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Re: [PATCH v2][4.17] EFI: don't convert memory marked for runtime use to ordinary RAM


  • To: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • From: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
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On Thu, Oct 06, 2022 at 10:40:56AM +0200, Jan Beulich wrote:
> efi_init_memory() in both relevant places is treating EFI_MEMORY_RUNTIME
> higher priority than the type of the range. To avoid accessing memory at
> runtime which was re-used for other purposes, make
> efi_arch_process_memory_map() follow suit. While on x86 in theory the
> same would apply to EfiACPIReclaimMemory, we don't actually "reclaim"
> E820_ACPI memory there (and it would be a bug if the Dom0 kernel tried
> to do so, bypassing Xen's memory management), hence that type's handling

Strictly speaking I don't think dom0 needs to bypass Xen's memory
management, just overwriting the page would be bad enough for runtime
services to not work correctly I would think.

> can be left alone.
> 
> Fixes: bf6501a62e80 ("x86-64: EFI boot code")
> Fixes: facac0af87ef ("x86-64: EFI runtime code")
> Fixes: 6d70ea10d49f ("Add ARM EFI boot support")
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Luca Fancellu <luca.fancellu@xxxxxxx> # Arm
> Tested-By: Luca Fancellu <luca.fancellu@xxxxxxx> # Arm
> Reviewed-by: Bertrand Marquis <bertrand.marquis@xxxxxxx> #arm

Acked-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, Roger.



 


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