> On Jun 29, 2015, at 10:05 PM, D chinni babu <d.chinnib...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi All, > I have few questions on UEFI Code execution.Please help me to understand > UEFI in a better way. > > 1) What is the need of locking mechanism and Task Priority Levels in UEFI > when there is no multi process execution in boot time?
UEFI is an event model. While this presentation is not related to UEFI in any way it is useful in explaining why we picked a simplistic event model for EFI. https://web.stanford.edu/~ouster/cgi-bin/papers/threads.pdf > More insight ,As Per my understanding we have only one interrupt which is > Timer interrupt which can halt the normal execution to check for Timer > events.If any Timer event needs to signal it will can and exit. > TPL is Raising to TPL_HIGH_LEVEL -1 when we look for timer events in the > Queue. > My doubt is when exactly Locking mechanism becomes handy? > TPL_APPLICATION is the normal default level execution and when we create a > event type other than EVT_TIMER , it will be executed only when we signal the > event (directly by us or indirectly by core code) when means core code will > look into the link-list and call the notification function.Everything looks > like Linear execution. > You are thinking about a thread model, UEFI is an event module. There is just the main program (what ever driver, app, is running) and events. There is no scheduler, the main flow owns the system, and events can fire. Thus blocking events prevents reentrancy, and is used for Locks. If you look at Table 23, you will see that most interfaces, and services have TPL restrictions. Thus you only have to raise hight enough to block being called. > > 2) In locking mechanism and Task Priority Levels Core code we are using > ASSERT messages to detect the errors that means these wont be > detected/reported in Release build.correct ? if it is so ,in release build > when we have error in TPL_LEVEL change or in Locking mechanism and there is > no hardware or software issue found in Firmware execution in real time ,we > wont be able to detect .correct ? > Don’t bad TPL operation is “undefined behavior” per the EFI spec and the system may crash. It is a bug in your code, so the DEBUG builds ASSERT to let you know. The release builds try to keep running. There is not much more they could do, well I guess they could log an error. > 3) In UEFI Spec Table 22 .we have a description for the TPLS Levels. > > Interrupts code executing below TPL_CALLBACK level.Long term operations (such > as file system operations and disk I/O) can occur at this level. > > Interrupts code executing below TPL_NOTIFY level. Blocking is not allowed at > this level. Code executes to completion and returns. If code requires more > processing, it needs to signal an event to wait to obtain control again at > whatever level it requires. This level is typically used to process low level > IO to or from a device. > > I didn't seen any core code to achieve both the statements.Is there any core > code to differentiate the TPL Levels and to stop one code execution and call > the other one at different level ? > It is an event model, so the person writing the event has to yield the system back. If you put a CpuDeadLoop() in an event handler you will crash the system. Thanks, Andrew Fish > Please help to clarify these things for better understanding of UEFI. > > Thanks, > Chinni. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Don't Limit Your Business. Reach for the Cloud. > GigeNET's Cloud Solutions provide you with the tools and support that > you need to offload your IT needs and focus on growing your business. > Configured For All Businesses. Start Your Cloud Today. > https://www.gigenetcloud.com/_______________________________________________ > edk2-devel mailing list > edk2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/edk2-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Don't Limit Your Business. Reach for the Cloud. GigeNET's Cloud Solutions provide you with the tools and support that you need to offload your IT needs and focus on growing your business. Configured For All Businesses. Start Your Cloud Today. https://www.gigenetcloud.com/ _______________________________________________ edk2-devel mailing list edk2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/edk2-devel
