Re: [PATCH] efi/x86: Only copy the compressed kernel image in efi_relocate_kernel()

[Arvind Sankar <nivedita@alum.mit.edu>]

On Sun, Oct 11, 2020 at 10:20:12AM -0400, Arvind Sankar wrote:
> The image_size argument to efi_relocate_kernel() is currently specified
> as init_size, but this is unnecessarily large. The compressed kernel is
> much smaller, in fact, its image only extends up to the start of _bss,
> since at this point, the .bss section is still uninitialized.
> 
> Depending on compression level, this can reduce the amount of data
> copied by 4-5x.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@alum.mit.edu>

Ping

> ---
>  drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c | 5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c
> index 3672539cb96e..f14c4ff5839f 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c
> @@ -715,8 +715,11 @@ unsigned long efi_main(efi_handle_t handle,
>  	    (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_32) && buffer_end > KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE)    ||
>  	    (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_64) && buffer_end > MAXMEM_X86_64_4LEVEL) ||
>  	    (image_offset == 0)) {
> +		extern char _bss[];
> +
>  		status = efi_relocate_kernel(&bzimage_addr,
> -					     hdr->init_size, hdr->init_size,
> +					     (unsigned long)_bss - bzimage_addr,
> +					     hdr->init_size,
>  					     hdr->pref_address,
>  					     hdr->kernel_alignment,
>  					     LOAD_PHYSICAL_ADDR);
> -- 
> 2.26.2
>