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Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] x86/efi: Add BGRT image preservation infrastructure


  • To: Soumyajyotii Ssarkar <soumyajyotisarkar23@xxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:32:57 +0100
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  • Delivery-date: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:33:02 +0000
  • List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xenproject.org>

On 24.03.2026 13:33, Soumyajyotii Ssarkar wrote:
> @@ -747,6 +751,133 @@ static void __init efi_relocate_esrt(EFI_SYSTEM_TABLE 
> *SystemTable)
>      efi_bs->FreePool(memory_map);
>  }
> 
> +typedef struct {
> +    UINT16 signature;
> +    UINT32 file_size;
> +    UINT16 reserved[2];
> +    UINT32 data_offset;
> +} __attribute__((packed)) BMP_HEADER;
> +
> +static __initdata struct {
> +    bool preserved;
> +    const void *old_addr;
> +    const void *new_addr;
> +    UINTN size;
> +    const char *failure_reason;
> +} bgrt_info = {
> +    /* We would prefer the failure_reason to print */
> +    .failure_reason = "",
> +};

Noticed only while looking at patch 3: With this initializer, ...

> +static void __init efi_preserve_bgrt_img(void)
> +{
> +    struct acpi_table_bgrt *bgrt;
> +    const BMP_HEADER *bmp;
> +    const void *old_image;
> +    void *new_image;
> +    UINTN image_size;
> +    EFI_STATUS status;
> +    UINT8 checksum;
> +    unsigned int i;
> +
> +    bgrt_info.preserved = false;

... why would this be needed?

Jan



 


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