On Fri, 06 Sep, at 11:04:16AM, Linn Crosetto wrote:
> This patch fixes a problem with EFI memory maps larger than 128 entries
> when booting using the EFI stub, which results in overflowing e820_map
> in boot_params and an eventual halt when checking the map size in
> sanitize_e820_map().
>
> If the number of map entries is greater than what can fit in e820_map,
> add the extra entries to the setup_data list using type SETUP_E820_EXT.
> These extra entries are then picked up when the setup_data list is
> parsed in parse_e820_ext().
>
> Signed-off-by: Linn Crosetto <l...@hp.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> * Free memory when error is returned from alloc_e820ext() as suggested by Matt
> Fleming
> * Set pointer to NULL and size to 0 after freeing memory in alloc_e820ext()
>
> arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c | 223
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
> 1 file changed, 160 insertions(+), 63 deletions(-)
[...]
> +static efi_status_t alloc_e820ext(u32 nr_desc, struct setup_data **e820ext,
> + u32 *e820ext_size)
> +{
> + efi_status_t status;
> + unsigned long size;
> +
> + size = sizeof(struct setup_data) +
> + sizeof(struct e820entry) * nr_desc;
> +
> + if (*e820ext && size <= *e820ext_size)
> + return EFI_SUCCESS; /* Already allocated */
Do we actually need this check? I thought the 'prev_nr_desc' below
ensures we only allocate 'e820ext' if we need more memory.
[...]
> @@ -1016,6 +1157,19 @@ get_map:
> if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
> goto free_mem_map;
>
> + prev_nr_desc = nr_desc;
> + nr_desc = size / desc_size;
> + if (nr_desc > prev_nr_desc &&
> + nr_desc > ARRAY_SIZE(boot_params->e820_map)) {
> + u32 nr_e820ext = nr_desc - ARRAY_SIZE(boot_params->e820_map);
> +
> + status = alloc_e820ext(nr_e820ext, &e820ext, &e820ext_size);
> + if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
> + goto free_mem_map;
> +
> + goto get_map; /* Allocated memory, get map again */
> + }
> +
--
Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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