This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
x86/boot: Grab kernel_info offset from zoffset header directly
to the 6.6-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
x86-boot-grab-kernel_info-offset-from-zoffset-header-directly.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.6 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 2e765c02dcbfc2a8a4527c621a84b9502f6b9bd2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:16:25 +0000
Subject: x86/boot: Grab kernel_info offset from zoffset header directly
From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
commit 2e765c02dcbfc2a8a4527c621a84b9502f6b9bd2 upstream.
Instead of parsing zoffset.h and poking the kernel_info offset value
into the header from the build tool, just grab the value directly in the
asm file that describes this header.
This change has no impact on the resulting bzImage binary.
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230915171623.655440-11-ardb@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/boot/header.S | 2 +-
arch/x86/boot/tools/build.c | 4 ----
2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/x86/boot/header.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/header.S
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ pref_address: .quad LOAD_PHYSICAL_ADDR
init_size: .long INIT_SIZE # kernel initialization size
handover_offset: .long 0 # Filled in by build.c
-kernel_info_offset: .long 0 # Filled in by build.c
+kernel_info_offset: .long ZO_kernel_info
# End of setup header #####################################################
--- a/arch/x86/boot/tools/build.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/tools/build.c
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ static unsigned long efi32_stub_entry;
static unsigned long efi64_stub_entry;
static unsigned long efi_pe_entry;
static unsigned long efi32_pe_entry;
-static unsigned long kernel_info;
static unsigned long _end;
/*----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
@@ -337,7 +336,6 @@ static void parse_zoffset(char *fname)
PARSE_ZOFS(p, efi64_stub_entry);
PARSE_ZOFS(p, efi_pe_entry);
PARSE_ZOFS(p, efi32_pe_entry);
- PARSE_ZOFS(p, kernel_info);
PARSE_ZOFS(p, _end);
p = strchr(p, '\n');
@@ -419,8 +417,6 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv)
update_pecoff_text(setup_sectors * 512, i + (sys_size * 16));
efi_stub_entry_update();
- /* Update kernel_info offset. */
- put_unaligned_le32(kernel_info, &buf[0x268]);
crc = partial_crc32(buf, i, crc);
if (fwrite(buf, 1, i, dest) != i)
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from ardb@xxxxxxxxxx are
queue-6.6/x86-boot-increase-section-and-file-alignment-to-4k-512.patch
queue-6.6/x86-boot-derive-file-size-from-_edata-symbol.patch
queue-6.6/x86-boot-construct-pe-coff-.text-section-from-assembler.patch
queue-6.6/x86-boot-split-off-pe-coff-.data-section.patch
queue-6.6/kallsyms-ignore-armv4-thunks-along-with-others.patch
queue-6.6/x86-efi-drop-alignment-flags-from-pe-section-headers.patch
queue-6.6/x86-boot-drop-references-to-startup_64.patch
queue-6.6/x86-efistub-use-1-1-file-memory-mapping-for-pe-coff-.compat-section.patch
queue-6.6/x86-boot-drop-pe-coff-.reloc-section.patch
queue-6.6/x86-boot-set-efi-handover-offset-directly-in-header-asm.patch
queue-6.6/x86-efi-drop-efi-stub-.bss-from-.data-section.patch
queue-6.6/x86-efi-disregard-setup-header-of-loaded-image.patch
queue-6.6/x86-boot-grab-kernel_info-offset-from-zoffset-header-directly.patch
queue-6.6/x86-boot-drop-redundant-code-setting-the-root-device.patch
queue-6.6/x86-boot-remove-the-bugger-off-message.patch
queue-6.6/x86-boot-omit-compression-buffer-from-pe-coff-image-memory-footprint.patch
queue-6.6/x86-boot-define-setup-size-in-linker-script.patch
