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From: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
To: barebox@lists.infradead.org
Cc: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH v2 02/19] efi: define efi_guid_t as 32-bit aligned guid_t
Date: Wed,  7 Jun 2023 14:06:57 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230607120714.3083182-3-a.fatoum@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230607120714.3083182-1-a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>

Let's sync definition with Linux, so we are able to pass efi_guid_t
types to function accepting guid_t. This has the added benefit of us
starting to observe alignment, which may become relevant with barebox
EFI on non-x86.

Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
---
v1 -> v2:
  - no change
---
 include/efi.h | 19 +++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/efi.h b/include/efi.h
index 3595cf05ccb7..1904caf3a4b6 100644
--- a/include/efi.h
+++ b/include/efi.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  */
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/uuid.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_EFI_BOOTUP
 #define EFIAPI __attribute__((ms_abi))
@@ -66,10 +67,20 @@ typedef u16 efi_char16_t;		/* UNICODE character */
 typedef u64 efi_physical_addr_t;
 typedef void *efi_handle_t;
 
-
-typedef struct {
-	u8 b[16];
-} efi_guid_t;
+/*
+ * The UEFI spec and EDK2 reference implementation both define EFI_GUID as
+ * struct { u32 a; u16; b; u16 c; u8 d[8]; }; and so the implied alignment
+ * is 32 bits not 8 bits like our guid_t. In some cases (i.e., on 32-bit ARM),
+ * this means that firmware services invoked by the kernel may assume that
+ * efi_guid_t* arguments are 32-bit aligned, and use memory accessors that
+ * do not tolerate misalignment. So let's set the minimum alignment to 32 bits.
+ *
+ * Note that the UEFI spec as well as some comments in the EDK2 code base
+ * suggest that EFI_GUID should be 64-bit aligned, but this appears to be
+ * a mistake, given that no code seems to exist that actually enforces that
+ * or relies on it.
+ */
+typedef guid_t efi_guid_t __aligned(__alignof__(u32));
 
 #define EFI_GUID(a, b, c, d0, d1, d2, d3, d4, d5, d6, d7) \
 ((efi_guid_t) \
-- 
2.39.2




  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-06-07 12:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-06-07 12:06 [PATCH v2 00/19] state: allow lookup of barebox state partition by Type GUID Ahmad Fatoum
2023-06-07 12:06 ` [PATCH v2 01/19] common: partitions: decouple from EFI GUID definition Ahmad Fatoum
2023-06-07 12:06 ` Ahmad Fatoum [this message]
2023-06-07 12:06 ` [PATCH v2 03/19] cdev: fix for_each_cdev macro Ahmad Fatoum
2023-06-07 12:06 ` [PATCH v2 04/19] of: partition: support of_partition_ensure_probed on parent device Ahmad Fatoum
2023-06-07 12:07 ` [PATCH v2 05/19] state: fix deep probe handling Ahmad Fatoum
2023-06-07 12:07 ` [PATCH v2 06/19] of: of_path: always call of_partition_ensure_probed before resolving Ahmad Fatoum
2023-06-07 12:07 ` [PATCH v2 07/19] driver: add new cdev_is_partition helper Ahmad Fatoum
2023-06-07 12:07 ` [PATCH v2 08/19] commands: stat: remove code duplication for type info Ahmad Fatoum
2023-06-07 12:07 ` [PATCH v2 09/19] cdev: use more descriptive struct cdev::diskuuid/partuuid Ahmad Fatoum
2023-06-07 12:07 ` [PATCH v2 10/19] cdev: record whether partition is parsed from OF Ahmad Fatoum
2023-06-07 12:07 ` [PATCH v2 11/19] cdev: have devfs_add_partition return existing identical partition, not NULL Ahmad Fatoum
2023-06-07 12:07 ` [PATCH v2 12/19] block: parse partition table on block device registration Ahmad Fatoum
2023-06-07 12:07 ` [PATCH v2 13/19] common: partitions: record whether disk is GPT or MBR partitioned Ahmad Fatoum
2023-06-07 12:07 ` [PATCH v2 14/19] block: add cdev_is_block_(device|partition|disk) helpers Ahmad Fatoum
2023-06-07 12:07 ` [PATCH v2 15/19] of: export new of_cdev_find helper Ahmad Fatoum
2023-06-07 12:07 ` [PATCH v2 16/19] state: factor device path lookup into helper function Ahmad Fatoum
2023-06-07 12:07 ` [PATCH v2 17/19] cdev: use cdev::dos_partition_type only if cdev_is_mbr_partitioned Ahmad Fatoum
2023-06-07 12:07 ` [PATCH v2 18/19] common: partitions: efi: record type UUID in cdev Ahmad Fatoum
2023-06-07 12:07 ` [PATCH v2 19/19] state: allow lookup of barebox state partition by Type GUID Ahmad Fatoum
2023-06-08  6:53 ` [PATCH v2 00/19] " Sascha Hauer

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