On Mon, 9 Dec 2024 at 19:20, Hamza Mahfooz <hamzamahfooz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Recent platforms require more slack slots than the current value of > EFI_MMAP_NR_SLACK_SLOTS, otherwise they fail to boot. The current > workaround is to append `efi=disable_early_pci_dma` to the kernel's > cmdline. So, bump up EFI_MMAP_NR_SLACK_SLOTS to 32 to allow those > platforms to boot with the aforementioned workaround. > > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx > Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Allen Pais <apais@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Tyler Hicks <code@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Hamza Mahfooz <hamzamahfooz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efistub.h | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efistub.h b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efistub.h > index 76e44c185f29..e95ce6ae5c26 100644 > --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efistub.h > +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efistub.h > @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ void efi_set_u64_split(u64 data, u32 *lo, u32 *hi) > * the EFI memory map. Other related structures, e.g. x86 e820ext, need > * to factor in this headroom requirement as well. > */ > -#define EFI_MMAP_NR_SLACK_SLOTS 8 > +#define EFI_MMAP_NR_SLACK_SLOTS 32 > > typedef struct efi_generic_dev_path efi_device_path_protocol_t; > Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
