From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-9.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CDE9C2D0DB for ; Thu, 30 Jan 2020 20:04:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DEE42467B for ; Thu, 30 Jan 2020 20:04:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727585AbgA3UEq (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Jan 2020 15:04:46 -0500 Received: from mail-qk1-f195.google.com ([209.85.222.195]:42907 "EHLO mail-qk1-f195.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727161AbgA3UEp (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Jan 2020 15:04:45 -0500 Received: by mail-qk1-f195.google.com with SMTP id q15so4200546qke.9; Thu, 30 Jan 2020 12:04:45 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=eqydHU85bvvWn1OJe8yhKq7Ls97Ytffjp/MKGxfsBpI=; b=Gb53Gn/edCLgxBAREpQLiNgecu2I54UIzdKtDymF9421ZuCmDtOgkFKd3DNxfU8+4e mv+KYRbM0O5Q/VOuemmQmXbZvdm0OIE0VmaPeZt7NXKOgYAish3mT+pSrnTbH0XrI0oN CIHJ0W3E5gJ/eiQWj2cUoUXSE5b9yWonyP81pPgSdXvd+qhB30tLUZneupBTkjOq4mVX iHtzGpiUFEvrGfmxWMsl5cWwtmUGbWMhZmUhcaZnHP8tJVPm/Msc/HmOvAojZVbHQJ08 c/bKjQ3oAYeuri5t/cUuxVrxiDMTZNxnffXe3T9kSmGSappx31FBuElgu4dyPcCFFsWJ i2JA== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAXhD89Jl9Yrf61pZldgyAwGMdIJTSCD4b2NQieq9E9yeNJ6IPJL fv73BEZ4gvdAt2yaGrST9KE= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqyiHqbOtHebuX5AOvef45bQiRx886hofKxHoAMlQ9CNxgL18VeszY2xyz5D72LThs/ArNiLvg== X-Received: by 2002:a05:620a:16d3:: with SMTP id a19mr6359995qkn.427.1580414684510; Thu, 30 Jan 2020 12:04:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from rani.riverdale.lan ([2001:470:1f07:5f3::b55f]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id k15sm3262865qkk.103.2020.01.30.12.04.43 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 30 Jan 2020 12:04:44 -0800 (PST) From: Arvind Sankar To: Thomas Gleixner , Ingo Molnar , Borislav Petkov , "H. Peter Anvin" , Jonathan Corbet , Ard Biesheuvel Cc: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH 2/8] efi/x86: Allocate the GDT pointer on the stack Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 15:04:34 -0500 Message-Id: <20200130200440.1796058-3-nivedita@alum.mit.edu> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.24.1 In-Reply-To: <20200130200440.1796058-1-nivedita@alum.mit.edu> References: <20200130200440.1796058-1-nivedita@alum.mit.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-efi-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org The GDT pointer isn't needed after loading it into GDTR, so there is no need to dynamically allocate it. Signed-off-by: Arvind Sankar --- arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c | 19 ++++++------------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c index f89caae60057..a0a2fd0528af 100644 --- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c @@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ struct boot_params *efi_main(efi_handle_t handle, efi_system_table_t *sys_table_arg, struct boot_params *boot_params) { - struct desc_ptr *gdt = NULL; + struct desc_ptr gdt; struct setup_header *hdr = &boot_params->hdr; efi_status_t status; struct desc_struct *desc; @@ -754,15 +754,8 @@ struct boot_params *efi_main(efi_handle_t handle, setup_quirks(boot_params); - status = efi_bs_call(allocate_pool, EFI_LOADER_DATA, sizeof(*gdt), - (void **)&gdt); - if (status != EFI_SUCCESS) { - efi_printk("Failed to allocate memory for 'gdt' structure\n"); - goto fail; - } - - gdt->size = 0x800; - status = efi_low_alloc(gdt->size, 8, (unsigned long *)&gdt->address); + gdt.size = 0x800; + status = efi_low_alloc(gdt.size, 8, (unsigned long *)&gdt.address); if (status != EFI_SUCCESS) { efi_printk("Failed to allocate memory for 'gdt'\n"); goto fail; @@ -794,8 +787,8 @@ struct boot_params *efi_main(efi_handle_t handle, goto fail; } - memset((char *)gdt->address, 0x0, gdt->size); - desc = (struct desc_struct *)gdt->address; + memset((char *)gdt.address, 0x0, gdt.size); + desc = (struct desc_struct *)gdt.address; /* The first GDT is a dummy. */ desc++; @@ -879,7 +872,7 @@ struct boot_params *efi_main(efi_handle_t handle, } raw_local_irq_disable(); - native_load_gdt(gdt); + native_load_gdt(&gdt); return boot_params; fail: -- 2.24.1