[U-Boot] [PATCH 09/14] efi_loader: Implement memory allocation and map

Alexander Graf agraf at suse.de
Tue Feb 2 01:59:58 CET 2016



On 01/31/2016 04:23 PM, Simon Glass wrote:
> Hi Alexander,
>
> On 14 January 2016 at 22:06, Alexander Graf <agraf at suse.de> wrote:
>> Due to popular request, this is a separate patch implementing all of the memory
>> allocation and memory mapping bits.
>>
>> We assume we always have a linear RAM map. At TOM U-Boot resides. Inside of
>> U-Boot there is the runtime region that we need to explicitly expose via the
>> EFI memory map. Below U-Boot, we reserve 128MB of RAM for LOADER_DATA.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf at suse.de>
>> ---
>>   lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c     | 99 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>   lib/efi_loader/efi_image_loader.c | 28 ++++++++++-
>>   2 files changed, 123 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c
>> index 45217ef..ff3f969 100644
>> --- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c
>> +++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c
>> @@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ static void efi_restore_tpl(unsigned long old_tpl)
>>   static void *efi_alloc(uint64_t len, int memory_type)
>>   {
>>          switch (memory_type) {
>> +       case EFI_LOADER_DATA:
>> +               return efi_loader_alloc(len);
>>          default:
>>                  return malloc(len);
>>          }
>> @@ -143,16 +145,109 @@ static efi_status_t efi_free_pages(uint64_t memory, unsigned long pages)
>>          return EFI_EXIT(EFI_SUCCESS);
>>   }
>>
>> -/* Will be implemented in a later patch */
>> +/*
>> + * Returns the EFI memory map. In our case, this looks pretty simple:
>> + *
>> + *  ____________________________    TOM
>> + * |                            |
>> + * |    Second half of U-Boot   |
> What does 'second half' mean?

It means that there's one big chunk of "U-Boot" with the RTS sitting in 
the middle, dividing it into 2 halves :).

I hope my new memory allocation code makes this more obvious.

>
>> + * |____________________________|   &__efi_runtime_stop
>> + * |                            |
>> + * |    EFI Runtime Services    |
>> + * |____________________________|   &__efi_runtime_start
>> + * |                            |
>> + * |    First half of U-Boot    |
>> + * |____________________________|   start of EFI loader allocation space
>> + * |                            |
>> + * |          Free RAM          |
>> + * |____________________________|   CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE
>> + *
>> + * All pointers are extended to live on a 4k boundary. After exiting the boot
>> + * services, only the EFI Runtime Services chunk of memory stays alive.
>> + */
>>   static efi_status_t efi_get_memory_map(unsigned long *memory_map_size,
>>                                 struct efi_mem_desc *memory_map,
>>                                 unsigned long *map_key,
>>                                 unsigned long *descriptor_size,
>>                                 uint32_t *descriptor_version)
>>   {
>> +       struct efi_mem_desc efi_memory_map[] = {
>> +               {
>> +                       /* RAM before U-Boot */
>> +                       .type = EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY,
>> +                       .attribute = 1 << EFI_MEMORY_WB_SHIFT,
>> +               },
>> +               {
>> +                       /* First half of U-Boot */
>> +                       .type = EFI_LOADER_DATA,
>> +                       .attribute = 1 << EFI_MEMORY_WB_SHIFT,
>> +               },
>> +               {
>> +                       /* EFI Runtime Services */
>> +                       .type = EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES_CODE,
>> +                       .attribute = (1 << EFI_MEMORY_WB_SHIFT) |
>> +                                    (1ULL << EFI_MEMORY_RUNTIME_SHIFT),
>> +               },
>> +               {
>> +                       /* Second half of U-Boot */
>> +                       .type = EFI_LOADER_DATA,
>> +                       .attribute = 1 << EFI_MEMORY_WB_SHIFT,
>> +               },
>> +       };
>> +       ulong runtime_start, runtime_end, runtime_len_pages, runtime_len;
>> +
>>          EFI_ENTRY("%p, %p, %p, %p, %p", memory_map_size, memory_map, map_key,
>>                    descriptor_size, descriptor_version);
>> -       return EFI_EXIT(EFI_UNSUPPORTED);
>> +
>> +       runtime_start = (ulong)&__efi_runtime_start & ~0xfffULL;
>> +       runtime_end = ((ulong)&__efi_runtime_stop + 0xfff) & ~0xfffULL;
>> +       runtime_len_pages = (runtime_end - runtime_start) >> 12;
>> +       runtime_len = runtime_len_pages << 12;
>> +
>> +       /* Fill in where normal RAM is (up to U-Boot's top of stack) */
>> +       efi_memory_map[0].num_pages = gd->start_addr_sp >> 12;
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE
> If not defined, what happens?

The new code uses gd->bd->bi_dram.

>
>> +       efi_memory_map[0].physical_start = CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE;
>> +       efi_memory_map[0].virtual_start = CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE;
>> +       efi_memory_map[0].num_pages -= CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE >> 12;
>> +#endif
>> +
>> +       /* Give us some space for the stack */
>> +       efi_memory_map[0].num_pages -= (16 * 1024 * 1024) >> 12;
>> +
>> +       /* Reserve the EFI loader pool */
>> +       efi_memory_map[0].num_pages -= EFI_LOADER_POOL_SIZE >> 12;
>> +
>> +       /* Cut out the runtime services */
>> +       efi_memory_map[2].physical_start = runtime_start;
>> +       efi_memory_map[2].virtual_start = efi_memory_map[2].physical_start;
>> +       efi_memory_map[2].num_pages = runtime_len_pages;
>> +
>> +       /* Allocate the rest to U-Boot */
>> +       efi_memory_map[1].physical_start = efi_memory_map[0].physical_start +
>> +                                          (efi_memory_map[0].num_pages << 12);
>> +       efi_memory_map[1].virtual_start = efi_memory_map[1].physical_start;
>> +       efi_memory_map[1].num_pages = (runtime_start -
>> +                                      efi_memory_map[1].physical_start) >> 12;
>> +
>> +       efi_memory_map[3].physical_start = runtime_start + runtime_len;
>> +       efi_memory_map[3].virtual_start = efi_memory_map[3].physical_start;
>> +       efi_memory_map[3].num_pages = (gd->ram_top -
>> +                                      efi_memory_map[3].physical_start) >> 12;
>> +
>> +       *memory_map_size = sizeof(efi_memory_map);
>> +
>> +       if (descriptor_size)
>> +               *descriptor_size = sizeof(struct efi_mem_desc);
>> +
>> +       if (*memory_map_size < sizeof(efi_memory_map)) {
>> +               return EFI_EXIT(EFI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL);
>> +       }
>> +
>> +       if (memory_map)
>> +               memcpy(memory_map, efi_memory_map, sizeof(efi_memory_map));
>> +
>> +       return EFI_EXIT(EFI_SUCCESS);
>>   }
>>
>>   static efi_status_t efi_allocate_pool(int pool_type, unsigned long size, void **buffer)
>> diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_image_loader.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_image_loader.c
>> index a7788bf..67c4b06 100644
>> --- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_image_loader.c
>> +++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_image_loader.c
>> @@ -29,10 +29,34 @@ efi_status_t efi_return_handle(void *handle, efi_guid_t *protocol,
>>          return EFI_SUCCESS;
>>   }
>>
>> -/* Will be implemented in a later patch */
>> +/*
>> + * EFI payloads potentially want to load pretty big images into memory,
>> + * so our small malloc region isn't enough for them. However, they usually
>> + * don't need a smart allocator either.
>> + *
>> + * So instead give them a really dumb one. We just reserve EFI_LOADER_POOL_SIZE
>> + * bytes from 16MB below the stack start to give the stack some space.
>> + * Then every allocation gets a 4k aligned chunk from it. We never free.
>> + */
>>   void *efi_loader_alloc(uint64_t len)
>>   {
>> -       return NULL;
>> +       static unsigned long loader_pool;
>> +       void *r;
>> +
>> +       if (!loader_pool) {
>> +               loader_pool = ((gd->start_addr_sp >> 12) << 12) -
>> +                             (16 * MB) - EFI_LOADER_POOL_SIZE;
> I think it would be better to reserve this in board_f() with a
> reserve...() function. Perhaps store the address in global_data.

The new code doesn't reserve anything anymore :)


Alex

>
>> +       }
>> +
>> +       len = ROUND_UP(len, 4096);
>> +       /* Out of memory */
>> +       if ((loader_pool + len) >= (gd->relocaddr - TOTAL_MALLOC_LEN))
> debug() here?
>
>> +               return NULL;
>> +
>> +       r = (void *)loader_pool;
>> +       loader_pool += len;
>> +
>> +       return r;
>>   }
>>
>>   /*
>> --
>> 2.1.4
> Regards,
> Simon



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