On Thu, 2015-07-23 at 15:25 +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> Hello Haojian,
> 
> Apologies for the noise ...
> 
> Could you please try *this* version v3 instead? v2 is just the same patch as
> before ...
> 
> -- 
> Ard.
> 

Hi Ard,

Thanks for your patch. It fixes the issue when DRAM_BASE is 0x0.

Best Regards
Haojian
> -------8<---------
> 
> When allocating memory for the kernel image, try the AllocatePages()
> boot service to obtain memory at the preferred offset of
> 'dram_base + TEXT_OFFSET', and only revert to efi_low_alloc() if that
> fails. This is the only way to allocate at the base of DRAM if DRAM
> starts at 0x0, since efi_low_alloc() refuses to allocate at 0x0.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <[email protected]>
> ---
> v3:
> - set *reserve_addr before calling AllocatePages()
> 
>  arch/arm64/kernel/efi-stub.c | 47 ++++++++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/efi-stub.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/efi-stub.c
> index f5374065ad53..c8df74d14368 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/efi-stub.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/efi-stub.c
> @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
>  #include <asm/efi.h>
>  #include <asm/sections.h>
>  
> -efi_status_t __init handle_kernel_image(efi_system_table_t *sys_table,
> +efi_status_t __init handle_kernel_image(efi_system_table_t *sys_table_arg,
>                                       unsigned long *image_addr,
>                                       unsigned long *image_size,
>                                       unsigned long *reserve_addr,
> @@ -23,21 +23,52 @@ efi_status_t __init 
> handle_kernel_image(efi_system_table_t *sys_table,
>  {
>       efi_status_t status;
>       unsigned long kernel_size, kernel_memsize = 0;
> +     unsigned long nr_pages;
>  
>       /* Relocate the image, if required. */
>       kernel_size = _edata - _text;
>       if (*image_addr != (dram_base + TEXT_OFFSET)) {
>               kernel_memsize = kernel_size + (_end - _edata);
> -             status = efi_low_alloc(sys_table, kernel_memsize + TEXT_OFFSET,
> -                                    SZ_2M, reserve_addr);
> +
> +             //
> +             // First, try a straight allocation at the preferred offset.
> +             // This will work around the issue where, if dram_base == 0x0,
> +             // efi_low_alloc() refuses to allocate at 0x0 (to prevent the
> +             // address of the allocation to be mistaken for a FAIL return
> +             // value or a NULL pointer). It will also ensure that, on
> +             // platforms where the [dram_base, dram_base + TEXT_OFFSET)
> +             // interval is partially occupied by the firmware (like on APM
> +             // Mustang), we can still place the kernel at the address
> +             // 'dram_base + TEXT_OFFSET'.
> +             //
> +             *reserve_addr = dram_base + TEXT_OFFSET;
> +             nr_pages = round_up(kernel_memsize, EFI_ALLOC_ALIGN) /
> +                        EFI_PAGE_SIZE;
> +             status = efi_call_early(allocate_pages, EFI_ALLOCATE_ADDRESS,
> +                                     EFI_LOADER_DATA, nr_pages,
> +                                     (efi_physical_addr_t *)reserve_addr);
> +             if (status == EFI_SUCCESS) {
> +                     memcpy((void *)*reserve_addr, (void *)*image_addr,
> +                            kernel_size);
> +                     *image_addr = *reserve_addr;
> +                     *reserve_size = kernel_memsize;
> +             } else {
> +                     status = efi_low_alloc(sys_table_arg,
> +                                            kernel_memsize + TEXT_OFFSET,
> +                                            SZ_2M, reserve_addr);
> +
> +                     if (status == EFI_SUCCESS) {
> +                             memcpy((void *)*reserve_addr + TEXT_OFFSET,
> +                                    (void *)*image_addr,
> +                                    kernel_size);
> +                             *image_addr = *reserve_addr + TEXT_OFFSET;
> +                             *reserve_size = kernel_memsize + TEXT_OFFSET;
> +                     }
> +             }
>               if (status != EFI_SUCCESS) {
> -                     pr_efi_err(sys_table, "Failed to relocate kernel\n");
> +                     pr_efi_err(sys_table_arg, "Failed to relocate 
> kernel\n");
>                       return status;
>               }
> -             memcpy((void *)*reserve_addr + TEXT_OFFSET, (void *)*image_addr,
> -                    kernel_size);
> -             *image_addr = *reserve_addr + TEXT_OFFSET;
> -             *reserve_size = kernel_memsize + TEXT_OFFSET;
>       }
>  
> 


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