Re: [tip:x86/boot] x86/boot: Early parse RSDP and save it in boot_params
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- Subject: Re: [tip:x86/boot] x86/boot: Early parse RSDP and save it in boot_params
- From: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 10:46:18 +0000
- Cc: Chao Fan <fanc.fnst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Lendacky, Thomas" <thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx>, Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, caoj.fnst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>, Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, "the arch/x86 maintainers" <x86@xxxxxxxxxx>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>, linux-tip-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Matt Fleming <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Mon, 11 Feb 2019 at 11:43, Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 11:24:26AM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > It is only an observation for now though...
>
> Ok, now I did this:
>
> for (i = 0; i < systab->nr_tables; i++) {
> acpi_physical_address table;
> void *config_tables;
> efi_guid_t guid;
>
> if ((unsigned long)systab->tables >> 32) <---
> asm volatile("1:\n jmp 1b");
>
> config_tables = (void *)(systab->tables + size * i);
>
> It did stop at the endless loop there which would mean that
> systab->tables is simply pointing somewhere into the weeds.
>
As I pointed out in my previous reply, systab will be the wrong type
on 32-bit firmware, it needs to be efi_system_table_32_t
> Asm is:
>
> ---
> # arch/x86/boot/compressed/acpi.c:96: asm volatile("1:\n jmp 1b");
> #APP
> # 96 "arch/x86/boot/compressed/acpi.c" 1
> 1:
> jmp 1b
> # 0 "" 2
> #NO_APP
> movq 112(%rcx), %rdi # systab_147->tables, _31
> .L29:
> # arch/x86/boot/compressed/acpi.c:98: config_tables = (void *)(systab->tables + size * i);
> addq %r9, %rdi # ivtmp.64, config_tables
> # arch/x86/boot/compressed/acpi.c:104: guid = tmp_table->guid;
> ---
>
> and RDI is
>
> rdi 0x630646870
>
> in gdb.
>
> systab itself gets computed to something low: 0x3fedb010.
>
> Hmmm. Could it be that that EDK BIOS image is buggy?
>
> [ 0.000000] efi: EFI v2.70 by EDK II
> [ 0.000000] efi: SMBIOS=0x3feb9000 ACPI=0x3fee7000 ACPI 2.0=0x3fee7014 MEMATTR=0x3f524110
>
> --
> Regards/Gruss,
> Boris.
>
> Good mailing practices for 400: avoid top-posting and trim the reply.
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