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authorArd Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>2020-02-10 17:02:39 +0100
committerArd Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>2020-02-23 21:57:15 +0100
commit6a4db9bfdd56ede30686d8e1cfadedc8b22a6bf5 (patch)
tree9f49070a773ff9e2060c1b78491d12ac19ad0548
parenta46a290a01149120f40f83a694d3e6041bcf8f70 (diff)
efi/libstub/x86: Permit bootparams struct to be allocated above 4 GB
We now support bootparams structures that are located in memory that is not 32-bit addressable, so relax the allocation limit on systems where this feature is enabled. Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
-rw-r--r--drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c
index 7e7c50883cce..9d60352baa0f 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c
@@ -363,6 +363,7 @@ efi_status_t __efiapi efi_pe_entry(efi_handle_t handle,
char *cmdline_ptr;
unsigned long ramdisk_addr;
unsigned long ramdisk_size;
+ bool above4g;
sys_table = sys_table_arg;
@@ -376,7 +377,11 @@ efi_status_t __efiapi efi_pe_entry(efi_handle_t handle,
return status;
}
- status = efi_low_alloc(0x4000, 1, (unsigned long *)&boot_params);
+ hdr = &((struct boot_params *)image->image_base)->hdr;
+ above4g = hdr->xloadflags & XLF_CAN_BE_LOADED_ABOVE_4G;
+
+ status = efi_allocate_pages(0x4000, (unsigned long *)&boot_params,
+ above4g ? ULONG_MAX : UINT_MAX);
if (status != EFI_SUCCESS) {
efi_printk("Failed to allocate lowmem for boot params\n");
return status;