This patch series removes the need for annotating global data in the EFI stub with __efistub_global for ARM32 and X86. This is done by renaming the .data and .bss sections in the object files linked into the EFI stub to .data.efistub and .bss.efistub respectively, and including those sections into the compressed kernel's .data section using its linker script. The series is based on efi/next, rebased onto v5.7-rc1, plus two earlier fixes for x86 EFI that are queued for v5.7. Patches on top of v5.7-rc1: In efi/next: Ard Biesheuvel (2): efi: clean up config table description arrays efi: move arch_tables check to caller Arvind Sankar (19): efi/gop: Remove redundant current_fb_base efi/gop: Move check for framebuffer before con_out efi/gop: Get mode information outside the loop efi/gop: Factor out locating the gop into a function efi/gop: Slightly re-arrange logic of find_gop efi/gop: Move variable declarations into loop block efi/gop: Use helper macros for populating lfb_base efi/gop: Use helper macros for find_bits efi/gop: Remove unreachable code from setup_pixel_info efi/gop: Add prototypes for query_mode and set_mode efi/gop: Allow specifying mode number on command line efi/gop: Allow specifying mode by <xres>x<yres> efi/gop: Allow specifying depth as well as resolution efi/gop: Allow automatically choosing the best mode Additional: Arvind Sankar (2): efi/x86: Move efi stub globals from .bss to .data efi/x86: Always relocate the kernel for EFI handover entry Arvind Sankar (5): efi/arm: Remove __efistub_global annotation efi/libstub: Factor out relocation checking efi/x86: Remove __efistub_global annotation efi: Kill __efistub_global efi/x86: Check for bad relocations arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S | 2 +- arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S | 1 + drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile | 43 +++++++++++++------ drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm-stub.c | 4 +- .../firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-helper.c | 15 +++---- drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efistub.h | 6 --- drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/gop.c | 2 +- drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c | 2 +- 8 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-) -- 2.24.1