From: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
To: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCHv7 00/14] mm, x86/cc: Implement support for unaccepted memory
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 01:38:08 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220627223808.ihgy3epdx6ofll43@black.fi.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMj1kXHpS2B9Q7AaQ1euGidZUEyR6gfi=e+t1J_Cr8bmK_9mTw@mail.gmail.com>
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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-06-27 22:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 139+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-06-14 12:02 [PATCHv7 00/14] mm, x86/cc: Implement support for unaccepted memory Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-06-14 12:02 ` [PATCHv7 01/14] x86/boot: Centralize __pa()/__va() definitions Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-06-23 17:37 ` Dave Hansen
2022-06-14 12:02 ` [PATCHv7 02/14] mm: Add support for unaccepted memory Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-06-14 12:57 ` Gupta, Pankaj
2022-06-17 19:28 ` Tom Lendacky
2022-06-17 20:53 ` Tom Lendacky
2022-07-21 15:14 ` Borislav Petkov
2022-07-21 15:49 ` Dave Hansen
2022-07-22 19:18 ` Borislav Petkov
2022-07-22 19:30 ` Dave Hansen
2022-07-25 12:23 ` Borislav Petkov
2022-07-25 12:38 ` David Hildenbrand
2022-07-25 12:53 ` Borislav Petkov
2022-07-26 14:30 ` David Hildenbrand
2022-07-25 13:00 ` Mike Rapoport
2022-07-25 13:05 ` Borislav Petkov
2022-08-05 11:49 ` Vlastimil Babka
2022-08-05 12:09 ` David Hildenbrand
2022-08-05 13:38 ` Vlastimil Babka
2022-08-05 14:22 ` David Hildenbrand
2022-08-05 14:53 ` Dave Hansen
2022-08-05 14:41 ` Dave Hansen
2022-08-05 18:17 ` Vlastimil Babka
2022-08-08 15:55 ` Dave Hansen
2022-08-10 14:19 ` Mel Gorman
2022-08-15 21:08 ` Dionna Amalie Glaze
2022-08-15 22:02 ` Tom Lendacky
2022-08-29 16:02 ` Dionna Amalie Glaze
2022-08-29 16:19 ` Dave Hansen
2022-09-06 17:50 ` Dionna Amalie Glaze
2022-09-08 12:11 ` Mike Rapoport
2022-09-08 16:23 ` Dionna Amalie Glaze
2022-09-08 19:28 ` Mike Rapoport
2022-09-22 14:31 ` Tom Lendacky
2022-09-24 1:03 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-09-24 9:36 ` Mike Rapoport
2022-09-26 12:10 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-09-26 13:38 ` Tom Lendacky
2022-09-26 15:42 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-09-26 15:42 ` Tom Lendacky
2022-06-14 12:02 ` [PATCHv7 03/14] mm: Report unaccepted memory in meminfo Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-07-26 14:33 ` David Hildenbrand
2022-06-14 12:02 ` [PATCHv7 04/14] efi/x86: Get full memory map in allocate_e820() Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-07-25 13:02 ` Borislav Petkov
2022-06-14 12:02 ` [PATCHv7 05/14] x86/boot: Add infrastructure required for unaccepted memory support Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-06-15 10:19 ` Peter Zijlstra
2022-06-15 15:05 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-07-17 17:16 ` Borislav Petkov
2022-07-25 21:33 ` Borislav Petkov
2022-06-14 12:02 ` [PATCHv7 06/14] efi/x86: Implement support for unaccepted memory Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-06-22 19:58 ` Dave Hansen
2022-07-26 8:35 ` Borislav Petkov
2022-06-14 12:02 ` [PATCHv7 07/14] x86/boot/compressed: Handle " Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-06-14 12:02 ` [PATCHv7 08/14] x86/mm: Reserve unaccepted memory bitmap Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-07-26 9:07 ` Borislav Petkov
2022-11-30 1:28 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-12-01 9:37 ` Mike Rapoport
2022-12-01 13:47 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-06-14 12:02 ` [PATCHv7 09/14] x86/mm: Provide helpers for unaccepted memory Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-06-14 12:02 ` [PATCHv7 10/14] x86/mm: Avoid load_unaligned_zeropad() stepping into " Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-06-23 17:19 ` Dave Hansen
2022-07-26 10:21 ` Borislav Petkov
2022-08-02 23:46 ` Dave Hansen
2022-08-03 14:02 ` Dave Hansen
2022-08-11 11:26 ` Borislav Petkov
2022-08-13 16:11 ` Andy Lutomirski
2022-08-13 21:13 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-08-13 16:04 ` Andy Lutomirski
2022-08-13 20:58 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-07-26 17:25 ` Borislav Petkov
2022-07-26 17:46 ` Dave Hansen
2022-07-26 20:17 ` Andy Lutomirski
2022-08-09 11:38 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-08-13 16:03 ` Andy Lutomirski
2022-08-13 21:02 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-06-14 12:02 ` [PATCHv7 11/14] x86: Disable kexec if system has " Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-06-23 17:23 ` Dave Hansen
2022-06-23 21:48 ` Eric W. Biederman
2022-06-24 2:00 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-06-28 23:51 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-06-29 0:10 ` Dave Hansen
2022-06-29 0:59 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-07-04 7:18 ` Dave Young
2022-06-14 12:02 ` [PATCHv7 12/14] x86/tdx: Make _tdx_hypercall() and __tdx_module_call() available in boot stub Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-06-23 17:25 ` Dave Hansen
2022-06-14 12:02 ` [PATCHv7 13/14] x86/tdx: Refactor try_accept_one() Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-06-23 17:31 ` Dave Hansen
2022-07-26 10:58 ` Borislav Petkov
2022-06-14 12:02 ` [PATCHv7 14/14] x86/tdx: Add unaccepted memory support Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-06-24 16:22 ` Dave Hansen
2022-06-27 10:42 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-07-26 14:51 ` Borislav Petkov
2022-08-09 11:45 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-08-10 10:27 ` Borislav Petkov
2022-06-24 16:37 ` [PATCHv7 00/14] mm, x86/cc: Implement support for unaccepted memory Peter Gonda
2022-06-24 16:57 ` Dave Hansen
2022-06-24 17:06 ` Marc Orr
2022-06-24 17:09 ` Dave Hansen
2022-06-24 17:15 ` Peter Gonda
2022-06-24 17:19 ` Marc Orr
2022-06-24 17:21 ` Peter Gonda
2022-06-24 17:47 ` Dave Hansen
2022-06-24 18:10 ` Peter Gonda
2022-06-24 18:13 ` Dave Hansen
2022-06-24 17:40 ` Michael Roth
2022-06-24 17:58 ` Michael Roth
2022-06-24 18:05 ` Peter Gonda
2022-06-27 11:30 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-06-27 11:54 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2022-06-27 12:22 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-06-27 16:17 ` Peter Gonda
2022-06-27 16:33 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2022-06-27 22:38 ` Kirill A. Shutemov [this message]
2022-06-28 17:17 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2022-07-18 17:21 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-07-18 23:32 ` Dionna Amalie Glaze
2022-07-19 0:31 ` Dionna Amalie Glaze
2022-07-19 18:29 ` Dionna Amalie Glaze
2022-07-19 19:13 ` Borislav Petkov
2022-07-19 20:45 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2022-07-19 21:23 ` Borislav Petkov
2022-07-19 21:35 ` Dave Hansen
2022-07-19 21:50 ` Borislav Petkov
2022-07-19 22:01 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-07-19 22:02 ` Dave Hansen
2022-07-19 22:08 ` Tom Lendacky
2022-07-20 0:26 ` Marc Orr
2022-07-20 5:44 ` Borislav Petkov
2022-07-20 17:03 ` Marc Orr
2022-07-22 15:07 ` Borislav Petkov
2022-07-21 17:12 ` Dave Hansen
2022-07-23 11:14 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2022-07-28 22:01 ` Dionna Amalie Glaze
2022-08-09 11:14 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-08-09 11:36 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2022-08-09 11:54 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-08-09 21:09 ` Dionna Amalie Glaze
2022-07-19 2:48 ` Yao, Jiewen
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