On 22.01.2025 11:14, Frediano Ziglio wrote:
> Although code is compiled with -fpic option data is not position
> independent. This causes data pointer to become invalid if
> code is not relocated properly which is what happens for
> efi_multiboot2 which is called by multiboot entry code.
>
> Code tested adding
> PrintErrMesg(L"Test message", EFI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL);
> in efi_multiboot2 before calling efi_arch_edd (this function
> can potentially call PrintErrMesg).
>
> Before the patch (XenServer installation on Qemu, xen replaced
> with vanilla xen.gz):
> Booting `XenServer (Serial)'Booting `XenServer (Serial)'
> Test message: !!!! X64 Exception Type - 0E(#PF - Page-Fault) CPU Apic ID -
> 00000000 !!!!
> ExceptionData - 0000000000000000 I:0 R:0 U:0 W:0 P:0 PK:0 SS:0 SGX:0
> RIP - 000000007EE21E9A, CS - 0000000000000038, RFLAGS - 0000000000210246
> RAX - 000000007FF0C1B5, RCX - 0000000000000050, RDX - 0000000000000010
> RBX - 0000000000000000, RSP - 000000007FF0C180, RBP - 000000007FF0C210
> RSI - FFFF82D040467CE8, RDI - 0000000000000000
> R8 - 000000007FF0C1C8, R9 - 000000007FF0C1C0, R10 - 0000000000000000
> R11 - 0000000000001020, R12 - FFFF82D040467CE8, R13 - 000000007FF0C1B8
> R14 - 000000007EA33328, R15 - 000000007EA332D8
> DS - 0000000000000030, ES - 0000000000000030, FS - 0000000000000030
> GS - 0000000000000030, SS - 0000000000000030
> CR0 - 0000000080010033, CR2 - FFFF82D040467CE8, CR3 - 000000007FC01000
> CR4 - 0000000000000668, CR8 - 0000000000000000
> DR0 - 0000000000000000, DR1 - 0000000000000000, DR2 - 0000000000000000
> DR3 - 0000000000000000, DR6 - 00000000FFFF0FF0, DR7 - 0000000000000400
> GDTR - 000000007F9DB000 0000000000000047, LDTR - 0000000000000000
> IDTR - 000000007F48E018 0000000000000FFF, TR - 0000000000000000
> FXSAVE_STATE - 000000007FF0BDE0
> !!!! Find image based on IP(0x7EE21E9A) (No PDB)
> (ImageBase=000000007EE20000, EntryPoint=000000007EE23935) !!!!
>
> After the patch:
> Booting `XenServer (Serial)'Booting `XenServer (Serial)'
> Test message: Buffer too small
> BdsDxe: loading Boot0000 "UiApp" from
> Fv(7CB8BDC9-F8EB-4F34-AAEA-3EE4AF6516A1)/FvFile(462CAA21-7614-4503-836E-8AB6F4662331)
> BdsDxe: starting Boot0000 "UiApp" from
> Fv(7CB8BDC9-F8EB-4F34-AAEA-3EE4AF6516A1)/FvFile(462CAA21-7614-4503-836E-8AB6F4662331)
>
> This partially rollback commit 00d5d5ce23e6.
>
> Fixes: 9180f5365524 ("x86: add multiboot2 protocol support for EFI platforms")
> Signed-off-by: Frediano Ziglio <frediano.zig...@cloud.com>
I expect we want this in before the release. Oleksii? Maintainers?
Jan
