Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86/efi: Add EFI_PGT_DUMP support for x86_32, kexec and efi=old_map | From | Sai Praneeth Prakhya <> | Date | Thu, 11 May 2017 11:44:17 -0700 |
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On Thu, 2017-05-11 at 13:18 +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 03:49:05PM -0700, Sai Praneeth Prakhya wrote: > > From: Sai Praneeth <sai.praneeth.prakhya@intel.com> > > > > EFI_PGT_DUMP, as the name suggests dumps efi page tables to dmesg during > > kernel boot. This feature is very useful while debugging page > > faults/null pointer dereferences to efi related addresses. Presently, > > this feature is limited only to x86_64, so let's extend it to other efi > > configurations like kexec kernel, efi=old_map and to x86_32 as well. > > This doesn't effect normal boot path because this config option should > > be used only for debug purposes. > > > > Signed-off-by: Sai Praneeth Prakhya <sai.praneeth.prakhya@intel.com> > > Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> > > Cc: Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri@intel.com> > > Cc: Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk> > > Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> > > Cc: Ravi Shankar <ravi.v.shankar@intel.com> > > --- > > arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c | 2 ++ > > arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_32.c | 9 ++++++++- > > arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c | 5 ++++- > > 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c > > index 217dc166c649..a6d6cd8fe78a 100644 > > --- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c > > +++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c > > @@ -890,6 +890,8 @@ static void __init kexec_enter_virtual_mode(void) > > if (efi_enabled(EFI_OLD_MEMMAP) && (__supported_pte_mask & _PAGE_NX)) > > runtime_code_page_mkexec(); > > > > + efi_dump_pagetable(); > > You can call that only once at the end of efi_enter_virtual_mode() > instead of adding it here and leaving it in __efi_enter_virtual_mode(). >
Thanks for the suggestion Boris, Sure! will roll out v2 with this change
Regards, Sai
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