Re: [PATCH v34 14/14] efi/libstub/arm*: Set default address and size cells values for an empty dtb

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On 28 March 2017 at 07:53, AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Sameer Goel <sgoel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> In cases where a device tree is not provided (ie ACPI based system), an
> empty fdt is generated by efistub.  #address-cells and #size-cells are not
> set in the empty fdt, so they default to 1 (4 byte wide).  This can be an
> issue on 64-bit systems where values representing addresses, etc may be
> 8 bytes wide as the default value does not align with the general
> requirements for an empty DTB, and is fragile when passed to other agents
> as extra care is required to read the entire width of a value.
>
> This issue is observed on Qualcomm Technologies QDF24XX platforms when
> kexec-tools inserts 64-bit addresses into the "linux,elfcorehdr" and
> "linux,usable-memory-range" properties of the fdt.  When the values are
> later consumed, they are truncated to 32-bit.
>
> Setting #address-cells and #size-cells to 2 at creation of the empty fdt
> resolves the observed issue, and makes the fdt less fragile.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sameer Goel <sgoel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jeffrey Hugo <jhugo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/fdt.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/fdt.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/fdt.c
> index 260c4b4b492e..82973b86efe4 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/fdt.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/fdt.c
> @@ -16,6 +16,22 @@
>
>  #include "efistub.h"
>
> +#define EFI_DT_ADDR_CELLS_DEFAULT 2
> +#define EFI_DT_SIZE_CELLS_DEFAULT 2
> +
> +static void fdt_update_cell_size(efi_system_table_t *sys_table, void *fdt)
> +{
> +       int offset;
> +
> +       offset = fdt_path_offset(fdt, "/");
> +       /* Set the #address-cells and #size-cells values for an empty tree */
> +
> +       fdt_setprop_u32(fdt, offset, "#address-cells",
> +                       EFI_DT_ADDR_CELLS_DEFAULT);
> +
> +       fdt_setprop_u32(fdt, offset, "#size-cells", EFI_DT_SIZE_CELLS_DEFAULT);
> +}
> +
>  static efi_status_t update_fdt(efi_system_table_t *sys_table, void *orig_fdt,
>                                unsigned long orig_fdt_size,
>                                void *fdt, int new_fdt_size, char *cmdline_ptr,
> @@ -42,10 +58,18 @@ static efi_status_t update_fdt(efi_system_table_t *sys_table, void *orig_fdt,
>                 }
>         }
>
> -       if (orig_fdt)
> +       if (orig_fdt) {
>                 status = fdt_open_into(orig_fdt, fdt, new_fdt_size);
> -       else
> +       } else {
>                 status = fdt_create_empty_tree(fdt, new_fdt_size);
> +               if (status == 0) {
> +                       /*
> +                        * Any failure from the following function is non
> +                        * critical
> +                        */
> +                       fdt_update_cell_size(sys_table, fdt);
> +               }
> +       }
>
>         if (status != 0)
>                 goto fdt_set_fail;
> --
> 2.11.1
>
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