efi/x86: Avoid using code32_start

code32_start is meant for 16-bit real-mode bootloaders to inform the
kernel where the 32-bit protected mode code starts. Nothing in the
protected mode kernel except the EFI stub uses it.

efi_main() currently returns boot_params, with code32_start set inside it
to tell efi_stub_entry() where startup_32 is located. Since it was invoked
by efi_stub_entry() in the first place, boot_params is already known.
Return the address of startup_32 instead.

This will allow a 64-bit kernel to live above 4Gb, for example, and it's
cleaner as well.

Signed-off-by: Arvind Sankar <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]

Author: nivedita76

arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S

@@ -156,9 +156,8 @@ SYM_FUNC_END(startup_32)
 SYM_FUNC_START(efi32_stub_entry)
 SYM_FUNC_START_ALIAS(efi_stub_entry)
 	add	$0x4, %esp
+	movl	8(%esp), %esi	/* save boot_params pointer */
 	call	efi_main
-	movl	%eax, %esi
-	movl	BP_code32_start(%esi), %eax
 	leal	startup_32(%eax), %eax
 	jmp	*%eax
 SYM_FUNC_END(efi32_stub_entry)

arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S

@@ -472,9 +472,9 @@ SYM_CODE_END(startup_64)
 SYM_FUNC_START(efi64_stub_entry)
 SYM_FUNC_START_ALIAS(efi_stub_entry)
 	and	$~0xf, %rsp			/* realign the stack */
+	movq	%rdx, %rbx			/* save boot_params pointer */
 	call	efi_main
-	movq	%rax,%rsi
-	movl	BP_code32_start(%esi), %eax
+	movq	%rbx,%rsi
 	leaq	startup_64(%rax), %rax
 	jmp	*%rax
 SYM_FUNC_END(efi64_stub_entry)

arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets.c

@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ static void __used common(void)
 	OFFSET(BP_kernel_alignment, boot_params, hdr.kernel_alignment);
 	OFFSET(BP_init_size, boot_params, hdr.init_size);
 	OFFSET(BP_pref_address, boot_params, hdr.pref_address);
-	OFFSET(BP_code32_start, boot_params, hdr.code32_start);
 
 	BLANK();
 	DEFINE(PTREGS_SIZE, sizeof(struct pt_regs));

drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c

@@ -703,10 +703,11 @@ static efi_status_t exit_boot(struct boot_params *boot_params, void *handle)
 }
 
 /*
- * On success we return a pointer to a boot_params structure, and NULL
- * on failure.
+ * On success, we return the address of startup_32, which has potentially been
+ * relocated by efi_relocate_kernel.
+ * On failure, we exit to the firmware via efi_exit instead of returning.
  */
-struct boot_params *efi_main(efi_handle_t handle,
+unsigned long efi_main(efi_handle_t handle,
 			     efi_system_table_t *sys_table_arg,
 			     struct boot_params *boot_params)
 {
@@ -736,7 +737,6 @@ struct boot_params *efi_main(efi_handle_t handle,
 			goto fail;
 		}
 	}
-	hdr->code32_start = (u32)bzimage_addr;
 
 	/*
 	 * efi_pe_entry() may have been called before efi_main(), in which
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ struct boot_params *efi_main(efi_handle_t handle,
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
-	return boot_params;
+	return bzimage_addr;
 fail:
 	efi_printk("efi_main() failed!\n");