Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161422Ab3FUGes (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Jun 2013 02:34:48 -0400 Received: from arkanian.console-pimps.org ([212.110.184.194]:42985 "EHLO arkanian.console-pimps.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161404Ab3FUGer (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Jun 2013 02:34:47 -0400 Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 07:34:43 +0100 From: Matt Fleming To: Borislav Petkov Cc: Matthew Garrett , Ingo Molnar , Linux EFI , X86 ML , LKML , Borislav Petkov , "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: [PATCH -v2 0/4] EFI 1:1 mapping Message-ID: <20130621063443.GC5386@console-pimps.org> References: <1371491416-11037-1-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de> <20130619125243.GD11209@gmail.com> <20130619130225.GA28311@pd.tnic> <20130619130434.GB24957@gmail.com> <20130619160804.GB27832@srcf.ucam.org> <20130619161827.GF28300@pd.tnic> <20130619162115.GA28119@srcf.ucam.org> <20130619163804.GG28300@pd.tnic> <20130619164822.GA28240@srcf.ucam.org> <20130619165902.GH28300@pd.tnic> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130619165902.GH28300@pd.tnic> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1224 Lines: 28 On Wed, 19 Jun, at 06:59:02PM, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 05:48:22PM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: > > > Ok, so it sounds like we want to *always* create both mappings but, > > > depending on what we want, to shove down SetVirtualAddressMap a > > > different set. And the 1:1 map will be the optional one which we give > > > SetVirtualAddressMap only when user wants it, i.e. when booting with > > > "efi=1:1_map". > > > > Yup, I think that sounds ideal. > > Crap, I got completely sidetracked. The 1:1 mappings go in a different > pagetable (real_mode_header->trampoline_pgd) than the kernel one > (i.e. init_mm.pgd). However, the ->trampoline_pgd has all mappings > anyway, which means that if we want to do EFI runtime calls with the > high mappings but *also* have the 1:1 mappings established, we should > *always* switch to that pagetable when doing those calls. > > hpa, MattF, agreed? Yep. -- Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/