linux_dsm_epyc7002/arch
Matt Fleming b1994304fc x86, efi: Add dedicated EFI stub entry point
The method used to work out whether we were booted by EFI firmware or
via a boot loader is broken. Because efi_main() is always executed
when booting from a boot loader we will dereference invalid pointers
either on the stack (CONFIG_X86_32) or contained in %rdx
(CONFIG_X86_64) when searching for an EFI System Table signature.

Instead of dereferencing these invalid system table pointers, add a
new entry point that is only used when booting from EFI firmware, when
we know the pointer arguments will be valid. With this change legacy
boot loaders will no longer execute efi_main(), but will instead skip
EFI stub initialisation completely.

[ hpa: Marking this for urgent/stable since it is a regression when
  the option is enabled; without the option the patch has no effect ]

Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt.hfleming@intel.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1334584744.26997.14.camel@mfleming-mobl1.ger.corp.intel.com
Reported-by: Jordan Justen <jordan.l.justen@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> v3.3
2012-04-16 11:41:44 -07:00
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alpha alpha: fix build failures from system.h dismemberment 2012-04-13 13:15:16 -04:00
arm ARM: SoC fixes for 3.4-rc2 2012-04-05 22:13:39 -07:00
avr32 avr32: fix nop compile fails from system.h split up 2012-04-04 08:23:44 -07:00
blackfin blackfin: update defconfig for bf527-ezkit 2012-04-06 10:25:03 +08:00
c6x irq: Kill pointless irqd_to_hw export 2012-04-10 22:39:17 -06:00
cris Merge branch 'x86-x32-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2012-03-29 18:12:23 -07:00
frv frv: fix warnings in mb93090-mb00/pci-dma.c about implicit EXPORT_SYMBOL 2012-04-02 14:41:26 -07:00
h8300 Merge branch 'x86-x32-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2012-03-29 18:12:23 -07:00
hexagon Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.linaro.org/people/mszyprowski/linux-dma-mapping 2012-04-04 17:13:43 -07:00
ia64 ia64: populate the cmpxchg header with appropriate code 2012-04-13 13:15:16 -04:00
m32r Merge branch 'x86-x32-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2012-03-29 18:12:23 -07:00
m68k m68k/q40: Add missing platform check before registering platform devices 2012-04-01 22:57:53 +02:00
microblaze Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.linaro.org/people/mszyprowski/linux-dma-mapping 2012-04-04 17:13:43 -07:00
mips Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.linaro.org/people/mszyprowski/linux-dma-mapping 2012-04-04 17:13:43 -07:00
mn10300 Merge branch 'x86-x32-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2012-03-29 18:12:23 -07:00
openrisc Disintegrate and delete asm/system.h 2012-03-28 15:58:21 -07:00
parisc parisc: fix missing cmpxchg file error from system.h split 2012-04-02 14:41:26 -07:00
powerpc irqdomain bug fixes for v3.4-rc3 2012-04-12 12:49:56 -07:00
s390 [S390] Fix build errors (fallout from system.h disintegration) 2012-03-30 09:41:12 +02:00
score Delete all instances of asm/system.h 2012-03-28 18:30:03 +01:00
sh SuperH updates for 3.4-rc1 2012-04-07 09:52:46 -07:00
sparc sparc64: Eliminate obsolete __handle_softirq() function 2012-04-13 11:58:38 -07:00
tile arch/tile: avoid unused variable warning in proc.c for tilegx 2012-04-11 12:45:20 -04:00
um um: uml_setup_stubs': warning: unused variable 'pages' 2012-04-10 00:13:45 +02:00
unicore32 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.linaro.org/people/mszyprowski/linux-dma-mapping 2012-04-04 17:13:43 -07:00
x86 x86, efi: Add dedicated EFI stub entry point 2012-04-16 11:41:44 -07:00
xtensa Merge branch 'x86-x32-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2012-03-29 18:12:23 -07:00
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Kconfig Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/cmetcalf/linux-tile 2012-03-29 14:49:45 -07:00