linux-kernel - [PATCH V2 0/3] Use mm_struct and switch

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Date:   Mon, 28 Aug 2017 16:37:09 -0700
From:   Sai Praneeth Prakhya <sai.praneeth.prakhya@...el.com>
To:     linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        matt@...eblueprint.co.uk, ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org
Cc:     jlee@...e.com, bp@...en8.de, tony.luck@...el.com, luto@...nel.org,
        mst@...hat.com, ricardo.neri@...el.com, ravi.v.shankar@...el.com,
        Sai Praneeth <sai.praneeth.prakhya@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH V2 0/3] Use mm_struct and switch_mm() instead of manually

From: Sai Praneeth <sai.praneeth.prakhya@...el.com>

Presently, in x86, to invoke any efi function like
efi_set_virtual_address_map() or any efi_runtime_service() the code path
typically involves read_cr3() (save previous pgd), write_cr3()
(write efi_pgd) and calling efi function. Likewise after returning from
efi function the code path typically involves read_cr3() (save efi_pgd),
write_cr3() (write previous pgd). We do this couple of times in efi
subsystem of Linux kernel, instead we can use helper function
efi_switch_mm() to do this. This improves readability and maintainability.
Also, instead of maintaining a separate struct "efi_scratch" to store/restore
efi_pgd, we can use mm_struct to do this.

I have tested this patch set against LUV (Linux UEFI Validation), so I
think I didn't break any existing configurations. I have tested this
patch set for
1. x86_64,
2. x86_32,
3. Mixed mode
with efi=old_map and for kexec kernel. Please let me know if I have
missed any other configurations.

Changes in V2:
1. Resolve mm_dropping() issue by not mm_dropping()/mm_grabbing() any mm,
as we are not losing/creating any references.

Sai Praneeth (3):
  efi: Use efi_mm in x86 as well as ARM
  x86/efi: Replace efi_pgd with efi_mm.pgd
  x86/efi: Use efi_switch_mm() rather than manually twiddling with %cr3

 arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h           | 29 ++++++++++----------
 arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c       | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++----------------
 arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_thunk_64.S |  2 +-
 drivers/firmware/efi/arm-runtime.c   |  9 -------
 drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c           |  9 +++++++
 include/linux/efi.h                  |  2 ++
 6 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-)

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