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Message-ID: <CAAhV-H54MWEXgqPqv+23vQxQU455iMnwON37uiByyci9cgh5Hg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 5 Apr 2023 16:13:57 +0800
From:   Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@...nel.org>
To:     Youling Tang <tangyouling@...ngson.cn>
Cc:     Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@...ngson.cn>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
        loongarch@...ts.linux.dev, Xuefeng Li <lixuefeng@...ngson.cn>,
        Xuerui Wang <kernel@...0n.name>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        loongson-kernel@...ts.loongnix.cn
Subject: Re: [PATCH] efi/loongarch: Reintroduce efi_relocate_kernel() to
 relocate kernel

Hi, Ard,

What is the status of this patch now?

Huacai

On Wed, Mar 1, 2023 at 8:06 PM Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> Hi, Youling,
>
> On Wed, Mar 1, 2023 at 6:08 PM Youling Tang <tangyouling@...ngson.cn> wrote:
> >
> > Hi, Huacai
> >
> > On 03/01/2023 05:30 PM, Huacai Chen wrote:
> > > Hi, Youling,
> > >
> > > On Wed, Mar 1, 2023 at 5:21 PM Youling Tang <tangyouling@...ngson.cn> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Hi, Huacai
> > >>
> > >> On 03/01/2023 04:55 PM, Huacai Chen wrote:
> > >>> Since Linux-6.3, LoongArch supports PIE kernel now, so let's reintroduce
> > >>> efi_relocate_kernel() to relocate the core kernel.
> > >>
> > >> If we strongly rely on the PIE feature after the modification, we need
> > >> to modify it as follows,
> > > There is no strong rely, efi_relocate_kernel() can also handle the
> > > non-PIE kernel.
> >
> > IMHO, if EFI_KIMG_PREFERRED_ADDRESS is no longer defined as
> > `PHYSADDR(VMLINUX_LOAD_ADDRESS)` (physical link address), we need to
> > relocate through the RELOCATABLE function, so it is recommended to
> > select RELOCATABLE if EFI_STUB is enabled
> We can select RELOCATABLE when we modify EFI_KIMG_PREFERRED_ADDRESS.
> Before that I prefer to give a chance to build a non-PIE kernel.
>
> Huacai
> >
> > Youling.
> > >
> > > Huacai
> > >>
> > >> --- a/arch/loongarch/Kconfig
> > >> +++ b/arch/loongarch/Kconfig
> > >> @@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ config LOONGARCH
> > >>          select PCI_MSI_ARCH_FALLBACKS
> > >>          select PCI_QUIRKS
> > >>          select PERF_USE_VMALLOC
> > >> +       select RELOCATABLE
> > >>          select RTC_LIB
> > >>          select SMP
> > >>          select SPARSE_IRQ
> > >>
> > >> or:
> > >>
> > >> --- a/arch/loongarch/Kconfig
> > >> +++ b/arch/loongarch/Kconfig
> > >> @@ -360,6 +360,7 @@ config EFI_STUB
> > >>          default y
> > >>          depends on EFI
> > >>          select EFI_GENERIC_STUB
> > >> +       select RELOCATABLE
> > >>          help
> > >>
> > >> Youling.
> > >>
> > >>>
> > >>> Signed-off-by: Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@...ngson.cn>
> > >>> ---
> > >>>  drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/loongarch-stub.c | 24 ++++++-------------
> > >>>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
> > >>>
> > >>> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/loongarch-stub.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/loongarch-stub.c
> > >>> index eee7ed43cdfb..72c71ae201f0 100644
> > >>> --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/loongarch-stub.c
> > >>> +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/loongarch-stub.c
> > >>> @@ -21,26 +21,16 @@ efi_status_t handle_kernel_image(unsigned long *image_addr,
> > >>>                                efi_loaded_image_t *image,
> > >>>                                efi_handle_t image_handle)
> > >>>  {
> > >>> -     int nr_pages = round_up(kernel_asize, EFI_ALLOC_ALIGN) / EFI_PAGE_SIZE;
> > >>> -     efi_physical_addr_t kernel_addr = EFI_KIMG_PREFERRED_ADDRESS;
> > >>>       efi_status_t status;
> > >>> +     unsigned long kernel_addr = 0;
> > >>>
> > >>> -     /*
> > >>> -      * Allocate space for the kernel image at the preferred offset. This is
> > >>> -      * the only location in memory from where we can execute the image, so
> > >>> -      * no point in falling back to another allocation.
> > >>> -      */
> > >>> -     status = efi_bs_call(allocate_pages, EFI_ALLOCATE_ADDRESS,
> > >>> -                          EFI_LOADER_DATA, nr_pages, &kernel_addr);
> > >>> -     if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
> > >>> -             return status;
> > >>> -
> > >>> -     *image_addr = EFI_KIMG_PREFERRED_ADDRESS;
> > >>> -     *image_size = kernel_asize;
> > >>> +     kernel_addr = (unsigned long)&kernel_offset - kernel_offset;
> > >>> +
> > >>> +     status = efi_relocate_kernel(&kernel_addr, kernel_fsize, kernel_asize,
> > >>> +                  EFI_KIMG_PREFERRED_ADDRESS, efi_get_kimg_min_align(), 0x0);
> > >>>
> > >>> -     memcpy((void *)EFI_KIMG_PREFERRED_ADDRESS,
> > >>> -            (void *)&kernel_offset - kernel_offset,
> > >>> -            kernel_fsize);
> > >>> +     *image_addr = kernel_addr;
> > >>> +     *image_size = kernel_asize;
> > >>>
> > >>>       return status;
> > >>>  }
> > >>>
> > >>
> >
> >