[PATCH v2 4/4] efi: add helper functions to insert pmem node for DT fixup

Sughosh Ganu sughosh.ganu at linaro.org
Mon Jan 6 10:14:27 CET 2025


On Fri, 3 Jan 2025 at 22:31, Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk at gmx.de> wrote:
>
> On 03.12.24 17:36, Sughosh Ganu wrote:
> > The EFI HTTP boot puts the iso installer image at some location in
> > memory which needs to be reserved in the devicetree as persistent
> > memory (pmem). Add helper functions which add this pmem node when the
> > EFI_DT_FIXUP protocol's fixup callback is invoked.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Sughosh Ganu <sughosh.ganu at linaro.org>
> > ---
> > Changes since V1:
> > * Use log_err() to print the error message in image_setup_libfdt()
> > * Remove "ERROR:" from the error print in image_setup_libfdt()
> >
> >   boot/image-fdt.c             |  9 +++++++++
> >   include/efi_loader.h         | 17 +++++++++++++++++
> >   lib/efi_loader/efi_bootmgr.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
> >   lib/efi_loader/efi_helper.c  | 12 ++++++++++++
> >   4 files changed, 59 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/boot/image-fdt.c b/boot/image-fdt.c
> > index 3d5b6f9e2dc..de479d3ffa0 100644
> > --- a/boot/image-fdt.c
> > +++ b/boot/image-fdt.c
> > @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
> >   #include <command.h>
> >   #include <fdt_support.h>
> >   #include <fdtdec.h>
> > +#include <efi_loader.h>
> >   #include <env.h>
> >   #include <errno.h>
> >   #include <image.h>
> > @@ -648,6 +649,14 @@ int image_setup_libfdt(struct bootm_headers *images, void *blob, bool lmb)
> >       if (!ft_verify_fdt(blob))
> >               goto err;
> >
> > +     if (CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(EFI_HTTP_BOOT)) {
> > +             fdt_ret = fdt_efi_pmem_setup(blob);
> > +             if (fdt_ret) {
> > +                     log_err("HTTP boot pmem fixup failed\n");
> > +                     goto err;
> > +             }
> > +     }
> > +
> >       /* after here we are using a livetree */
> >       if (!of_live_active() && CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(EVENT)) {
> >               struct event_ft_fixup fixup;
> > diff --git a/include/efi_loader.h b/include/efi_loader.h
> > index 24e40799eee..87b9a6e4da0 100644
> > --- a/include/efi_loader.h
> > +++ b/include/efi_loader.h
> > @@ -748,6 +748,15 @@ bool efi_varname_is_load_option(u16 *var_name16, int *index);
> >   efi_status_t efi_next_variable_name(efi_uintn_t *size, u16 **buf,
> >                                   efi_guid_t *guid);
> >
> > +/**
> > + * fdt_efi_pmem_setup() - Setup the pmem node in the devicetree
> > + *
> > + * @fdt:     Pointer to the devicetree
> > + *
> > + * Return:   0 on success, negative on failure
> > + */
> > +int fdt_efi_pmem_setup(void *fdt);
> > +
> >   /**
> >    * efi_size_in_pages() - convert size in bytes to size in pages
> >    *
> > @@ -964,6 +973,14 @@ efi_status_t efi_set_load_options(efi_handle_t handle,
> >                                 void *load_options);
> >   efi_status_t efi_bootmgr_load(efi_handle_t *handle, void **load_options);
> >
> > +/**
> > + * efi_bootmgr_pmem_setup() - Put a pmem node for UEFI HTTP installers
> > + *
> > + * @fdt:     Pointer to the DT blob
> > + * Return:   status code
> > + */
> > +efi_status_t efi_bootmgr_pmem_setup(void *fdt);
> > +
> >   /**
> >    * struct efi_image_regions - A list of memory regions
> >    *
> > diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_bootmgr.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_bootmgr.c
> > index b906e53e26e..db4eb6a7376 100644
> > --- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_bootmgr.c
> > +++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_bootmgr.c
> > @@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ struct uridp_context {
> >       efi_handle_t mem_handle;
> >   };
> >
> > +static struct uridp_context *uctx;
> > +
> >   const efi_guid_t efi_guid_bootmenu_auto_generated =
> >               EFICONFIG_AUTO_GENERATED_ENTRY_GUID;
> >
> > @@ -427,6 +429,7 @@ static efi_status_t efi_bootmgr_release_uridp(struct uridp_context *ctx)
> >
> >       efi_free_pool(ctx->loaded_dp);
> >       free(ctx);
> > +     uctx = NULL;
> >
> >       return ret == EFI_SUCCESS ? ret2 : ret;
> >   }
> > @@ -447,6 +450,23 @@ static void EFIAPI efi_bootmgr_http_return(struct efi_event *event,
> >       EFI_EXIT(ret);
> >   }
> >
> > +/**
> > + * efi_bootmgr_pmem_setup() - Put a pmem node for UEFI HTTP installers
> > + *
> > + * @fdt:     Pointer to the DT blob
> > + * Return:   status code
> > + */
> > +efi_status_t efi_bootmgr_pmem_setup(void *fdt)
> > +{
> > +     if (!uctx) {
> > +             log_warning("No EFI HTTP boot context found\n");
>
> This function is called if CONFIG_EFI_HTTP_BOOT=y. This configuration
> setting allows booting via HTTP but does not require it. The warning
> makes no sense when booting from a block device.

Okay. I can remove the warning.

>
> The image type is orthogonal to the way you load it. Pmem support in
> Linux is not related to UEFI. Please, remove the dependency of pmem
> support on UEFI HTTP boot.
>
> If the object to be booted is a disk image, we can create a block device
> in memory for it and then should be able to apply all standard boot
> methods on it.

I think this was discussed earlier [1]. As things stand today, the
only context in which an installer ISO image is loaded to memory is
through the EFI HTTP boot path.

-sughosh

[1] - https://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2024-November/571335.html

>
> Best regards
>
> Heinrich
>
> > +             return EFI_SUCCESS;
> > +     }
> > +
> > +     return !fdt_fixup_pmem_region(fdt, uctx->image_addr, uctx->image_size) ?
> > +             EFI_SUCCESS : EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER;
> > +}
> > +
> >   /**
> >    * try_load_from_uri_path() - Handle the URI device path
> >    *
> > @@ -476,6 +496,7 @@ static efi_status_t try_load_from_uri_path(struct efi_device_path_uri *uridp,
> >       if (!ctx)
> >               return EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES;
> >
> > +     uctx = ctx;
> >       s = env_get("loadaddr");
> >       if (!s) {
> >               log_err("Error: loadaddr is not set\n");
> > diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_helper.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_helper.c
> > index bf96f61d3d0..6fae37ad617 100644
> > --- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_helper.c
> > +++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_helper.c
> > @@ -313,6 +313,18 @@ int efi_unlink_dev(efi_handle_t handle)
> >       return 0;
> >   }
> >
> > +/**
> > + * fdt_efi_pmem_setup() - Setup the pmem node in the devicetree
> > + *
> > + * @fdt:     Pointer to the devicetree
> > + *
> > + * Return:   0 on success, negative on failure
> > + */
> > +int fdt_efi_pmem_setup(void *fdt)
> > +{
> > +     return efi_bootmgr_pmem_setup(fdt) == EFI_SUCCESS ? 0 : -1;
> > +}
> > +
> >   static int u16_tohex(u16 c)
> >   {
> >       if (c >= '0' && c <= '9')
>


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