linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv7 00/14] mm, x86/cc: Implement support for unaccepted memory

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Date:   Tue, 28 Jun 2022 01:38:08 +0300
From:   "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
Cc:     Peter Gonda <pgonda@...gle.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan 
        <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Varad Gautam <varad.gautam@...e.com>,
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        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
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        Marcelo Cerri <marcelo.cerri@...onical.com>,
        tim.gardner@...onical.com,
        Khalid ElMously <khalid.elmously@...onical.com>,
        philip.cox@...onical.com,
        the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
        Linux Memory Management List <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        linux-coco@...ts.linux.dev, linux-efi <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv7 00/14] mm, x86/cc: Implement support for unaccepted
 memory

On Mon, Jun 27, 2022 at 06:33:51PM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Just as an idea, we can put info into UTS_VERSION which can be read from
> > > > > the built bzImage. We have info on SMP and preeption there already.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Instead of hacking this into the binary, couldn't we define a protocol
> > > > that the kernel will call from the EFI stub (before EBS()) to identify
> > > > itself as an image that understands unaccepted memory, and knows how
> > > > to deal with it?
> > > >
> > > > That way, the firmware can accept all the memory on behalf of the OS
> > > > at ExitBootServices() time, unless the OS has indicated there is no
> > > > need to do so.
> > >
> > > I agree it would be better. But I think it would require change to EFI
> > > spec, no?
> >
> > Could this somehow be amended on to the UEFI Specification version 2.9
> > change which added all of the unaccepted memory features?
> >
> 
> Why would this need a change in the EFI spec? Not every EFI protocol
> needs to be in the spec.

My EFI knowledge is shallow. Do we do this in other cases?

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov