[PATCH v5 2/4] efi: add EFI_DEBUG_IMAGE_INFO_TABLE for debug

Ilias Apalodimas ilias.apalodimas at linaro.org
Mon Jun 16 15:05:01 CEST 2025


On Wed, 11 Jun 2025 at 08:08, Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu)
<paulliu at debian.org> wrote:
>
> From: "Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu)" <paul.liu at linaro.org>
>
> EFI_DEBUG_IMAGE_INFO_TABLE is used to store EFI_LOADED_IMAGE for
> debug purpose. This commit adds the table to the EFI_CONFIGURATION_TABLE.
>
> This feature is described in UEFI Spec version 2.10. Section 18.4.
> The implementation ensures support for hardware-assisted debugging and
> provides a standardized mechanism for debuggers to discover and interact
> with system-level debug resources.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) <paul.liu at linaro.org>
> Cc: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk at gmx.de>
> Cc: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas at linaro.org>
> Cc: Peter Robinson <pbrobinson at gmail.com>
> Cc: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas at linaro.org>

> V3: Fix the way of installation of configuration table.
> V5: move the code into a separate module.
> ---
>  include/efi_api.h                  | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/efi_loader.h               |  2 ++
>  lib/efi_loader/efi_debug_support.c |  6 ++++
>  lib/efi_loader/efi_setup.c         | 12 +++++++
>  4 files changed, 73 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/efi_api.h b/include/efi_api.h
> index 6c4c1a0cc7b..8da0a350ce3 100644
> --- a/include/efi_api.h
> +++ b/include/efi_api.h
> @@ -238,6 +238,10 @@ enum efi_reset_type {
>         EFI_GUID(0xcce33c35, 0x74ac, 0x4087, 0xbc, 0xe7, \
>                  0x8b, 0x29, 0xb0, 0x2e, 0xeb, 0x27)
>
> +#define EFI_DEBUG_IMAGE_INFO_TABLE_GUID \
> +       EFI_GUID(0x49152e77, 0x1ada, 0x4764, 0xb7, 0xa2, \
> +                0x7a, 0xfe, 0xfe, 0xd9, 0x5e, 0x8b)
> +
>  struct efi_conformance_profiles_table {
>         u16 version;
>         u16 number_of_profiles;
> @@ -574,6 +578,55 @@ struct efi_loaded_image {
>         efi_status_t (EFIAPI *unload)(efi_handle_t image_handle);
>  };
>
> +#define EFI_DEBUG_IMAGE_INFO_UPDATE_IN_PROGRESS 0x01
> +#define EFI_DEBUG_IMAGE_INFO_TABLE_MODIFIED     0x02
> +
> +/**
> + * struct efi_debug_image_info_normal - Store Debug Information for normal
> + * image.
> + * @image_info_type: the type of image info.
> + * @loaded_image_protocol_instance: the pointer to struct efi_loaded_image.
> + * @image_handle: the EFI handle of the image.
> + *
> + * This struct is created by efi_load_image() and store the information
> + * for debugging an normal image.
> + */
> +struct efi_debug_image_info_normal {
> +       u32 image_info_type;
> +       struct efi_loaded_image *loaded_image_protocol_instance;
> +       efi_handle_t image_handle;
> +};
> +
> +/**
> + * union efi_debug_image_info - The union to store a pointer for EFI
> + * DEBUG IMAGE INFO.
> + * @image_info_type: the type of the image_info if it is not a normal image.
> + * @normal_image: The pointer to a normal image.
> + *
> + * This union is for a pointer that can point to the struct of normal_image.
> + * Or it points to an image_info_type.
> + */
> +union efi_debug_image_info {
> +       u32 *image_info_type;
> +       struct efi_debug_image_info_normal *normal_image;
> +};
> +
> +/**
> + * struct efi_debug_image_info_table_header - store the array of
> + * struct efi_debug_image_info.
> + * @update_status: Status to notify this struct is ready to use or not.
> + * @table_size: The number of elements of efi_debug_image_info_table.
> + * @efi_debug_image_info_table: The array of efi_debug_image_info.
> + *
> + * This struct stores the array of efi_debug_image_info. The
> + * number of elements is table_size.
> + */
> +struct efi_debug_image_info_table_header {
> +       volatile u32 update_status;
> +       u32 table_size;
> +       union efi_debug_image_info *efi_debug_image_info_table;
> +};
> +
>  #define EFI_DEVICE_PATH_PROTOCOL_GUID \
>         EFI_GUID(0x09576e91, 0x6d3f, 0x11d2, \
>                  0x8e, 0x39, 0x00, 0xa0, 0xc9, 0x69, 0x72, 0x3b)
> diff --git a/include/efi_loader.h b/include/efi_loader.h
> index 8f065244d8e..d0c72d0bc58 100644
> --- a/include/efi_loader.h
> +++ b/include/efi_loader.h
> @@ -315,6 +315,8 @@ extern const struct efi_hii_config_routing_protocol efi_hii_config_routing;
>  extern const struct efi_hii_config_access_protocol efi_hii_config_access;
>  extern const struct efi_hii_database_protocol efi_hii_database;
>  extern const struct efi_hii_string_protocol efi_hii_string;
> +/* structure for EFI_DEBUG_SUPPORT_PROTOCOL */
> +extern struct efi_debug_image_info_table_header efi_m_debug_info_table_header;
>
>  uint16_t *efi_dp_str(struct efi_device_path *dp);
>
> diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_debug_support.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_debug_support.c
> index a0f7506779d..a6a672bc0e4 100644
> --- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_debug_support.c
> +++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_debug_support.c
> @@ -10,6 +10,12 @@
>
>  struct efi_system_table_pointer __efi_runtime_data * systab_pointer = NULL;
>
> +struct efi_debug_image_info_table_header efi_m_debug_info_table_header = {
> +       0,
> +       0,
> +       NULL
> +};
> +
>  /**
>   * efi_initialize_system_table_pointer() - Initialize system table pointer
>   *
> diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_setup.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_setup.c
> index 6193b9f6d0c..60f3a7e5fbf 100644
> --- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_setup.c
> +++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_setup.c
> @@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
>
>  efi_status_t efi_obj_list_initialized = OBJ_LIST_NOT_INITIALIZED;
>
> +const efi_guid_t efi_debug_image_info_table_guid =
> +       EFI_DEBUG_IMAGE_INFO_TABLE_GUID;
> +
>  /*
>   * Allow unaligned memory access.
>   *
> @@ -280,10 +283,19 @@ efi_status_t efi_init_obj_list(void)
>
>         /* Initialize system table pointer */
>         if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_EFI_DEBUG_SUPPORT)) {
> +               efi_guid_t debug_image_info_table_guid =
> +                       efi_debug_image_info_table_guid;
> +
>                 ret = efi_initialize_system_table_pointer();
>                 if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS) {
>                         goto out;
>                 }
> +
> +               ret = efi_install_configuration_table(&debug_image_info_table_guid,
> +                                                     &efi_m_debug_info_table_header);
> +               if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS) {
> +                       goto out;
> +               }
>         }
>
>         if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_EFI_ECPT)) {
> --
> 2.39.5
>


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