[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 1/2] part_efi: support padding between the GPT header and partition entries

[Philipp Tomsich]

Some architectures require their SPL loader at a fixed address within
the first 16KB of the disk. To avoid an overlap with the partition
entries of the EFI partition table, the first safe offset (in bytes,
from the start of the device) for the entries can be set through
CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION_ENTRIES_OFF (via Kconfig)

When formatting a device with an EFI partition table, we may need to
leave a gap between the GPT header (always in LBA 1) and the partition
entries. The GPT header already contains a field to specify the
on-disk location, which has so far always been set to LBA 2. With this
change, a configurable offset will be translated into a LBA address
indicating where to put the entries.

Now also allows an override via device-tree using a config-node (see
doc/device-tree-bindings/config.txt for documentation).

Tested (exporting an internal MMC formatted with this) against Linux,
MacOS X and Windows.

Signed-off-by: Philipp Tomsich <philipp.tomsich at theobroma-systems.com>
---
 disk/Kconfig    | 13 +++++++++++++
 disk/part_efi.c | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/disk/Kconfig b/disk/Kconfig
index 16ff52d..8e328b4 100644
--- a/disk/Kconfig
+++ b/disk/Kconfig
@@ -79,6 +79,19 @@ config EFI_PARTITION
 	  common when EFI is the bootloader.  Note 2TB partition limit;
 	  see disk/part_efi.c
 
+config EFI_PARTITION_ENTRIES_OFF
+        int "Offset (in bytes) of the EFI partition entries"
+	depends on EFI_PARTITION
+	default 0
+	help
+	  Specify an earliest location (in bytes) where the partition
+	  entries may be located. This is meant to allow "punching a
+	  hole into a device" to create a gap for an SPL, its payload
+	  and the U-Boot environment.
+
+	  If unsure, leave at 0 (which will locate the partition
+	  entries at the first possible LBA following the GPT header).
+
 config SPL_EFI_PARTITION
 	bool "Enable EFI GPT partition table for SPL"
 	depends on  SPL && PARTITIONS
diff --git a/disk/part_efi.c b/disk/part_efi.c
index 893cbbd..fafca25 100644
--- a/disk/part_efi.c
+++ b/disk/part_efi.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <asm/unaligned.h>
 #include <common.h>
 #include <command.h>
+#include <fdtdec.h>
 #include <ide.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <malloc.h>
@@ -373,8 +374,8 @@ int write_gpt_table(struct blk_desc *dev_desc,
 	if (blk_dwrite(dev_desc, 1, 1, gpt_h) != 1)
 		goto err;
 
-	if (blk_dwrite(dev_desc, 2, pte_blk_cnt, gpt_e)
-	    != pte_blk_cnt)
+	if (blk_dwrite(dev_desc, le64_to_cpu(gpt_h->partition_entry_lba),
+		       pte_blk_cnt, gpt_e) != pte_blk_cnt)
 		goto err;
 
 	prepare_backup_gpt_header(gpt_h);
@@ -498,6 +499,45 @@ int gpt_fill_pte(gpt_header *gpt_h, gpt_entry *gpt_e,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static uint32_t partition_entries_offset(struct blk_desc *dev_desc)
+{
+	uint32_t offset_blks = 2;
+	int config_offset;
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION_ENTRIES_OFF)
+	/* Some architectures require their SPL loader at a fixed
+	 * address within the first 16KB of the disk.  To avoid an
+	 * overlap with the partition entries of the EFI partition
+	 * table, the first safe offset (in bytes, from the start of
+	 * the disk) for the entries can be set in
+	 * CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION_ENTRIES_OFF.
+	 */
+	offset_blks =
+		PAD_TO_BLOCKSIZE(CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION_ENTRIES_OFF, dev_desc);
+#endif
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_OF_CONTROL)
+	/* Allow the offset of the first partition entires (in bytes
+	   from the start of the device) to be specified as a property
+	   of the device tree '/config' node. */
+	config_offset = fdtdec_get_config_int(gd->fdt_blob,
+					      "u-boot,efi-partition-entries-offset",
+					      -EINVAL);
+	if (config_offset != -EINVAL)
+		offset_blks = PAD_TO_BLOCKSIZE(config_offset, dev_desc);
+#endif
+
+	debug("efi: partition entries offset (in blocks): %d\n", offset_blks);
+
+	/* The earliest LBA this can be at is LBA#2 (i.e. right behind
+	 * the (protective) MBR and the GPT header.
+	 */
+	if (offset_blks < 2)
+		offset_blks = 2;
+
+	return offset_blks;
+}
+
 int gpt_fill_header(struct blk_desc *dev_desc, gpt_header *gpt_h,
 		char *str_guid, int parts_count)
 {
@@ -506,9 +546,11 @@ int gpt_fill_header(struct blk_desc *dev_desc, gpt_header *gpt_h,
 	gpt_h->header_size = cpu_to_le32(sizeof(gpt_header));
 	gpt_h->my_lba = cpu_to_le64(1);
 	gpt_h->alternate_lba = cpu_to_le64(dev_desc->lba - 1);
-	gpt_h->first_usable_lba = cpu_to_le64(34);
 	gpt_h->last_usable_lba = cpu_to_le64(dev_desc->lba - 34);
-	gpt_h->partition_entry_lba = cpu_to_le64(2);
+	gpt_h->partition_entry_lba =
+		cpu_to_le64(partition_entries_offset(dev_desc));
+	gpt_h->first_usable_lba =
+		cpu_to_le64(le64_to_cpu(gpt_h->partition_entry_lba) + 32);
 	gpt_h->num_partition_entries = cpu_to_le32(GPT_ENTRY_NUMBERS);
 	gpt_h->sizeof_partition_entry = cpu_to_le32(sizeof(gpt_entry));
 	gpt_h->header_crc32 = 0;
-- 
1.9.1