[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/1] efi_loader: check device path in InstallMultipleProtocolInterfaces

Heinrich Schuchardt xypron.debian at gmx.de
Mon May 20 19:24:29 UTC 2019


On 5/16/19 9:59 PM, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
> According to the UEFI spec InstallMultipleProtocolInterfaces() must check
> if a device path has already been installed. In this case it must return
> EFI_ALREADY_STARTED.
>
> Cf. UEFI SCT II 2.6 A (2017),
> 3.3.16 InstallMultipleProtocolInterfaces(), 5.1.3.16.1.
>
> Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk at gmx.de>

This patch causes iPXE to fail. It hangs when executing the iPXE `dhcp`
command. Some nice debugging ahead.

Best regards

Heinrich

> ---
>  lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c | 12 ++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c
> index ec6f5758de..d3f21f15b7 100644
> --- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c
> +++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c
> @@ -2334,6 +2334,7 @@ efi_status_t EFIAPI efi_install_multiple_protocol_interfaces
>  	efi_va_list argptr;
>  	const efi_guid_t *protocol;
>  	void *protocol_interface;
> +	efi_handle_t old_handle;
>  	efi_status_t r = EFI_SUCCESS;
>  	int i = 0;
>
> @@ -2346,6 +2347,17 @@ efi_status_t EFIAPI efi_install_multiple_protocol_interfaces
>  		if (!protocol)
>  			break;
>  		protocol_interface = efi_va_arg(argptr, void*);
> +		/* Check that a device path has not been installed before */
> +		if (!guidcmp(protocol, &efi_guid_device_path)) {
> +			struct efi_device_path *dp = protocol_interface;
> +
> +			r = EFI_CALL(efi_locate_device_path(protocol, &dp,
> +							    &old_handle));
> +			if (r == EFI_SUCCESS) {
> +				r = EFI_ALREADY_STARTED;
> +				break;
> +			}
> +		}
>  		r = EFI_CALL(efi_install_protocol_interface(
>  						handle, protocol,
>  						EFI_NATIVE_INTERFACE,
> --
> 2.20.1


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