void)
+{
+ u64 ppm = efi.poisoned_memory, phys_base, unit_size, bitmap_size, off;
+ struct linux_efi_poisoned_memory *pm;
+ unsigned int nr_units = 0;
+
+ if (ppm == EFI_INVALID_TABLE_ADDR)
+ return;
+
+ pm = early_memremap(ppm, sizeof(*pm));
+ if (!pm) {
+ pr_warn("Could not map poisoned-memory table\n");
+ return;
+ }
+
+ if (!efi_poison_table_valid(pm)) {
+ /* Keep the runtime side off a table this pass rejected. */
+ efi.poisoned_memory = EFI_INVALID_TABLE_ADDR;
+ early_memunmap(pm, sizeof(*pm));
+ return;
+ }
+
+ phys_base = pm->phys_base;
+ unit_size = pm->unit_size;
+ bitmap_size = pm->size;
+
+ early_memunmap(pm, sizeof(*pm));
+
+ /* Reserve the table itself so it survives a further kexec. */
+ memblock_reserve(PAGE_ALIGN_DOWN(ppm),
+ PAGE_ALIGN(ppm + sizeof(*pm) + bitmap_size) -
+ PAGE_ALIGN_DOWN(ppm));
+
+ /*
+ * Walk the bitmap a page at a time and reserve each poisoned unit.
+ * memblock.memory is not populated this early, so memblock_remove()
+ * and memblock_mark_nomap() would be no-ops; a reservation is what
+ * keeps the units away from the allocator.
+ */
+ for (off = 0; off < bitmap_size; off += PAGE_SIZE) {
+ u64 chunk = min_t(u64, PAGE_SIZE, bitmap_size - off);
+ unsigned long bit, nbits = chunk * BITS_PER_BYTE;
+ unsigned long *map;
+
+ map = early_memremap(ppm + offsetof(struct linux_efi_poisoned_memory,
+ bitmap) + off, chunk);
+ if (!map) {
+ pr_warn("Could not map poisoned-memory bitmap\n");
+ return;
+ }
+ for_each_set_bit(bit, map, nbits) {
+ u64 unit = off * BITS_PER_BYTE + bit;
+
+ memblock_reserve(phys_base + unit * unit_size, unit_size);
+ nr_units++;
+ }
+ early_memunmap(map, chunk);
+ }
+
+ if (nr_units)
+ pr_info("reserved %u poisoned unit(s) (%lluK each) inherited across kexec\n",
+ nr_units, unit_size >> 10);
+}
diff --git a/include/linux/efi.h b/include/linux/efi.h
index f03b1bb576133..350a3cb0babdd 100644
--- a/include/linux/efi.h
+++ b/include/linux/efi.h
@@ -1285,8 +1285,10 @@ struct linux_efi_poisoned_memory {
#define EFI_POISON_UNIT_SIZE SZ_2M

#ifdef CONFIG_EFI_POISONED_MEMORY
+void efi_reserve_poisoned_memory(void);
void efi_hwpoison_record_pfn(unsigned long pfn);
#else
+static inline void efi_reserve_poisoned_memory(void) { }
static inline void efi_hwpoison_record_pfn(unsigned long pfn) { }
#endif


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