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From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
To: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Subject: [PATCH v3 0/4] efi/arm64: work around Image placement issues
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2021 16:51:52 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210726145156.12006-1-ardb@kernel.org> (raw)

Ben reported that distro GRUB may fail to boot in some circumstances,
and tracked it down to an issue in the way distro GRUB allocates space
for the image. Due to an oversight (addressed in patch #2), this
condition is rarely triggered, but let's work around it in any case (#1)

Remaining patches add further warnings for conditions that are unlikely
to occur, but should not be ignored.

Build tested only.

Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>

Ard Biesheuvel (4):
  efi/libstub: arm64: Force Image reallocation if BSS was not reserved
  efi/libstub: arm64: Relax 2M alignment again for relocatable kernels
  efi/libstub: arm64: Warn when efi_random_alloc() fails
  efi/libstub: arm64: Double check image alignment at entry

 drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm64-stub.c | 71 +++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 61 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

-- 
2.20.1


             reply	other threads:[~2021-07-26 14:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-07-26 14:51 Ard Biesheuvel [this message]
2021-07-26 14:51 ` [PATCH v3 1/4] efi/libstub: arm64: Force Image reallocation if BSS was not reserved Ard Biesheuvel
2021-07-26 14:51 ` [PATCH v3 2/4] efi/libstub: arm64: Relax 2M alignment again for relocatable kernels Ard Biesheuvel
2021-07-26 14:51 ` [PATCH v3 3/4] efi/libstub: arm64: Warn when efi_random_alloc() fails Ard Biesheuvel
2021-07-26 14:51 ` [PATCH v3 4/4] efi/libstub: arm64: Double check image alignment at entry Ard Biesheuvel
2021-08-02 11:26 ` [PATCH v3 0/4] efi/arm64: work around Image placement issues Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2021-08-02 12:03   ` Ard Biesheuvel

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