Re: [PATCH] efi/libstub/x86: deal with exit() boot service returning

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On Tue, Mar 03, 2020 at 09:06:48AM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> Even though it is uncommon, there are cases where the Exit() EFI boot
> service might return, e.g., when we were booted via the EFI handover
> protocol from OVMF and the kernel image was specified on the command
> line, in which case Exit() attempts to terminate the boot manager,
> which is not an EFI application itself. So let's drop into a deadloop
> instead.
> 
> Cc: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> As a side effect, this also fixes [0], which is as yet undiagnosed.
> 
> [0] https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/917

And for that:

Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@xxxxxxxxx> # build

>  drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c
> index 7f3e97c2aad3..5c7480c4d379 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c
> @@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ static void setup_graphics(struct boot_params *boot_params)
>  static void __noreturn efi_exit(efi_handle_t handle, efi_status_t status)
>  {
>  	efi_bs_call(exit, handle, status, 0, NULL);
> -	unreachable();
> +	for(;;);

I thought this would have tripped up clang's -Wempty-body but it
doesn't so that is good.

>  }
>  
>  void startup_32(struct boot_params *boot_params);
> -- 
> 2.17.1
> 



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