[PATCH v2 00/20] efi_loader: more tightly integrate UEFI disks to driver model

Heinrich Schuchardt xypron.glpk at gmx.de
Thu Feb 10 16:20:11 CET 2022


On 2/10/22 09:11, AKASHI Takahiro wrote:
> Background:
> ===========
> The purpose of this patch is to reignite the discussion about how UEFI
> subystem would best be integrated into U-Boot driver model.
> In the past, I proposed a couple of patch series, the latest one[1],
> while Heinrich revealed his idea[2], and the approach taken here is
> something between them, with a focus on block device handlings.
>
> Disks in UEFI world:
> ====================
> In general in UEFI world, accessing to any device is performed through
> a 'protocol' interface which are installed to (or associated with) the device's
> UEFI handle (or an opaque pointer to UEFI object data). Protocols are
> implemented by either the UEFI system itself or UEFI drivers.
>
> For block IO's, it is a device which has EFI_BLOCK_IO_PROTOCOL (efi_disk
> hereafter). Currently, every efi_disk may have one of two origins:
>
> a.U-Boot's block devices or related partitions
>    (lib/efi_loader/efi_disk.c)
> b.UEFI objects which are implemented as a block device by UEFI drivers.
>    (lib/efi_driver/efi_block_device.c)
>
> All the efi_diskss as (a) will be enumerated and created only once at UEFI
> subsystem initialization (efi_disk_register()), which is triggered by
> first executing one of UEFI-related U-Boot commands, like "bootefi",
> "setenv -e" or "efidebug".
> EFI_BLOCK_IO_PROTOCOL is implemented by UEFI system using blk_desc(->ops)
> in the corresponding udevice(UCLASS_BLK).
>
> On the other hand, efi_disk as (b) will be created each time UEFI boot
> services' connect_controller() is executed in UEFI app which, as a (device)
> controller, gives the method to access the device's data,
> ie. EFI_BLOCK_IO_PROTOCOL.
>
>>>> more details >>>
> Internally, connect_controller() search for UEFI driver that can support
> this controller/protocol, 'efi_block' driver(UCLASS_EFI) in this case,
> then calls the driver's 'bind' interface, which eventually installs
> the controller's EFI_BLOCK_IO_PROTOCOL to efi_disk object.
> 'efi_block' driver also create a corresponding udevice(UCLASS_BLK) for
>    * creating additional partitions efi_disk's, and
>    * supporting a file system (EFI_SIMPLE_FILE_SYSTEM_PROTOCOL) on it.
> <<< <<<
>
> Issues:
> =======
> 1. While an efi_disk represents a device equally for either a whole disk
>     or a partition in UEFI world, the driver model treats only a whole
>     disk as a real block device or udevice(UCLASS_BLK).
>
> 2. efi_disk holds and makes use of "blk_desc" data even though blk_desc
>     in plat_data is supposed to be private and not to be accessed outside
>     the driver model.
>     # This issue, though, exists for all the implementation of U-Boot
>     # file systems as well.
>
> For efi_disk(a),
> 3. A block device can be enumerated dynamically by 'scanning' a device bus
>     in U-Boot, but UEFI subsystem is not able to update efi_disks accordingly.
>     For examples,
>      => scsi rescan; efidebug devices
>      => usb start; efidebug devices ... (A)
>     (A) doesn't show any usb devices detected.
>
>      => scsi rescan; efidebug boot add -b 0 TEST scsi 0:1 ...
>      => scsi rescan ... (B)
>      => bootefi bootmgr ... (C)
>     (C) may de-reference a bogus blk_desc pointer which has been freed by (B).
>     (Please note that "scsi rescan" removes all udevices/blk_desc and then
>      re-create them even if nothing is changed on a bus.)
>
> For efi_disk(b),
> 4. A "controller (handle)", combined with efi_block driver, has no
>     corresponding udevice as a parent of efi_disks in DM tree, unlike,
>     say, a scsi controller, even though it provides methods for block io
>     operations.
> 5. There is no way supported to remove efi_disk's even after
>     disconnect_controller() is called.
>
>
> My approach:
> ============
> Due to functional differences in semantics, it would be difficult
> to identify "udevice" structure as a handle in UEFI world. Instead, we will
> have to somehow maintain a relationship between a udevice and a handle.
>
> 1-1. add a dedicated uclass, UCLASS_PARTITION, for partitions
>     Currently, the uclass for partitions is not a UCLASS_BLK.
>     It can be possible to define partitions as UCLASS_BLK
>     (with IF_TYPE_PARTION?), but
>     I'm afraid that it may introduce some chaos since udevice(UCLASS_BLK)
>     is tightly coupled with 'struct blk_desc' data which is still used
>     as a "structure to a whole disk" in a lot of interfaces.
>     (I hope that you understand what it means.)
>
>     In DM tree, a UCLASS_PARTITON instance has a UCLASS_BLK parent:
>     For instance,
>         UCLASS_SCSI  --- UCLASS_BLK       --- UCLASS_PARTITION
> 			 (IF_TYPE_SCSI)        |
>                            +- struct blk_desc   +- struct disk_part
> 			  +- scsi_blk_ops      +- blk_part_ops
>
> 1-2. create partition udevices in the context of device_probe()
>     part_init() is already called in blk_post_probe(). See the commit
>     d0851c893706 ("blk: Call part_init() in the post_probe() method").
>     Why not enumerate partitions as well in there.
>
> 2. add new block access interfaces, which takes a *udevice* as a target
>     device, in U-Boot and use those functions to implement efi_disk
>     operations (i.e. EFI_BLOCK_IO_PROTOCOL).
>
> 3-1. maintain a bi-directional link between a udevice and an efi_disk
>     by adding
>     - a UEFI handle pointer as a tag for a udevice
>     - a udevice pointer in UEFI handle (in fact, in "struct efi_disk_obj")
>
> 3-2. synchronize the lifetime of efi_disk objects in UEFI world with
>     the driver model using
>     - event notification associated with device's probe/remove.
>
> 4. I have no solution to issue(4) and (5) yet.
>
>
> <<<Example DM tree on qemu-arm64>>>
> => dm tree
>   Class      Driver               Name
> --------------------------------------------
>   root       root_driver          root_driver
>   ...
>   pci        pci_generic_ecam     |-- pcie at 10000000
>   pci_generi pci_generic_drv      |   |-- pci_0:0.0
>   virtio     virtio-pci.l         |   |-- virtio-pci.l#0
>   ethernet   virtio-net           |   |   `-- virtio-net#32
>   ahci       ahci_pci             |   |-- ahci_pci
>   scsi       ahci_scsi            |   |   `-- ahci_scsi
>   blk        scsi_blk             |   |       |-- ahci_scsi.id0lun0
>   partition  blk_partition        |   |       |   |-- ahci_scsi.id0lun0:1
>   partition  blk_partition        |   |       |   `-- ahci_scsi.id0lun0:2
>   blk        scsi_blk             |   |       `-- ahci_scsi.id1lun0
>   partition  blk_partition        |   |           |-- ahci_scsi.id1lun0:1
>   partition  blk_partition        |   |           `-- ahci_scsi.id1lun0:2
>   usb        xhci_pci             |   `-- xhci_pci
>   usb_hub    usb_hub              |       `-- usb_hub
>   usb_dev_ge usb_dev_generic_drv  |           |-- generic_bus_0_dev_2
>   usb_mass_s usb_mass_storage     |           `-- usb_mass_storage
>   blk        usb_storage_blk      |               `-- usb_mass_storage.lun0
>   partition  blk_partition        |                   |-- usb_mass_storage.lun0:1
>   partition  blk_partition        |                   `-- usb_mass_storage.lun0:2
>   ...
> => efi devices
> Device           Device Path
> ================ ====================
> 000000013eeea8d0 /VenHw()
> 000000013eeed810 /VenHw()/MAC(525252525252,1)
> 000000013eefc460 /VenHw()/Scsi(0,0)
> 000000013eefc5a0 /VenHw()/Scsi(0,0)/HD(1,GPT,ce86c5a7-b32a-488f-a346-88fe698e0edc,0x22,0x4c2a)
> 000000013eefe320 /VenHw()/Scsi(0,0)/HD(2,GPT,aa80aab9-33e6-42b6-b5db-def2cb8d7844,0x5000,0x1a800)
> 000000013eeff210 /VenHw()/Scsi(1,0)
> 000000013eeff390 /VenHw()/Scsi(1,0)/HD(1,GPT,ce86c5a7-b32a-488f-a346-88fe698e0edc,0x22,0x4c2a)
> 000000013eeff7d0 /VenHw()/Scsi(1,0)/HD(2,GPT,aa80aab9-33e6-42b6-b5db-def2cb8d7844,0x5000,0x1a800)
> 000000013ef04c20 /VenHw()/UsbClass(0x0,0x0,0x9,0x0,0x3)/UsbClass(0x46f4,0x1,0x0,0x0,0x0)
> 000000013ef04da0 /VenHw()/UsbClass(0x0,0x0,0x9,0x0,0x3)/UsbClass(0x46f4,0x1,0x0,0x0,0x0)/HD(1,0x01,0,0x0,0x99800)
> 000000013ef04f70 /VenHw()/UsbClass(0x0,0x0,0x9,0x0,0x3)/UsbClass(0x46f4,0x1,0x0,0x0,0x0)/HD(2,0x01,0,0x99800,0x1800)
>
>
> Patchs:
> =======
> For easy understandings, patches may be categorized into separate groups
> of changes.
>
> Patch#1-#7: DM: add device_probe() for later use of events
> Patch#8-#11: DM: add new features (tag and event notification)
> Patch#12-#16: UEFI: dynamically create/remove efi_disk's for a raw disk
>    and its partitions
>    For removal case, we may need more consideration since removing handles
>    unconditionally may end up breaking integrity of handles
>    (as some may still be held and referenced to by a UEFI app).
> Patch#17-#18: UEFI: use udevice read/write interfaces
> Patch#19-#20: UEFI: fix-up efi_driver, aligning with changes in DM integration
>
>
> [1] https://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2019-February/357923.html
> [2] https://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2021-June/452297.html

This series does not pass Gitlab CI:

See
https://source.denx.de/u-boot/custodians/u-boot-efi/-/jobs/391030
https://source.denx.de/u-boot/custodians/u-boot-efi/-/jobs/391031

I will set the whole series to "changes requested"

Please, run 'make tests' before resubmitting.

Best regards

Heinrich

=================================== FAILURES
===================================
________________________________ test_gpt_write
________________________________
test/py/tests/test_gpt.py:169: in test_gpt_write
     assert 'Writing GPT: success!' in output
E   AssertionError: assert 'Writing GPT: success!' in 'Writing GPT: Not
a block device: rng\r\r\nsuccess!'
----------------------------- Captured stdout call
-----------------------------
=> host bind 0 /tmp/sandbox/test_gpt_disk_image.bin

=> => gpt write host 0 "name=all,size=0"

Writing GPT: Not a block device: rng

success!

=>
___________________ test_ut[ut_dm_dm_test_video_comp_bmp32]
____________________
test/py/tests/test_ut.py:43: in test_ut
     assert output.endswith('Failures: 0')
E   AssertionError: assert False
E    +  where False = <built-in method endswith of str object at
0x7fd72d2fc800>('Failures: 0')
E    +    where <built-in method endswith of str object at
0x7fd72d2fc800> = 'Test: dm_test_video_comp_bmp32: video.c\r\r\nSDL
renderer does not exist\r\r\ntest/dm/video.c:88,
compress_frame_buff..._test_video_comp_bmp32(): 2024 ==
compress_frame_buffer(uts, dev): Expected 0x7e8 (2024), got 0x1
(1)\r\r\nFailures: 2'.endswith
----------------------------- Captured stdout call
-----------------------------
=> ut dm dm_test_video_comp_bmp32

Test: dm_test_video_comp_bmp32: video.c

SDL renderer does not exist

test/dm/video.c:88, compress_frame_buffer(): !memcmp(uc_priv->fb,
uc_priv->copy_fb, uc_priv->fb_size): Copy framebuffer does not match fb

test/dm/video.c:484, dm_test_video_comp_bmp32(): 2024 ==
compress_frame_buffer(uts, dev): Expected 0x7e8 (2024), got 0x1 (1)

Failures: 2

=>
_______________________________ test_avb_read_rb
_______________________________
test/py/tests/test_android/test_avb.py:83: in test_avb_read_rb
     assert response == 'Rollback index: 0'
E   AssertionError: assert 'Not a block ...back index: 0' == 'Rollback
index: 0'
E     - Not a block device: sandbox_tee
E     -
E       Rollback index: 0
----------------------------- Captured stdout call
-----------------------------
=> avb init 1

=> => avb read_rb 1

Not a block device: sandbox_tee

Rollback index: 0

=>
_____________________________ test_avb_is_unlocked
_____________________________
test/py/tests/test_android/test_avb.py:95: in test_avb_is_unlocked
     assert response == 'Unlocked = 1'
E   AssertionError: assert 'Not a block ...nUnlocked = 1' == 'Unlocked = 1'
E     - Not a block device: sandbox_tee
E     -
E       Unlocked = 1
---------------------------- Captured stdout setup
-----------------------------
/u-boot




U-Boot 2022.04-rc1-00209-g173fff8119 (Feb 10 2022 - 14:59:41 +0000)



Model: sandbox

DRAM:  128 MiB

Core:  248 devices, 90 uclasses, devicetree: board

WDT:   Not starting gpio-wdt

WDT:   Not starting wdt at 0

MMC:   mmc2: 2 (SD), mmc1: 1 (SD), mmc0: 0 (SD)

Loading Environment from nowhere... OK

In:    cros-ec-keyb

Out:   vidconsole

Err:   vidconsole

Model: sandbox

SCSI:

Net:   eth0: eth at 10002000, eth5: eth at 10003000, eth3: sbe5, eth6:
eth at 10004000, eth4: dsa-test-eth, eth2: lan0, eth7: lan1

78Not a block device: pinmux_i2c0_pins

Not a block device: i2c at 0

Not a block device: rtc at 61

Not a block device: bootcount at 0

Not a block device: emul

Not a block device: emull

Hit any key to stop autoboot:  2  0

=>
----------------------------- Captured stdout call
-----------------------------
=> avb init 1

=> => avb is_unlocked

Not a block device: sandbox_tee

Unlocked = 1

=>
__________________________ test_avb_persistent_values
__________________________
test/py/tests/test_android/test_avb.py:134: in test_avb_persistent_values
     assert response == 'Wrote 12 bytes'
E   AssertionError: assert 'Not a block ...rote 12 bytes' == 'Wrote 12
bytes'
E     - Not a block device: sandbox_tee
E     -
E       Wrote 12 bytes
---------------------------- Captured stdout setup
-----------------------------
/u-boot




U-Boot 2022.04-rc1-00209-g173fff8119 (Feb 10 2022 - 14:59:41 +0000)



Model: sandbox

DRAM:  128 MiB

Core:  248 devices, 90 uclasses, devicetree: board

WDT:   Not starting gpio-wdt

WDT:   Not starting wdt at 0

MMC:   mmc2: 2 (SD), mmc1: 1 (SD), mmc0: 0 (SD)

Loading Environment from nowhere... OK

In:    cros-ec-keyb

Out:   vidconsole

Err:   vidconsole

Model: sandbox

SCSI:

Net:   eth0: eth at 10002000, eth5: eth at 10003000, eth3: sbe5, eth6:
eth at 10004000, eth4: dsa-test-eth, eth2: lan0, eth7: lan1

78Not a block device: pinmux_i2c0_pins

Not a block device: i2c at 0

Not a block device: rtc at 61

Not a block device: bootcount at 0

Not a block device: emul

Not a block device: emull

Hit any key to stop autoboot:  2  0

=>
----------------------------- Captured stdout call
-----------------------------
=> avb init 1

=> => avb write_pvalue test value_value

Not a block device: sandbox_tee

Wrote 12 bytes

=>



>
>
> Change history:
> ===============
> v2 (Feb 10, 2022)
> * add/revise an error message if device_probe() fails (patch#3,#5)
> * fix a build error in sandbox_spl_defconfig (patch#8)
> * fix warnings in 'make htmldocs' (patch#8,#9,#18)
> * new commit: split efi_init_obj_list() (patch#14)
>
> v1 (Feb 2, 2022)
> * rebased on 2022.04-rc1
> * drop patches that have already been merged
> * modify a tag-range check with "tag >= DM_TAG_COUNT" (patch#9)
> * move dmtag_list to GD (global data) (patch#9)
> * add function descriptions and a document about DM tag feature (patch#9,10)
> * add tests for DM tag support (patch#11)
> * change 'depends on EVENT' to 'select EVENT' for EFI_LOADER (patch#14)
> * migrate IF_TYPE_EFI to IF_TYPE_EFI_LOADER (patch#18)
>
> RFCv2 (Dec 10, 2021)
> * rebased on 2022-rc3
> * re-order and merge some related commits into ones
> * call device_probe() in MMC (not bind, but) probe hook (patch#5)
> * fix a wrong name of variable (patch#7)
> * add patch#9
> * invoke device_probe() for virtio devices (patch#10)
> * add DM event notification (from Simon) (patch#11)
> * add DM tag support (patch#12)
> * move UCLASS_PARTITION driver under disk/ (patch#13)
> * create partition's dp using its parent's. This change is necessary
>    in particular for 'efi_blk' efi_disk (patch#13)
> * modify the code so that we will use new features like tags and
>    event notification (patch#13,15,16,20)
> * rename new functions from blk_read/write() to dev_read/write()
>    (patch#17,18)
> * isolate changes in efi_driver from the rest (in efi_loader) (patch#19)
> * drop the previous patch#22 ("efi_selftest: block device: adjust dp
>    for a test") due to the fix in patch#13
>
> RFC (Nov 16, 2021)
> * initial RFC
>
> AKASHI Takahiro (19):
>    scsi: call device_probe() after scanning
>    usb: storage: call device_probe() after scanning
>    mmc: call device_probe() after scanning
>    nvme: call device_probe() after scanning
>    sata: call device_probe() after scanning
>    block: ide: call device_probe() after scanning
>    virtio: call device_probe() in scanning
>    dm: add tag support
>    dm: tag: add some document
>    test: dm: add tests for tag support
>    dm: disk: add UCLASS_PARTITION
>    dm: blk: add a device-probe hook for scanning disk partitions
>    efi_loader: split efi_init_obj_list() into two stages
>    efi_loader: disk: a helper function to create efi_disk objects from
>      udevice
>    efi_loader: disk: a helper function to delete efi_disk objects
>    dm: disk: add read/write interfaces with udevice
>    efi_loader: disk: use udevice instead of blk_desc
>    efi_loader: disk: not create BLK device for BLK(IF_TYPE_EFI_LOADER)
>      devices
>    efi_driver: align with efi_disk-dm integration
>
> Simon Glass (1):
>    dm: add event notification
>
>   cmd/virtio.c                        |  21 +-
>   common/Kconfig                      |  11 +
>   common/Makefile                     |   2 +
>   common/board_f.c                    |   2 +
>   common/board_r.c                    |   2 +-
>   common/event.c                      | 103 +++++++++
>   common/log.c                        |   1 +
>   common/main.c                       |   7 +-
>   common/usb_storage.c                |   4 +
>   disk/Makefile                       |   3 +
>   disk/disk-uclass.c                  | 247 +++++++++++++++++++++
>   doc/develop/driver-model/design.rst |  20 ++
>   drivers/ata/dwc_ahsata.c            |   5 +
>   drivers/ata/fsl_sata.c              |  11 +
>   drivers/ata/sata_mv.c               |   5 +
>   drivers/ata/sata_sil.c              |  12 +
>   drivers/block/blk-uclass.c          |   4 +
>   drivers/block/ide.c                 |   4 +
>   drivers/core/Makefile               |   2 +-
>   drivers/core/device-remove.c        |   9 +
>   drivers/core/device.c               |   9 +
>   drivers/core/root.c                 |   2 +
>   drivers/core/tag.c                  | 139 ++++++++++++
>   drivers/mmc/mmc-uclass.c            |  12 +
>   drivers/nvme/nvme.c                 |   4 +
>   drivers/scsi/scsi.c                 |   5 +
>   include/asm-generic/global_data.h   |  10 +
>   include/dm/device-internal.h        |  10 +
>   include/dm/tag.h                    | 110 +++++++++
>   include/dm/uclass-id.h              |   1 +
>   include/efi_loader.h                |   6 +-
>   include/event.h                     | 105 +++++++++
>   include/event_internal.h            |  34 +++
>   include/log.h                       |   2 +
>   include/part.h                      |  18 ++
>   lib/efi_driver/efi_block_device.c   |  34 +--
>   lib/efi_loader/Kconfig              |   2 +
>   lib/efi_loader/efi_disk.c           | 331 ++++++++++++++++++++--------
>   lib/efi_loader/efi_setup.c          |  62 +++++-
>   test/common/Makefile                |   1 +
>   test/common/event.c                 |  87 ++++++++
>   test/dm/Makefile                    |   1 +
>   test/dm/tag.c                       |  80 +++++++
>   test/test-main.c                    |   7 +
>   44 files changed, 1416 insertions(+), 131 deletions(-)
>   create mode 100644 common/event.c
>   create mode 100644 disk/disk-uclass.c
>   create mode 100644 drivers/core/tag.c
>   create mode 100644 include/dm/tag.h
>   create mode 100644 include/event.h
>   create mode 100644 include/event_internal.h
>   create mode 100644 test/common/event.c
>   create mode 100644 test/dm/tag.c
>



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