On 09/24/13 at 12:57pm, Dave Young wrote: > On 09/23/13 at 08:06pm, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > Okay... I see two problems. > > > > 1. It looks like we subtract the region size after, rather than before, assigning an address. > > > > 2. The second region is assigned the same address in the secondary kernel as in the first, implying the size of the first region was somehow set to zero. > > I find the reason, efi_reserve_boot_services will reserve the BOOT_SERVICE_DATA region > thus the memmap size is changed to 0, so in 2nd kernel the virtual mapping addr after > the md will be not same as 1st kernel, see below code: > > void __init efi_map_region(efi_memory_desc_t *md) > { > unsigned long size = md->num_pages << PAGE_SHIFT; > > efi_va -= size; > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > [snip] > } So how about just reserve BOOT_SERVICE_DATA region but keep the md.numpages as is? > > > > > > Dave Young <dyoung@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >On 09/22/13 at 08:27am, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > >> The address that faults is interesting in that it is indeed just > > >below -4G. The question at hand is probably what information you are > > >using to build the EFI mappings in the secondary kernel and what could > > >make it not match the primary. > > >> > > >> Assuming it isn't as simple as the mappings never get built at all. > > > > > >Here is my debug output, diff efi-mapping-1st-kernel > > >efi-mapping-2nd-kernel: > > >Obviously, the high address mapping is not same: > > > > > >--- efi-mapping-1.txt 2013-09-24 10:46:09.977746047 +0800 > > >+++ efi-mapping-2.txt 2013-09-24 10:46:33.871421806 +0800 > > >@@ -1,30 +1,30 @@ > > > efi mapping PA 0x800000 -> VA 0x800000 > > > efi mapping PA 0x800000 -> VA 0xffffffff00000000 > > > efi mapping PA 0x7c000000 -> VA 0x7c000000 > > >-efi mapping PA 0x7c000000 -> VA 0xfffffffefffe0000 > > >+efi mapping PA 0x7c000000 -> VA 0xffffffff00000000 > > > efi mapping PA 0x7d5e2000 -> VA 0x7d5e2000 > > >-efi mapping PA 0x7d5e2000 -> VA 0xfffffffefffdf000 > > >+efi mapping PA 0x7d5e2000 -> VA 0xfffffffefffff000 > > > efi mapping PA 0x7d77d000 -> VA 0x7d77d000 > > >-efi mapping PA 0x7d77d000 -> VA 0xfffffffefffde000 > > >+efi mapping PA 0x7d77d000 -> VA 0xfffffffeffffe000 > > > efi mapping PA 0x7d864000 -> VA 0x7d864000 > > >-efi mapping PA 0x7d864000 -> VA 0xfffffffeff8d4000 > > >+efi mapping PA 0x7d864000 -> VA 0xfffffffeff8f4000 > > > efi mapping PA 0x7df6e000 -> VA 0x7df6e000 > > >-efi mapping PA 0x7df6e000 -> VA 0xfffffffeff6ae000 > > >+efi mapping PA 0x7df6e000 -> VA 0xfffffffeff6ce000 > > > efi mapping PA 0x7e194000 -> VA 0x7e194000 > > >-efi mapping PA 0x7e194000 -> VA 0xfffffffeff6ac000 > > >+efi mapping PA 0x7e194000 -> VA 0xfffffffeff6cc000 > > > efi mapping PA 0x7e196000 -> VA 0x7e196000 > > >-efi mapping PA 0x7e196000 -> VA 0xfffffffeff696000 > > >+efi mapping PA 0x7e196000 -> VA 0xfffffffeff6b6000 > > > efi mapping PA 0x7e1ac000 -> VA 0x7e1ac000 > > >-efi mapping PA 0x7e1ac000 -> VA 0xfffffffeff681000 > > >+efi mapping PA 0x7e1ac000 -> VA 0xfffffffeff6a1000 > > > efi mapping PA 0x7e1c1000 -> VA 0x7e1c1000 > > >-efi mapping PA 0x7e1c1000 -> VA 0xfffffffefe041000 > > >+efi mapping PA 0x7e1c1000 -> VA 0xfffffffefe061000 > > > efi mapping PA 0x7f802000 -> VA 0x7f802000 > > >-efi mapping PA 0x7f802000 -> VA 0xfffffffefdec2000 > > >+efi mapping PA 0x7f802000 -> VA 0xfffffffefdee2000 > > > efi mapping PA 0x7f981000 -> VA 0x7f981000 > > >-efi mapping PA 0x7f981000 -> VA 0xfffffffefde92000 > > >+efi mapping PA 0x7f981000 -> VA 0xfffffffefdeb2000 > > > efi mapping PA 0x7f9b1000 -> VA 0x7f9b1000 > > >-efi mapping PA 0x7f9b1000 -> VA 0xfffffffefde6e000 > > >+efi mapping PA 0x7f9b1000 -> VA 0xfffffffefde8e000 > > > efi mapping PA 0x7f9e5000 -> VA 0x7f9e5000 > > >-efi mapping PA 0x7f9e5000 -> VA 0xfffffffefd873000 > > >+efi mapping PA 0x7f9e5000 -> VA 0xfffffffefd893000 > > > efi mapping PA 0x7ffe0000 -> VA 0x7ffe0000 > > >-efi mapping PA 0x7ffe0000 -> VA 0xfffffffefd853000 > > >+efi mapping PA 0x7ffe0000 -> VA 0xfffffffefd873000 > > > > > >> > > >> > > >> Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> >On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 08:35:15PM +0800, Dave Young wrote: > > >> >> I tested your new patch, it works both with efi stub and grub boot > > >in > > >> >> 1st kernel. > > >> > > > >> >Good, thanks! > > >> > > > >> >> But it paniced in kexec boot with my kexec related patcheset, the > > >> >patchset > > >> > > > >> >That's the second kernel, right? > > >> > > > >> >> contains 3 patch: > > >> >> 1. introduce cmdline kexecboot=<0|1|2>; 1 == kexec, 2 == kdump > > >> >> 2. export physical addr fw_vendor, runtime, tables to > > >> >/sys/firmware/efi/systab > > >> >> 3. if kexecboot != 0, use fw_vendor, runtime, tables from > > >bootparams; > > >> >Also do not > > >> >> call SetVirtualAddressMao in case kexecboot. > > >> >> > > >> >> The panic happens at the last line of efi_init: > > >> >> /* clean DUMMY object */ > > >> >> efi.set_variable(efi_dummy_name, &EFI_DUMMY_GUID, > > >> >> EFI_VARIABLE_NON_VOLATILE | > > >> >> EFI_VARIABLE_BOOTSERVICE_ACCESS | > > >> >> EFI_VARIABLE_RUNTIME_ACCESS, > > >> >> 0, NULL); > > >> >> > > >> >> Below is the dmesg: > > >> >> [ 0.003359] pid_max: default: 32768 minimum: 301 > > >> >> [ 0.004792] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at > > >> >fffffffefde97e70 > > >> >> [ 0.006666] IP: [<ffffffff8103a1db>] > > >> >virt_efi_set_variable+0x40/0x54 > > >> >> [ 0.006666] PGD 36981067 PUD 35828063 PMD 0 > > >> > > > >> >Here it is - fffffffefde97e70 is not mapped in the pagetable, PMD is > > >0. > > >> > > > >> >Ok, can you upload your patches somewhere and tell me exactly how to > > >> >reproduce this so that I can take a look too? > > >> > > > >> >Thanks. > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Sent from my mobile phone. 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