efi: libstub: Move screen_info handling to common code

Currently, arm64, RISC-V and LoongArch rely on the fact that struct
screen_info can be accessed directly, due to the fact that the EFI stub
and

efi: libstub: Move screen_info handling to common code

Currently, arm64, RISC-V and LoongArch rely on the fact that struct
screen_info can be accessed directly, due to the fact that the EFI stub
and the core kernel are part of the same image. This will change after a
future patch, so let's ensure that the screen_info handling is able to
deal with this, by adopting the arm32 approach of passing it as a
configuration table. While at it, switch to ACPI reclaim memory to hold
the screen_info data, which is more appropriate for this kind of
allocation.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>

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efi: libstub: pass image handle to handle_kernel_image()

In a future patch, arm64's implementation of handle_kernel_image() will
omit randomizing the placement of the kernel if the load address was

efi: libstub: pass image handle to handle_kernel_image()

In a future patch, arm64's implementation of handle_kernel_image() will
omit randomizing the placement of the kernel if the load address was
chosen randomly by the loader. In order to do this, it needs to locate a
protocol on the image handle, so pass it to handle_kernel_image().

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>

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efi/libstub: arm32: Use low allocation for the uncompressed kernel

Before commit

d0f9ca9be11f25ef ("ARM: decompressor: run decompressor in place if loaded via UEFI")

we were rather limited in th

efi/libstub: arm32: Use low allocation for the uncompressed kernel

Before commit

d0f9ca9be11f25ef ("ARM: decompressor: run decompressor in place if loaded via UEFI")

we were rather limited in the choice of base address for the uncompressed
kernel, as we were relying on the logic in the decompressor that blindly
rounds down the decompressor execution address to the next multiple of 128
MiB, and decompresses the kernel there. For this reason, we have a lot of
complicated memory region handling code, to ensure that this memory window
is available, even though it could be occupied by reserved regions or
other allocations that may or may not collide with the uncompressed image.

Today, we simply pass the target address for the decompressed image to the
decompressor directly, and so we can choose a suitable window just by
finding a 16 MiB aligned region, while taking TEXT_OFFSET and the region
for the swapper page tables into account.

So let's get rid of the complicated logic, and instead, use the existing
bottom up allocation routine to allocate a suitable window as low as
possible, and carve out a memory region that has the right properties.

Note that this removes any dependencies on the 'dram_base' argument to
handle_kernel_image(), and so this is removed as well. Given that this
was the only remaining use of dram_base, the code that produces it is
removed entirely as well.

Reviewed-by: Maxim Uvarov <maxim.uvarov@linaro.org>
Tested-by: Maxim Uvarov <maxim.uvarov@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>

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efi/libstub: arm32: Base FDT and initrd placement on image address

The way we use the base of DRAM in the EFI stub is problematic as it
is ill defined what the base of DRAM actually means. There are

efi/libstub: arm32: Base FDT and initrd placement on image address

The way we use the base of DRAM in the EFI stub is problematic as it
is ill defined what the base of DRAM actually means. There are some
restrictions on the placement of FDT and initrd which are defined in
terms of dram_base, but given that the placement of the kernel in
memory is what defines these boundaries (as on ARM, this is where the
linear region starts), it is better to use the image address in these
cases, and disregard dram_base altogether.

Reviewed-by: Maxim Uvarov <maxim.uvarov@linaro.org>
Tested-by: Maxim Uvarov <maxim.uvarov@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>

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efi/libstub: arm: Print CPU boot mode and MMU state at boot

On 32-bit ARM, we may boot at HYP mode, or with the MMU and caches off
(or both), even though the EFI spec does not actually support this.

efi/libstub: arm: Print CPU boot mode and MMU state at boot

On 32-bit ARM, we may boot at HYP mode, or with the MMU and caches off
(or both), even though the EFI spec does not actually support this.
While booting at HYP mode is something we might tolerate, fiddling
with the caches is a more serious issue, as disabling the caches is
tricky to do safely from C code, and running without the Dcache makes
it impossible to support unaligned memory accesses, which is another
explicit requirement imposed by the EFI spec.

So take note of the CPU mode and MMU state in the EFI stub diagnostic
output so that we can easily diagnose any issues that may arise from
this. E.g.,

EFI stub: Entering in SVC mode with MMU enabled

Also, capture the CPSR and SCTLR system register values at EFI stub
entry, and after ExitBootServices() returns, and check whether the
MMU and Dcache were disabled at any point. If this is the case, a
diagnostic message like the following will be emitted:

efi: [Firmware Bug]: EFI stub was entered with MMU and Dcache disabled, please fix your firmware!
efi: CPSR at EFI stub entry : 0x600001d3
efi: SCTLR at EFI stub entry : 0x00c51838
efi: CPSR after ExitBootServices() : 0x600001d3
efi: SCTLR after ExitBootServices(): 0x00c50838

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Leif Lindholm <leif@nuviainc.com>

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ARM: decompressor: run decompressor in place if loaded via UEFI

The decompressor can load from anywhere in memory, and the only reason
the EFI stub code relocates it is to ensure it appears within t

ARM: decompressor: run decompressor in place if loaded via UEFI

The decompressor can load from anywhere in memory, and the only reason
the EFI stub code relocates it is to ensure it appears within the first
128 MiB of memory, so that the uncompressed kernel ends up at the right
offset in memory.

We can short circuit this, and simply jump into the decompressor startup
code at the point where it knows where the base of memory lives. This
also means there is no need to disable the MMU and caches, create new
page tables and re-enable them.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>

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efi/libstub: Move pr_efi/pr_efi_err into efi namespace

Rename pr_efi to efi_info and pr_efi_err to efi_err to make it more
obvious that they are part of the EFI stub and not generic printk infra.

S

efi/libstub: Move pr_efi/pr_efi_err into efi namespace

Rename pr_efi to efi_info and pr_efi_err to efi_err to make it more
obvious that they are part of the EFI stub and not generic printk infra.

Suggested-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@alum.mit.edu>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200430182843.2510180-4-nivedita@alum.mit.edu
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>

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efi/libstub/arm: Make efi_entry() an ordinary PE/COFF entrypoint

Expose efi_entry() as the PE/COFF entrypoint directly, instead of
jumping into a wrapper that fiddles with stack buffers and other
st

efi/libstub/arm: Make efi_entry() an ordinary PE/COFF entrypoint

Expose efi_entry() as the PE/COFF entrypoint directly, instead of
jumping into a wrapper that fiddles with stack buffers and other
stuff that the compiler is much better at. The only reason this
code exists is to obtain a pointer to the base of the image, but
we can get the same value from the loaded_image protocol, which
we already need for other reasons anyway.

Update the return type as well, to make it consistent with what
is required for a PE/COFF executable entrypoint.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>

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efi/libstub: Rename efi_call_early/_runtime macros to be more intuitive

The macros efi_call_early and efi_call_runtime are used to call EFI
boot services and runtime services, respectively. However,

efi/libstub: Rename efi_call_early/_runtime macros to be more intuitive

The macros efi_call_early and efi_call_runtime are used to call EFI
boot services and runtime services, respectively. However, the naming
is confusing, given that the early vs runtime distinction may suggest
that these are used for calling the same set of services either early
or late (== at runtime), while in reality, the sets of services they
can be used with are completely disjoint, and efi_call_runtime is also
only usable in 'early' code.

So do a global sweep to replace all occurrences with efi_bs_call or
efi_rt_call, respectively, where BS and RT match the idiom used by
the UEFI spec to refer to boot time or runtime services.

While at it, use 'func' as the macro parameter name for the function
pointers, which is less likely to collide and cause weird build errors.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Cc: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@alum.mit.edu>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: James Morse <james.morse@arm.com>
Cc: Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191224151025.32482-24-ardb@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

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efi/libstub: Remove 'sys_table_arg' from all function prototypes

We have a helper efi_system_table() that gives us the address of the
EFI system table in memory, so there is no longer point in passi

efi/libstub: Remove 'sys_table_arg' from all function prototypes

We have a helper efi_system_table() that gives us the address of the
EFI system table in memory, so there is no longer point in passing
it around from each function to the next.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Cc: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@alum.mit.edu>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: James Morse <james.morse@arm.com>
Cc: Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191224151025.32482-20-ardb@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

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efi/libstub: Drop sys_table_arg from printk routines

As a first step towards getting rid of the need to pass around a function
parameter 'sys_table_arg' pointing to the EFI system table, remove the

efi/libstub: Drop sys_table_arg from printk routines

As a first step towards getting rid of the need to pass around a function
parameter 'sys_table_arg' pointing to the EFI system table, remove the
references to it in the printing code, which is represents the majority
of the use cases.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Cc: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@alum.mit.edu>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: James Morse <james.morse@arm.com>
Cc: Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191224151025.32482-19-ardb@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

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arm/efi: EFI soft reservation to memblock

UEFI 2.8 defines an EFI_MEMORY_SP attribute bit to augment the
interpretation of the EFI Memory Types as "reserved for a specific
purpose".

The proposed Li

arm/efi: EFI soft reservation to memblock

UEFI 2.8 defines an EFI_MEMORY_SP attribute bit to augment the
interpretation of the EFI Memory Types as "reserved for a specific
purpose".

The proposed Linux behavior for specific purpose memory is that it is
reserved for direct-access (device-dax) by default and not available for
any kernel usage, not even as an OOM fallback. Later, through udev
scripts or another init mechanism, these device-dax claimed ranges can
be reconfigured and hot-added to the available System-RAM with a unique
node identifier. This device-dax management scheme implements "soft" in
the "soft reserved" designation by allowing some or all of the
reservation to be recovered as typical memory. This policy can be
disabled at compile-time with CONFIG_EFI_SOFT_RESERVE=n, or runtime with
efi=nosoftreserve.

For this patch, update the ARM paths that consider
EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY to optionally take the EFI_MEMORY_SP attribute
into account as a reservation indicator. Publish the soft reservation as
IORES_DESC_SOFT_RESERVED memory, similar to x86.

(Based on an original patch by Ard)

Reviewed-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>

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x86, efi: Never relocate kernel below lowest acceptable address

Currently, kernel fails to boot on some HyperV VMs when using EFI.
And it's a potential issue on all x86 platforms.

It's caused by br

x86, efi: Never relocate kernel below lowest acceptable address

Currently, kernel fails to boot on some HyperV VMs when using EFI.
And it's a potential issue on all x86 platforms.

It's caused by broken kernel relocation on EFI systems, when below three
conditions are met:

1. Kernel image is not loaded to the default address (LOAD_PHYSICAL_ADDR)
by the loader.
2. There isn't enough room to contain the kernel, starting from the
default load address (eg. something else occupied part the region).
3. In the memmap provided by EFI firmware, there is a memory region
starts below LOAD_PHYSICAL_ADDR, and suitable for containing the
kernel.

EFI stub will perform a kernel relocation when condition 1 is met. But
due to condition 2, EFI stub can't relocate kernel to the preferred
address, so it fallback to ask EFI firmware to alloc lowest usable memory
region, got the low region mentioned in condition 3, and relocated
kernel there.

It's incorrect to relocate the kernel below LOAD_PHYSICAL_ADDR. This
is the lowest acceptable kernel relocation address.

The first thing goes wrong is in arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S.
Kernel decompression will force use LOAD_PHYSICAL_ADDR as the output
address if kernel is located below it. Then the relocation before
decompression, which move kernel to the end of the decompression buffer,
will overwrite other memory region, as there is no enough memory there.

To fix it, just don't let EFI stub relocate the kernel to any address
lower than lowest acceptable address.

[ ardb: introduce efi_low_alloc_above() to reduce the scope of the change ]

Signed-off-by: Kairui Song <kasong@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Acked-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191029173755.27149-6-ardb@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

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efi: libstub/arm: Account for firmware reserved memory at the base of RAM

The EFI stubloader for ARM starts out by allocating a 32 MB window
at the base of RAM, in order to ensure that the decompres

efi: libstub/arm: Account for firmware reserved memory at the base of RAM

The EFI stubloader for ARM starts out by allocating a 32 MB window
at the base of RAM, in order to ensure that the decompressor (which
blindly copies the uncompressed kernel into that window) does not
overwrite other allocations that are made while running in the context
of the EFI firmware.

In some cases, (e.g., U-Boot running on the Raspberry Pi 2), this is
causing boot failures because this initial allocation conflicts with
a page of reserved memory at the base of RAM that contains the SMP spin
tables and other pieces of firmware data and which was put there by
the bootloader under the assumption that the TEXT_OFFSET window right
below the kernel is only used partially during early boot, and will be
left alone once the memory reservations are processed and taken into
account.

So let's permit reserved memory regions to exist in the region starting
at the base of RAM, and ending at TEXT_OFFSET - 5 * PAGE_SIZE, which is
the window below the kernel that is not touched by the early boot code.

Tested-by: Guillaume Gardet <Guillaume.Gardet@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Acked-by: Chester Lin <clin@suse.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191029173755.27149-5-ardb@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

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efi: Replace GPL license boilerplate with SPDX headers

Replace all GPL license blurbs with an equivalent SPDX header (most
files are GPLv2, some are GPLv2+). While at it, drop some outdated
header c

efi: Replace GPL license boilerplate with SPDX headers

Replace all GPL license blurbs with an equivalent SPDX header (most
files are GPLv2, some are GPLv2+). While at it, drop some outdated
header changelogs as well.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Cc: AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@linaro.org>
Cc: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
Cc: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@linaro.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>
Cc: Jeffrey Hugo <jhugo@codeaurora.org>
Cc: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
Cc: Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@linaro.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk>
Cc: Peter Jones <pjones@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Sai Praneeth Prakhya <sai.praneeth.prakhya@intel.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190202094119.13230-7-ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

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efi/libstub/arm/arm64: Disable debug prints on 'quiet' cmdline arg

The EFI stub currently prints a number of diagnostic messages that do
not carry a lot of information. Since these prints are not co

efi/libstub/arm/arm64: Disable debug prints on 'quiet' cmdline arg

The EFI stub currently prints a number of diagnostic messages that do
not carry a lot of information. Since these prints are not controlled
by 'loglevel' or other command line parameters, and since they appear on
the EFI framebuffer as well (if enabled), it would be nice if we could
turn them off.

So let's add support for the 'quiet' command line parameter in the stub,
and disable the non-error prints if it is passed.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: bhe@redhat.com
Cc: bhsharma@redhat.com
Cc: bp@alien8.de
Cc: eugene@hp.com
Cc: evgeny.kalugin@intel.com
Cc: jhugo@codeaurora.org
Cc: leif.lindholm@linaro.org
Cc: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org
Cc: roy.franz@cavium.com
Cc: rruigrok@codeaurora.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170404160910.28115-2-ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

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efi/arm32-stub: Allow boot-time allocations in the vmlinux region

The arm32 kernel decompresses itself to the base of DRAM unconditionally,
and so it is the EFI stub's job to ensure that the region

efi/arm32-stub: Allow boot-time allocations in the vmlinux region

The arm32 kernel decompresses itself to the base of DRAM unconditionally,
and so it is the EFI stub's job to ensure that the region is available.

Currently, we do this by creating an allocation there, and giving up if
that fails. However, any boot services regions occupying this area are
not an issue, given that the decompressor executes strictly after the
stub calls ExitBootServices().

So let's try a bit harder to proceed if the initial allocation fails,
and check whether any memory map entries occupying the region may be
considered safe.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Leif Lindholm <leif.lindholm@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Eugene Cohen <eugene@hp.com>
Reviewed-by: Roy Franz <roy.franz@cavium.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170404160245.27812-11-ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

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efi/arm/libstub: Make screen_info accessible to the UEFI stub

In order to hand over the framebuffer described by the GOP protocol and
discovered by the UEFI stub, make struct screen_info accessible

efi/arm/libstub: Make screen_info accessible to the UEFI stub

In order to hand over the framebuffer described by the GOP protocol and
discovered by the UEFI stub, make struct screen_info accessible by the
stub. This involves allocating a loader data buffer and passing it to the
kernel proper via a UEFI Configuration Table, since the UEFI stub executes
in the context of the decompressor, and cannot access the kernel's copy of
struct screen_info directly.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@gmail.com>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Peter Jones <pjones@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1461614832-17633-22-git-send-email-matt@codeblueprint.co.uk
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

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efi/arm: Check for LPAE support before booting a LPAE kernel

A kernel built with support for LPAE cannot boot to a state where it
can inform the user about if it has to fail due to missing LPAE supp

efi/arm: Check for LPAE support before booting a LPAE kernel

A kernel built with support for LPAE cannot boot to a state where it
can inform the user about if it has to fail due to missing LPAE support
in the hardware.

If we happen to be booting via UEFI, we can fail gracefully so check
for LPAE support in the hardware on CONFIG_ARM_LPAE builds before
entering the kernel proper.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk>
Reviewed-by: Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@arm.com>
Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1455712566-16727-9-git-send-email-matt@codeblueprint.co.uk
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

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ARM: add UEFI stub support

This patch adds EFI stub support for the ARM Linux kernel.

The EFI stub operates similarly to the x86 and arm64 stubs: it is a
shim between the EFI firmware and the norma

ARM: add UEFI stub support

This patch adds EFI stub support for the ARM Linux kernel.

The EFI stub operates similarly to the x86 and arm64 stubs: it is a
shim between the EFI firmware and the normal zImage entry point, and
sets up the environment that the zImage is expecting. This includes
optionally loading the initrd and device tree from the system partition
based on the kernel command line.

Signed-off-by: Roy Franz <roy.franz@linaro.org>
Tested-by: Ryan Harkin <ryan.harkin@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>

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efi/libstub: arm32: Use low allocation for the uncompressed kernel

Before commit

d0f9ca9be11f25ef ("ARM: decompressor: run decompressor in place if loaded via UEFI")

we w

efi/libstub: arm32: Use low allocation for the uncompressed kernel

Before commit

d0f9ca9be11f25ef ("ARM: decompressor: run decompressor in place if loaded via UEFI")

we were rather limited in the choice of base address for the uncompressed
kernel, as we were relying on the logic in the decompressor that blindly
rounds down the decompressor execution address to the next multiple of 128
MiB, and decompresses the kernel there. For this reason, we have a lot of
complicated memory region handling code, to ensure that this memory window
is available, even though it could be occupied by reserved regions or
other allocations that may or may not collide with the uncompressed image.

Today, we simply pass the target address for the decompressed image to the
decompressor directly, and so we can choose a suitable window just by
finding a 16 MiB aligned region, while taking TEXT_OFFSET and the region
for the swapper page tables into account.

So let's get rid of the complicated logic, and instead, use the existing
bottom up allocation routine to allocate a suitable window as low as
possible, and carve out a memory region that has the right properties.

Note that this removes any dependencies on the 'dram_base' argument to
handle_kernel_image(), and so this is removed as well. Given that this
was the only remaining use of dram_base, the code that produces it is
removed entirely as well.

Reviewed-by: Maxim Uvarov <maxim.uvarov@linaro.org>
Tested-by: Maxim Uvarov <maxim.uvarov@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>

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efi/libstub: arm32: Base FDT and initrd placement on image address

The way we use the base of DRAM in the EFI stub is problematic as it
is ill defined what the base of DRAM actually mean

efi/libstub: arm32: Base FDT and initrd placement on image address

The way we use the base of DRAM in the EFI stub is problematic as it
is ill defined what the base of DRAM actually means. There are some
restrictions on the placement of FDT and initrd which are defined in
terms of dram_base, but given that the placement of the kernel in
memory is what defines these boundaries (as on ARM, this is where the
linear region starts), it is better to use the image address in these
cases, and disregard dram_base altogether.

Reviewed-by: Maxim Uvarov <maxim.uvarov@linaro.org>
Tested-by: Maxim Uvarov <maxim.uvarov@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>

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efi/libstub: arm: Print CPU boot mode and MMU state at boot

On 32-bit ARM, we may boot at HYP mode, or with the MMU and caches off
(or both), even though the EFI spec does not actually s

efi/libstub: arm: Print CPU boot mode and MMU state at boot

On 32-bit ARM, we may boot at HYP mode, or with the MMU and caches off
(or both), even though the EFI spec does not actually support this.
While booting at HYP mode is something we might tolerate, fiddling
with the caches is a more serious issue, as disabling the caches is
tricky to do safely from C code, and running without the Dcache makes
it impossible to support unaligned memory accesses, which is another
explicit requirement imposed by the EFI spec.

So take note of the CPU mode and MMU state in the EFI stub diagnostic
output so that we can easily diagnose any issues that may arise from
this. E.g.,

EFI stub: Entering in SVC mode with MMU enabled

Also, capture the CPSR and SCTLR system register values at EFI stub
entry, and after ExitBootServices() returns, and check whether the
MMU and Dcache were disabled at any point. If this is the case, a
diagnostic message like the following will be emitted:

efi: [Firmware Bug]: EFI stub was entered with MMU and Dcache disabled, please fix your firmware!
efi: CPSR at EFI stub entry : 0x600001d3
efi: SCTLR at EFI stub entry : 0x00c51838
efi: CPSR after ExitBootServices() : 0x600001d3
efi: SCTLR after ExitBootServices(): 0x00c50838

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Leif Lindholm <leif@nuviainc.com>

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Merge tag 'for-linus' of git://git.armlinux.org.uk/~rmk/linux-arm

Pull ARM updates from Russell King:

- remove a now unnecessary usage of the KERNEL_DS for
sys_oabi_epoll_ct

Merge tag 'for-linus' of git://git.armlinux.org.uk/~rmk/linux-arm

Pull ARM updates from Russell King:

- remove a now unnecessary usage of the KERNEL_DS for
sys_oabi_epoll_ctl()

- update my email address in a number of drivers

- decompressor EFI updates from Ard Biesheuvel

- module unwind section handling updates

- sparsemem Kconfig cleanups

- make act_mm macro respect THREAD_SIZE

* tag 'for-linus' of git://git.armlinux.org.uk/~rmk/linux-arm:
ARM: 8980/1: Allow either FLATMEM or SPARSEMEM on the multiplatform build
ARM: 8979/1: Remove redundant ARCH_SPARSEMEM_DEFAULT setting
ARM: 8978/1: mm: make act_mm() respect THREAD_SIZE
ARM: decompressor: run decompressor in place if loaded via UEFI
ARM: decompressor: move GOT into .data for EFI enabled builds
ARM: decompressor: defer loading of the contents of the LC0 structure
ARM: decompressor: split off _edata and stack base into separate object
ARM: decompressor: move headroom variable out of LC0
ARM: 8976/1: module: allow arch overrides for .init section names
ARM: 8975/1: module: fix handling of unwind init sections
ARM: 8974/1: use SPARSMEM_STATIC when SPARSEMEM is enabled
ARM: 8971/1: replace the sole use of a symbol with its definition
ARM: 8969/1: decompressor: simplify libfdt builds
Update rmk's email address in various drivers
ARM: compat: remove KERNEL_DS usage in sys_oabi_epoll_ctl()

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ARM: decompressor: run decompressor in place if loaded via UEFI

The decompressor can load from anywhere in memory, and the only reason
the EFI stub code relocates it is to ensure it appe

ARM: decompressor: run decompressor in place if loaded via UEFI

The decompressor can load from anywhere in memory, and the only reason
the EFI stub code relocates it is to ensure it appears within the first
128 MiB of memory, so that the uncompressed kernel ends up at the right
offset in memory.

We can short circuit this, and simply jump into the decompressor startup
code at the point where it knows where the base of memory lives. This
also means there is no need to disable the MMU and caches, create new
page tables and re-enable them.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>

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