linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next] efi/libstub/x86: fix an EFI server boot failure

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Date:   Wed, 22 Jan 2020 20:17:17 +0100
From:   Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
To:     Qian Cai <cai@....pw>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc:     Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        linux-efi <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] efi/libstub/x86: fix an EFI server boot failure

On Wed, 22 Jan 2020 at 20:15, Qian Cai <cai@....pw> wrote:
>
> x86_64 EFI systems are unable to boot due to a typo in the recent commit.
>
> EFI config tables not found.
>  -- System halted
>
> Fixes: 796eb8d26a57 ("efi/libstub/x86: Use const attribute for efi_is_64bit()")
> Signed-off-by: Qian Cai <cai@....pw>
> ---
>  arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c
> index 82e26d0ff075..287393d725f0 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c
> @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ __attribute_const__ bool efi_is_64bit(void)
>  {
>         if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_EFI_MIXED))
>                 return efi_is64;
> -       return IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X64_64);
> +       return IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_64);
>  }
>
>  static efi_status_t

Apologies for the breakage - your fix is obviously correct. But I did
test this code, so I am curious why I didn't see this problem. Are you
booting via GRUB or from the UEFI shell? Can you share your .config
please?