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SubjectRe: tboot: non-0 tboot_addr but it is not of type E820_RESERVED
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On 12/01/15 17:26, Elliott, Robert (Persistent Memory) wrote:
>
> Per an hpa suggestion, I compared two versions of grub:
>
> upstream grub (with "linux" in grub.cfg):
> tboot_probe boot_params[0] = 0000008000000000 0000000000000070
> tboot_probe boot_params[16] = 1000000400032000 0000009100003000
> tboot_probe boot_params[32] = 3fa3001000100810 0808080008180000
> tboot_probe boot_params[48] = 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
> tboot probe boot_params[64] = 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
> tboot_probe boot_params[80] = 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
> tboot_probe boot_params[96] = 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
> tboot_probe boot_params[112] = 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
> tboot_probe boot_params[128] = 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
> tboot_probe boot_params[144] = 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
> tboot_probe boot_params[160] = 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
> tboot_probe boot_params[176] = 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
> tboot_probe boot_params[192] = 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
> ...
> <no complaint about tboot_addr>
>
> Fedora 22 grub (with "linuxefi" in grub.cfg):
> tboot_probe boot_params[0] = 0000000000000000 0000000000000070
> tboot_probe boot_params[16] = 0000000400032000 0000009100003000
> tboot_probe boot_params[32] = 0000000000100810 0808080008180000
> tboot_probe boot_params[48] = 0000010000000100 0000000000000000
> tboot_probe boot_params[64] = 557365206120626f 6f74206c6f616465
> tboot_probe boot_params[80] = 722e0d0a0a52656d 6f7665206469736b
> tboot_probe boot_params[96] = 20616e6420707265 737320616e79206b
> tboot_probe boot_params[112] = 657920746f207265 626f6f742e2e2e0d
> tboot_probe boot_params[128] = 0a00504500006486 0400000000000000
> tboot_probe boot_params[144] = 000001000000a000 06020b020214f017
> tboot_probe boot_params[160] = 5c00000000001076 d200104600000002
> tboot_probe boot_params[176] = 0000000000000000 0000200000002000
> tboot_probe boot_params[192] = 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
> ...
> [ 0.000000] tboot: non-0 tboot_addr 0x6b7369642065766f but it is not of type E820_RESERVED
>
> In both cases, the kernel is compiled with CONFIG_EFI_STUB=y.
>
> tboot_addr is at offset 88. Offset 64 is an ASCII string that says:
> "Use a boot loader.
>
> Remove disk and press any key to reboot..."
>
> and is from arch/x86/boot/header.S, which is placing that string
> at offset 64 (0x3c + 4) from .bstext (which precedes .bsdata) if
> CONFIG_EFI_STUB is true.
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_EFI_STUB
> .org 0x3c
> #
> # Offset to the PE header.
> #
> .long pe_header
> #endif /* CONFIG_EFI_STUB */
>
> .section ".bsdata", "a"
> bugger_off_msg:
> .ascii "Use a boot loader.\r\n"
> .ascii "\n"
> .ascii "Remove disk and press any key to reboot...\r\n"
> .byte 0
>

Most likely the "linuxefi" boot method uses the EFI handover protocol,
however. It looks like they don't start with a properly zeroed structure...



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