[PATCH v4 00/15] Make EFI memory allocations synchronous with LMB

Tom Rini trini at konsulko.com
Tue Oct 15 21:16:05 CEST 2024


On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 12:45:59PM -0600, Simon Glass wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, 15 Oct 2024 at 09:37, Sughosh Ganu <sughosh.ganu at linaro.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> > This is part two of the series to have the EFI and LMB modules have a
> > coherent view of memory. Part one of this goal was to change the LMB
> > module to have a global and persistent memory map. Those patches have
> > now been applied to the next branch.
> >
> > These patches are changing the EFI memory allocation API's such that
> > they rely on the LMB module to allocate RAM memory. This fixes the
> > current scenario where the EFI memory module has no visibility of the
> > allocations/reservations made by the LMB module. One thing to note
> > here is that this is limited to the RAM memory region, i.e. the
> > EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY type. Any other memory type that is to be
> > added to the EFI memory map, still gets handled by the EFI memory
> > module.
> >
> >
> > Changes since V3:
> > * Add comments for the LMB_NOOVERWRITE and LMB_NONOTIFY flags
> > * Drop use of is_addr_in_ram() function
> > * Drop use of CONFIG_MEM_MAP_UPDATE_NOTIFY symbol to check if the
> >   notification needs to be sent.
> > * s/lmb_notify/lmb_should_notify
> > * Put a check for EFI_LOADER in the lmb_should_notify() function
> >
> >
> > Some test logs to highlight the issue that is being fixed by the series.
> >
> > Without patch series
> > --------------------
> >
> > lmb_dump_all:
> >  memory.count = 0x1
> >  memory[0]      [0x40000000-0x820fffff], 0x42100000 bytes flags: none
> >  reserved.count = 0x3
> >  reserved[0]    [0xe100000-0xeffffff], 0x00f00000 bytes flags: no-map
> >  reserved[1]    [0x42000000-0x421fffff], 0x00200000 bytes flags: no-map
> >  reserved[2]    [0x7f77da00-0x820fffff], 0x02982600 bytes flags: no-overwrite
> >
> >
> > => efidebug memmap -- does not show regions allocated by lmb
> >
> > Missing TPMv2 device for EFI_TCG_PROTOCOL
> > Type             Start            End              Attributes
> > ================ ================ ================ ==========
> > CONVENTIONAL     0000000040000000-000000007f751000 WB
> > BOOT DATA        000000007f751000-000000007f756000 WB
> > RUNTIME DATA     000000007f756000-000000007f757000 WB|RT
> > BOOT DATA        000000007f757000-000000007f758000 WB
> > RUNTIME DATA     000000007f758000-000000007f77a000 WB|RT
> > BOOT DATA        000000007f77a000-000000007f781000 WB
> > BOOT CODE        000000007f781000-00000000807b5000 WB
> > RUNTIME DATA     00000000807b5000-00000000807b6000 WB|RT
> > BOOT CODE        00000000807b6000-00000000817c0000 WB
> > RUNTIME CODE     00000000817c0000-00000000817d0000 WB|RT
> > BOOT CODE        00000000817d0000-0000000082100000 WB
> > =>
> >
> >
> > Trying to allocate EFI memory with already allocated region succeeds(should fail)
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > => efi_mem alloc 2000 42000000
> > Address returned 0x42000000
> >
> > => efidebug memmap
> > Type             Start            End              Attributes
> > ================ ================ ================ ==========
> > CONVENTIONAL     0000000040000000-0000000042000000 WB
> > BOOT DATA        0000000042000000-0000000042002000 WB
> > CONVENTIONAL     0000000042002000-000000007f751000 WB
> > BOOT DATA        000000007f751000-000000007f756000 WB
> > RUNTIME DATA     000000007f756000-000000007f757000 WB|RT
> > BOOT DATA        000000007f757000-000000007f758000 WB
> > RUNTIME DATA     000000007f758000-000000007f77a000 WB|RT
> > BOOT DATA        000000007f77a000-000000007f781000 WB
> > BOOT CODE        000000007f781000-00000000807b5000 WB
> > RUNTIME DATA     00000000807b5000-00000000807b6000 WB|RT
> > BOOT CODE        00000000807b6000-00000000817c0000 WB
> > RUNTIME CODE     00000000817c0000-00000000817d0000 WB|RT
> > BOOT CODE        00000000817d0000-0000000082100000 WB
> > =>
> >
> >
> > With patch series
> > -----------------
> >
> > lmb_dump_all:
> >  memory.count = 0x1
> >  memory[0]      [0x40000000-0x820fffff], 0x42100000 bytes flags: none
> >  reserved.count = 0x4
> >  reserved[0]    [0xe100000-0xeffffff], 0x00f00000 bytes flags: no-map
> >  reserved[1]    [0x42000000-0x421fffff], 0x00200000 bytes flags: no-map
> >  reserved[2]    [0x7f74f000-0x7f77dfff], 0x0002f000 bytes flags: no-notify, no-overwrite
> >  reserved[3]    [0x7f77ea00-0x820fffff], 0x02981600 bytes flags: no-overwrite
> >
> >
> > => efidebug memmap
> > Type             Start            End              Attributes
> > ================ ================ ================ ==========
> > BOOT DATA        000000000e100000-000000000f000000 WB
> > CONVENTIONAL     0000000040000000-0000000042000000 WB
> > BOOT DATA        0000000042000000-0000000042200000 WB
> > CONVENTIONAL     0000000042200000-000000007f74e000 WB
> > BOOT DATA        000000007f74e000-000000007f753000 WB
> > RUNTIME DATA     000000007f753000-000000007f754000 WB|RT
> > BOOT DATA        000000007f754000-000000007f755000 WB
> > RUNTIME DATA     000000007f755000-000000007f777000 WB|RT
> > BOOT DATA        000000007f777000-00000000807b6000 WB
> > RUNTIME DATA     00000000807b6000-00000000807b7000 WB|RT
> > BOOT DATA        00000000807b7000-00000000817c0000 WB
> > RUNTIME CODE     00000000817c0000-00000000817d0000 WB|RT
> > BOOT DATA        00000000817d0000-0000000082100000 WB
> >
> >
> > Trying to allocate EFI memory with already allocated region fails
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > => efi_mem alloc 2000 42000000
> > efi_allocate_pages failed 800000000000000e
> > =>
> >
> > Trying to allocate EFI memory with non-allocated region succeeds
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > => efi_mem alloc 2000 42200000
> > Address returned 0x42200000
> >
> > => efidebug memmap
> > Type             Start            End              Attributes
> > ================ ================ ================ ==========
> > BOOT DATA        000000000e100000-000000000f000000 WB
> > CONVENTIONAL     0000000040000000-0000000042000000 WB
> > BOOT DATA        0000000042000000-0000000042202000 WB
> > CONVENTIONAL     0000000042202000-000000007f74d000 WB
> > BOOT DATA        000000007f74d000-000000007f752000 WB
> > RUNTIME DATA     000000007f752000-000000007f753000 WB|RT
> > BOOT DATA        000000007f753000-000000007f754000 WB
> > RUNTIME DATA     000000007f754000-000000007f776000 WB|RT
> > BOOT DATA        000000007f776000-00000000807b5000 WB
> > RUNTIME DATA     00000000807b5000-00000000807b6000 WB|RT
> > BOOT DATA        00000000807b6000-00000000817c0000 WB
> > RUNTIME CODE     00000000817c0000-00000000817d0000 WB|RT
> > BOOT DATA        00000000817d0000-0000000082100000 WB
> > =>
> >
> > lmb_dump_all:
> >  memory.count = 0x1
> >  memory[0]      [0x40000000-0x820fffff], 0x42100000 bytes flags: none
> >  reserved.count = 0x5
> >  reserved[0]    [0xe100000-0xeffffff], 0x00f00000 bytes flags: no-map
> >  reserved[1]    [0x42000000-0x421fffff], 0x00200000 bytes flags: no-map
> >  reserved[2]    [0x42200000-0x42201fff], 0x00002000 bytes flags: no-notify, no-overwrite
> >  reserved[3]    [0x7f74e000-0x7f77cfff], 0x0002f000 bytes flags: no-notify, no-overwrite
> >  reserved[4]    [0x7f77da00-0x820fffff], 0x02982600 bytes flags: no-overwrite
> >
> >
> > Sughosh Ganu (15):
> >   lmb: add versions of the lmb API with flags
> >   lmb: add a flag to allow suppressing memory map change notification
> >   lmb: add and reserve memory above ram_top
> >   efi: memory: use the lmb API's for allocating and freeing memory
> >   lmb: notify of any changes to the LMB memory map
> >   efi_memory: do not add U-Boot memory to the memory map
> >   ti: k3: remove efi_add_known_memory() function definition
> >   stm32mp: remove efi_add_known_memory() function definition
> >   lmb: allow for boards to specify memory map
> >   layerscape: use the lmb API's to add RAM memory
> >   x86: e820: use the lmb API for adding RAM memory
> >   efi_memory: do not add RAM memory to the memory map
> >   lmb: remove call to efi_lmb_reserve()
> >   efi_memory: rename variable to highlight overlap with free memory
> >   lmb: replace the double-underscore with single-underscore for all
> >     functions
> >
> >  arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/cpu.c |   8 +-
> >  arch/arm/mach-k3/common.c               |  11 --
> >  arch/arm/mach-stm32mp/dram_init.c       |  11 --
> >  arch/x86/lib/e820.c                     |  47 +++--
> >  include/efi_loader.h                    |  27 ++-
> >  include/lmb.h                           |  63 ++++++
> >  lib/Kconfig                             |  19 ++
> >  lib/efi_loader/Kconfig                  |   1 +
> >  lib/efi_loader/efi_memory.c             | 217 ++++++---------------
> >  lib/lmb.c                               | 242 ++++++++++++++++++------
> >  10 files changed, 389 insertions(+), 257 deletions(-)
> 
> I have stated my objections and won't repeat them here. With -master
> currently broken for EFI, and many of the patches in this series being
> required even with my view of the world, I think the best thing is to
> apply this series now, and move on.

Thank you, Simon, for saying this. I will be applying this shortly.

-- 
Tom
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