linux-kernel - [PATCH 14/28] efi/libstub/x86: deal with exit() boot service returning

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Date:   Sun,  8 Mar 2020 09:08:45 +0100
From:   Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
To:     linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Nikolai Merinov <n.merinov@...ngo-systems.com>,
        Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
        Vladis Dronov <vdronov@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 14/28] efi/libstub/x86: deal with exit() boot service returning

Even though it is uncommon, there are cases where the Exit() EFI boot
service might return, e.g., when we were booted via the EFI handover
protocol from OVMF and the kernel image was specified on the command
line, in which case Exit() attempts to terminate the boot manager,
which is not an EFI application itself. So let's drop into a deadloop
instead.

Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com> # build
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200303080648.21427-1-ardb@kernel.org
[ardb: put 'hlt' in deadloop]
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c
index 7f3e97c2aad3..69a942f0640b 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c
@@ -344,7 +344,8 @@ static void setup_graphics(struct boot_params *boot_params)
 static void __noreturn efi_exit(efi_handle_t handle, efi_status_t status)
 {
 	efi_bs_call(exit, handle, status, 0, NULL);
-	unreachable();
+	for(;;)
+		asm("hlt");
 }
 
 void startup_32(struct boot_params *boot_params);
-- 
2.17.1