From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: Chao Fan <fanc.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de,
mingo@redhat.com, hpa@zytor.com, keescook@chromium.org,
bhe@redhat.com, msys.mizuma@gmail.com,
indou.takao@jp.fujitsu.com, caoj.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v12 1/5] x86/boot: Add get_acpi_rsdp() to parse RSDP in cmdline from KEXEC
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2018 15:58:14 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20181205145814.GJ29510@zn.tnic> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20181129081631.11139-2-fanc.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com>
On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 04:16:27PM +0800, Chao Fan wrote:
> To fix the conflict between KASLR and memory-hotremove, memory
> information in SRAT table is necessary.
>
> ACPI SRAT (System/Static Resource Affinity Table) can show the details
> about memory ranges, including ranges of memory provided by hot-added
> memory devices. SRAT table must be introduced by RSDP pointer (Root
> System Description Pointer). So RSDP should be found firstly.
>
> When booting form KEXEC/EFI/BIOS, the methods to find RSDP pointer
> are different. When booting from KEXEC, 'acpi_rsdp' may have been
> added to cmdline, so parse the cmdline and find the RSDP pointer.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chao Fan <fanc.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com>
> ---
> arch/x86/boot/compressed/acpitb.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c | 5 +++++
> arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h | 4 ++++
> lib/kstrtox.c | 5 +++++
> 4 files changed, 47 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 arch/x86/boot/compressed/acpitb.c
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/acpitb.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/acpitb.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..614c45655cff
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/acpitb.c
Also, I guess calling that file simply "acpi.c" is good enough.
> @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +#define BOOT_CTYPE_H
> +#include "misc.h"
> +#include "error.h"
> +
> +#include <linux/efi.h>
> +#include <asm/efi.h>
asm/ headers come after linux/ header.
...
Thx.
--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
Good mailing practices for 400: avoid top-posting and trim the reply.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-12-05 14:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-11-29 8:16 [PATCH v12 0/5] x86/boot/KASLR: Parse ACPI table and limit KASLR to choosing immovable memory Chao Fan
2018-11-29 8:16 ` [PATCH v12 1/5] x86/boot: Add get_acpi_rsdp() to parse RSDP in cmdline from KEXEC Chao Fan
2018-11-29 16:20 ` Masayoshi Mizuma
2018-11-30 2:29 ` Chao Fan
2018-12-04 18:34 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-12-05 1:44 ` Chao Fan
2018-11-29 17:44 ` Masayoshi Mizuma
2018-11-29 21:10 ` Masayoshi Mizuma
2018-11-30 2:43 ` Chao Fan
2018-11-30 17:35 ` Masayoshi Mizuma
2018-12-01 6:05 ` Chao Fan
2018-12-04 18:42 ` Borislav Petkov
2018-12-05 1:40 ` Chao Fan
2018-12-06 10:37 ` Chao Fan
2018-12-07 2:10 ` Baoquan He
2018-12-07 2:50 ` Baoquan He
2018-12-07 3:20 ` Chao Fan
2018-12-05 14:58 ` Borislav Petkov [this message]
2018-12-06 2:22 ` Chao Fan
2018-11-29 8:16 ` [PATCH v12 2/5] x86/boot: Add efi_get_rsdp_addr() to find RSDP from EFI table Chao Fan
2018-11-29 8:16 ` [PATCH v12 3/5] x86/boot: Add bios_get_rsdp_addr() to search RSDP in memory Chao Fan
2018-11-29 8:16 ` [PATCH v12 4/5] x86/boot: Parse SRAT table from RSDP and store immovable memory Chao Fan
2018-11-29 17:55 ` Masayoshi Mizuma
2018-11-30 1:24 ` Chao Fan
2018-11-30 14:54 ` Masayoshi Mizuma
2018-12-03 4:19 ` Chao Fan
2018-11-29 8:16 ` [PATCH v12 5/5] x86/boot/KASLR: Limit KASLR to extracting kernel in " Chao Fan
2018-11-29 17:32 ` [PATCH v12 0/5] x86/boot/KASLR: Parse ACPI table and limit KASLR to choosing " Masayoshi Mizuma
2018-11-30 1:15 ` Chao Fan
2018-11-30 6:39 ` Chao Fan
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