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From: Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hp.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-efi@vger.kernel.org,
	Sai Praneeth Prakhya <sai.praneeth.prakhya@intel.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
	Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>,
	Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] x86/efi: Hoist page table switching code into efi_call_virt()
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2015 20:15:42 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151112201542.GG2681@codeblueprint.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20151112184714.GH3838@pd.tnic>

On Thu, 12 Nov, at 07:47:14PM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> 
> checkpatch is bitching here - not that I agree with it:
> 
> WARNING: please, no space before tabs
> #87: FILE: arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h:88:
> +^I^Iefi_scratch.prev_cr3 = read_cr3(); ^I^I^I\$
> 
> WARNING: please, no space before tabs
> #89: FILE: arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h:90:
> +^I^I__flush_tlb_all(); ^I^I^I^I^I\$
> 
> WARNING: please, no space before tabs
> #94: FILE: arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h:95:
> +^Iif (efi_scratch.use_pgd) { ^I^I^I^I^I\$
> 
> WARNING: please, no space before tabs
> #96: FILE: arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h:97:
> +^I^I__flush_tlb_all(); ^I^I^I^I^I\$
> 
> WARNING: please, no space before tabs
> #97: FILE: arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h:98:
> +^I} ^I^I^I^I^I^I^I^I\$
 
Crap. These look legit, I'll fix this up in v2.

> > diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c
> > index 634536034e32..ab5f14a886cc 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c
> > @@ -47,16 +47,7 @@
> >   */
> >  static u64 efi_va = EFI_VA_START;
> >  
> > -/*
> > - * Scratch space used for switching the pagetable in the EFI stub
> > - */
> > -struct efi_scratch {
> > -	u64 r15;
> > -	u64 prev_cr3;
> > -	pgd_t *efi_pgt;
> > -	bool use_pgd;
> > -	u64 phys_stack;
> > -} __packed;
> > +struct efi_scratch efi_scratch;
> >  
> >  static void __init early_code_mapping_set_exec(int executable)
> >  {
> > @@ -83,8 +74,11 @@ pgd_t * __init efi_call_phys_prolog(void)
> >  	int pgd;
> >  	int n_pgds;
> >  
> > -	if (!efi_enabled(EFI_OLD_MEMMAP))
> > -		return NULL;
> > +	if (!efi_enabled(EFI_OLD_MEMMAP)) {
> > +		save_pgd = (pgd_t *)read_cr3();
> > +		write_cr3((unsigned long)efi_scratch.efi_pgt);
> > +		goto out;
> > +	}
> >  
> >  	early_code_mapping_set_exec(1);
> >  
> > @@ -96,6 +90,7 @@ pgd_t * __init efi_call_phys_prolog(void)
> >  		vaddress = (unsigned long)__va(pgd * PGDIR_SIZE);
> >  		set_pgd(pgd_offset_k(pgd * PGDIR_SIZE), *pgd_offset_k(vaddress));
> >  	}
> > +out:
> >  	__flush_tlb_all();
> >  
> >  	return save_pgd;
> > @@ -109,8 +104,11 @@ void __init efi_call_phys_epilog(pgd_t *save_pgd)
> 
> There's a comment here:
> 
>         /*
>          * After the lock is released, the original page table is restored.
>          */
> 
> Which lock are we talking about?

No idea, we don't take any locks. Looks like a stale comment.

  reply	other threads:[~2015-11-12 20:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-11-12 15:40 [GIT PULL 0/6] EFI page table isolation Matt Fleming
2015-11-12 15:40 ` [PATCH 1/6] x86/mm/pageattr: Ensure cpa->pfn only contains page frame numbers Matt Fleming
2015-11-12 18:47   ` Borislav Petkov
2015-11-12 15:40 ` [PATCH 2/6] x86/mm/pageattr: Do not strip pte flags from cpa->pfn Matt Fleming
2015-11-12 18:47   ` Borislav Petkov
2015-11-12 19:28     ` Matt Fleming
2015-11-12 15:40 ` [PATCH 3/6] x86/efi: Map RAM into the identity page table for mixed mode Matt Fleming
2015-11-12 18:01   ` Borislav Petkov
2015-11-12 19:45     ` Matt Fleming
2015-11-12 15:40 ` [PATCH 4/6] x86/efi: Hoist page table switching code into efi_call_virt() Matt Fleming
2015-11-12 18:44   ` Borislav Petkov
2015-11-12 20:01     ` Matt Fleming
2015-11-13  7:59       ` Borislav Petkov
2015-11-13 16:19         ` Matt Fleming
2015-11-12 18:47   ` Borislav Petkov
2015-11-12 20:15     ` Matt Fleming [this message]
2015-11-12 15:40 ` [PATCH 5/6] x86/efi: Build our own page table structures Matt Fleming
2015-11-12 18:38   ` Borislav Petkov
2015-11-12 21:38     ` Matt Fleming
2015-11-12 15:40 ` [PATCH 6/6] Documentation/x86: Update EFI memory region description Matt Fleming
2015-11-12 18:37   ` Borislav Petkov
2015-11-13  9:22   ` Ingo Molnar
2015-11-13  9:29     ` Matt Fleming
2015-11-13 16:42       ` Linus Torvalds
2015-11-13 22:22         ` Matt Fleming
2015-11-18  8:18       ` Ingo Molnar
2015-11-19 11:22         ` Matt Fleming

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