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SubjectRe: [PATCH v4] x86/boot: Use efi_setup_data for searching RSDP on kexec-ed kernel
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On 4/11/19 5:09 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 11:34:51PM +0000, Junichi Nomura wrote:
>> But efi_get_rsdp_addr() needs to check whether the kernel was
>> kexec booted to avoid accessing invalid EFI table address.
>> efi_get_kexec_setup_data_addr() is the only method I know
>> to check if it was kexec-booted.
>
> Your v3 had the right approach - you first check if you can get the
> address as a kexec-ed kernel. If you do, you use that one and continue
> the normal path.
>
> If you don't, you fall back to efi_get_rsdp_addr() and get it directly
> from EFI.
>
> And then carve out the functionality you need to call multiple times in
> helper functions like __efi_get_rsdp_addr().
>
> Why doesn't that work anymore?

kexec_get_rsdp_addr() might fail on kexec-booted kernel, e.g. if the
setup_data was invalid. In such a case, falling back to efi_get_rsdp_addr()
will hit the problem of accessing invalid table pointer again.

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Jun'ichi Nomura, NEC Corporation / NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.
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