Re: [PATCHv3] x86: EFI stub support for large memory maps

From: Linn Crosetto
Date: Fri Sep 27 2013 - 19:46:16 EST


On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 12:34:00PM +0100, Matt Fleming wrote:
> > I might add the following to your merge for semantic reasons:
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c
> > index 04b228d..a7677ba 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c
> > @@ -730,6 +730,8 @@ get_map:
> > boot_params->alt_mem_k = 32 * 1024;
> >
> > status = setup_e820(boot_params, e820ext, e820ext_size);
> > + if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
> > + return status;
> >
> > return EFI_SUCCESS;
>
> Aha, nice catch! Though if setup_e820() fails we should be jumping to
> the 'free_mem_map' label so we don't leak the memory map, like so,
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c
> index 04b228d..602950b 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c
> @@ -730,8 +730,8 @@ get_map:
> boot_params->alt_mem_k = 32 * 1024;
>
> status = setup_e820(boot_params, e820ext, e820ext_size);
> -
> - return EFI_SUCCESS;
> + if (status == EFI_SUCCESS)
> + return status;
>
> free_mem_map:
> efi_call_phys1(sys_table->boottime->free_pool, mem_map);

Given that we have already successfully called exit_boot_services, can we still
make this call to free_pool?
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