[PATCH v3 03/15] efi: memory: use the lmb API's for allocating and freeing memory

Tom Rini trini at konsulko.com
Mon Oct 14 17:56:42 CEST 2024


On Mon, Oct 14, 2024 at 09:50:37AM -0600, Simon Glass wrote:
> Hi Sughosh,
> 
> On Sun, 13 Oct 2024 at 04:55, Sughosh Ganu <sughosh.ganu at linaro.org> wrote:
> >
> > Use the LMB API's for allocating and freeing up memory. With this, the
> > LMB module becomes the common backend for managing non U-Boot image
> > memory that might be requested by other modules.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Sughosh Ganu <sughosh.ganu at linaro.org>
> > ---
> > Changes since V2:
> > * Use map_to_sysmem() to get the user-visible address to be shared
> >   with the lmb API's for sandbox.
> >
> >  lib/efi_loader/Kconfig      |  1 +
> >  lib/efi_loader/efi_memory.c | 77 +++++++++++--------------------------
> >  2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-)
> 
> When efi_init_obj() is called, it should be able to add the lmb memory
> to its own tables. There is no need to worry about lmb after that,
> since no other images will be loaded, except under EFI's control. Then
> perhaps you don't need this patch?

But that's not true. The EFI application can return us to the U-Boot
prompt.

-- 
Tom
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