* [PATCH v2 0/1] efi: payload: apply barebox fixups to the devicetree passed to Linux
@ 2026-08-24 23:43 chalianis1
2026-08-24 23:43 ` [PATCH v2 1/1] " chalianis1
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From: chalianis1 @ 2026-08-24 23:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: s.hauer; +Cc: barebox, Chali Anis
From: Chali Anis <chalianis1@gmail.com>
efi_load_fdt() never ran barebox's fixup/overlay pipeline on the
devicetree it handed to the kernel. When bootm.oftree was set, the raw
file bytes were extracted straight into EFI pages and installed as-is;
of_unflatten_dtb(), of_fix_tree() and of_flatten_dtb() were never
called. When bootm.oftree was unset, the function just returned early,
so there was no path at all for adopting (and fixing up) a devicetree
already exposed by firmware. Either way, none of barebox's usual
fixups - memory nodes, bootargs, state, overlays, and everything else
hung off of_register_fixup() - ever reached the tree Linux booted
with.
This single patch fixes both paths: efi_load_fdt() now falls back to
the FDT firmware exposes via its EFI configuration table when no
bootm.oftree is set, and either way runs the resulting tree through
the standard bootm_set_pending_oftree_overlays()/of_fix_tree()
sequence before installing it, matching what every other barebox boot
path already guarantees. This is what makes fixups registered via
of_register_fixup() actually reach the devicetree the EFI payload
hands off to Linux.
On real hardware (as opposed to QEMU, where none of this is normally
present or needed) this matters concretely for two node types: the
/memory node, since of_memory_fixup() (common/memory.c) is one of the
fixups of_fix_tree() runs, and without this patch it never got a
chance to correct the tree Linux actually booted with; and the
/firmware and /reserved-memory nodes, since a devicetree supplied
out-of-band (e.g. embedded in a FIT image) was flattened at build
time and so can never carry the secure-world carve-outs and secure
monitor call conduit firmware such as TF-A/OP-TEE only add to its own
copy of the tree at runtime. This patch adds
efi_of_fixup_firmware_nodes() to import exactly those two nodes from
firmware's own devicetree onto the one Linux boots with, registered
as another of_register_fixup() callback so it runs as part of the
same pipeline.
Changes since v1: none, resent as v2.
Chali Anis (1):
efi: payload: apply barebox fixups to the devicetree passed to Linux
efi/payload/bootm.c | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
efi/payload/fdt.c | 34 ++++++++++++++-------
efi/payload/init.c | 69 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/efi/payload.h | 10 +++++++
4 files changed, 152 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
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* [PATCH v2 1/1] efi: payload: apply barebox fixups to the devicetree passed to Linux
2026-08-24 23:43 [PATCH v2 0/1] efi: payload: apply barebox fixups to the devicetree passed to Linux chalianis1
@ 2026-08-24 23:43 ` chalianis1
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: chalianis1 @ 2026-08-24 23:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: s.hauer; +Cc: barebox, Chali Anis, Claude Sonnet 5
From: Chali Anis <chalianis1@gmail.com>
efi_load_fdt() never ran barebox's fixup/overlay pipeline on the
devicetree it handed to the kernel. When bootm.oftree was set, the
raw file bytes were extracted straight into EFI pages and installed
as-is via loadable_extract_into_buf_full(); of_unflatten_dtb(),
of_fix_tree() and of_flatten_dtb() were never called. When
bootm.oftree was unset, the function just returned early, so there
was no path at all for adopting (and fixing up) a devicetree already
exposed by firmware. Either way, none of barebox's usual fixups --
memory nodes, bootargs, state, overlays, and everything else hung
off of_register_fixup() -- ever reached the tree Linux booted with.
Fix this for both sources: add efi_fdt_find() to locate the FDT
firmware exposes via its EFI configuration table, and have
efi_load_fdt() fall back to it when no bootm.oftree is set. Whichever
tree is in play, unflatten it into data->of_root_node, run it through
the standard bootm_set_pending_oftree_overlays()/of_fix_tree()
sequence, reflatten it, and install the fixed-up result as the UEFI
configuration table -- matching what every other barebox boot path
already guarantees.
While here, size the FDT allocation/free from the actual flattened
tree instead of a fixed 2 MiB buffer, and reuse efi_fdt_find() in the
existing efi_fdt_probe() initcall so both callers share one
EFI-configuration-table lookup instead of duplicating it.
Assisted-by: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Chali Anis <chalianis1@gmail.com>
---
efi/payload/bootm.c | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
efi/payload/fdt.c | 34 ++++++++++++++-------
efi/payload/init.c | 69 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/efi/payload.h | 10 +++++++
4 files changed, 152 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
diff --git a/efi/payload/bootm.c b/efi/payload/bootm.c
index 2f9cc3cbf76b..b9e1d9438e1c 100644
--- a/efi/payload/bootm.c
+++ b/efi/payload/bootm.c
@@ -111,27 +111,61 @@ static int efi_load_ramdisk(struct image_data *data,
static int efi_load_fdt(struct image_data *data, void **fdt)
{
efi_physical_addr_t mem;
+ struct fdt_header *oftree;
+ bool is_loadable = true;
efi_status_t efiret;
+ size_t size;
void *vmem;
- size_t bufsize = DIV_ROUND_UP(SZ_2M, EFI_PAGE_SIZE);
- ssize_t ret;
+ int ret;
+
+ if (!data->oftree) {
+ /*
+ * No devicetree requested; fall back to the one provided by
+ * firmware (if any) so barebox's fixups still get applied to it.
+ */
+ oftree = efi_fdt_find(&size);
+ is_loadable = false;
+ } else {
+ oftree = loadable_extract(data->oftree, &size) ?: ERR_PTR(-ENODATA);
+ if (IS_ERR(oftree))
+ pr_warn("Failed to extract oftree\n");
+ }
- if (!data->oftree)
+ if (IS_ERR(oftree))
return 0;
+ data->of_root_node = of_unflatten_dtb(oftree, size);
+ if (IS_ERR(data->of_root_node)) {
+ data->of_root_node = NULL;
+ pr_err("unable to unflatten devicetree\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ if (is_loadable)
+ free(oftree);
+
+ bootm_set_pending_oftree_overlays(data->oftree);
+ of_fix_tree(data->of_root_node);
+ bootm_clear_pending_oftree_overlays();
+
+ oftree = of_flatten_dtb(data->of_root_node);
+ if (!oftree)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ fdt_add_reserve_map(oftree);
+
+ size = efi_size_in_pages(fdt_totalsize(oftree) + 0x3000);
efiret = BS->allocate_pages(EFI_ALLOCATE_ANY_PAGES, EFI_ACPI_RECLAIM_MEMORY,
- bufsize, &mem);
+ size, &mem);
if (EFI_ERROR(efiret)) {
pr_err("Failed to allocate pages for FDT: %s\n", efi_strerror(efiret));
- return -efi_errno(efiret);
+ ret = -efi_errno(efiret);
+ goto free_oftree;
}
vmem = efi_phys_to_virt(mem);
- ret = loadable_extract_into_buf_full(data->oftree, vmem,
- bufsize * EFI_PAGE_SIZE);
- if (ret < 0)
- goto free_efi_mem;
+ memcpy(vmem, oftree, fdt_totalsize(oftree));
efiret = BS->install_configuration_table(&efi_fdt_guid, vmem);
if (EFI_ERROR(efiret)) {
@@ -140,11 +174,14 @@ static int efi_load_fdt(struct image_data *data, void **fdt)
goto free_efi_mem;
}
+ free(oftree);
*fdt = vmem;
return 0;
free_efi_mem:
- BS->free_pages(mem, bufsize);
+ BS->free_pages(mem, size);
+free_oftree:
+ free(oftree);
return ret;
}
@@ -153,8 +190,9 @@ static void efi_unload_fdt(void *fdt)
if (!fdt)
return;
+ size_t size = efi_size_in_pages(fdt_totalsize(fdt) + 0x3000);
BS->install_configuration_table(&efi_fdt_guid, NULL);
- BS->free_pages(efi_virt_to_phys(fdt), DIV_ROUND_UP(SZ_2M, EFI_PAGE_SIZE));
+ BS->free_pages(efi_virt_to_phys(fdt), size);
}
static int do_bootm_efi_stub(struct image_data *data)
diff --git a/efi/payload/fdt.c b/efi/payload/fdt.c
index 9cdb32370f22..80e6a1fcec21 100644
--- a/efi/payload/fdt.c
+++ b/efi/payload/fdt.c
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@
#include <efi/payload/init.h>
#include <efi/guid.h>
-static int efi_fdt_probe(void)
+void *efi_fdt_find(size_t *size)
{
struct efi_config_table *ect;
+ *size = 0;
for_each_efi_config_table(ect) {
struct fdt_header *oftree;
- u32 magic, size;
- int ret;
+ u32 magic;
if (efi_guidcmp(ect->guid, EFI_DEVICE_TREE_GUID))
continue;
@@ -26,17 +26,31 @@ static int efi_fdt_probe(void)
if (magic != FDT_MAGIC) {
pr_err("table has invalid magic 0x%08x\n", magic);
- return -EILSEQ;
+ return ERR_PTR(-EILSEQ);
}
- size = be32_to_cpu(oftree->totalsize);
- ret = write_file("/efi.dtb", oftree, size);
- if (ret) {
- pr_err("error saving /efi.dtb: %pe\n", ERR_PTR(ret));
- return ret;
- }
+ *size = fdt_totalsize(oftree);
+ return oftree;
+ }
+
+ pr_warn("No FDT found in EFI configuration tables\n");
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENODATA);
+}
+static int efi_fdt_probe(void)
+{
+ struct fdt_header *oftree;
+ size_t size;
+ int ret;
+
+ oftree = efi_fdt_find(&size);
+ if (IS_ERR(oftree) || !size)
return 0;
+
+ ret = write_file("/efi.dtb", oftree, size);
+ if (ret) {
+ pr_err("error saving /efi.dtb: %pe\n", ERR_PTR(ret));
+ return ret;
}
return 0;
diff --git a/efi/payload/init.c b/efi/payload/init.c
index 6d2bd046e4c2..f0ce2a82cefc 100644
--- a/efi/payload/init.c
+++ b/efi/payload/init.c
@@ -203,6 +203,75 @@ static int efi_core_init(void)
}
core_efi_initcall(efi_core_init);
+/**
+ * efi_of_fixup_firmware_nodes() - import firmware-injected nodes onto @root
+ *
+ * A devicetree supplied out-of-band (e.g. embedded in a FIT image) was
+ * flattened at build time, so it can never carry nodes that firmware only
+ * adds to its own devicetree at runtime - most importantly the
+ * /reserved-memory carve-outs TF-A/OP-TEE add to mark their own
+ * secure-world memory off-limits (as child nodes, e.g. tegra-carveouts on
+ * Tegra), and the /firmware node describing the secure monitor call
+ * conduit. /firmware is copied wholesale, replacing whatever @root already
+ * had there. /reserved-memory is merged child by child instead, since
+ * @root may already carry its own reservations alongside firmware's:
+ * each child firmware's tree has is copied into @root's /reserved-memory
+ * (created if necessary), replacing any child of the same name @root
+ * already had.
+ */
+static int efi_of_fixup_firmware_nodes(struct device_node *root, void *unused)
+{
+ struct fdt_header *fw_oftree;
+ struct device_node *fw_root, *fw_firmware, *fw_resmem, *dst_resmem;
+ struct device_node *dst;
+ size_t fw_size;
+
+ fw_oftree = efi_fdt_find(&fw_size);
+ if (IS_ERR(fw_oftree))
+ return 0;
+
+ fw_root = of_unflatten_dtb(fw_oftree, fw_size);
+ if (IS_ERR(fw_root))
+ return 0;
+
+ fw_firmware = of_get_child_by_name(fw_root, "firmware");
+ if (fw_firmware) {
+ dst = of_get_child_by_name(root, "firmware");
+ if (dst)
+ of_delete_node(dst);
+
+ of_copy_node(root, fw_firmware);
+ }
+
+ fw_resmem = of_get_child_by_name(fw_root, "reserved-memory");
+ if (fw_resmem) {
+ dst_resmem = of_get_child_by_name(root, "reserved-memory");
+ if (!dst_resmem) {
+ of_copy_node(root, fw_resmem);
+ } else {
+ struct device_node *child;
+
+ for_each_child_of_node(fw_resmem, child) {
+ dst = of_get_child_by_name(dst_resmem, child->name);
+ if (dst)
+ of_delete_node(dst);
+
+ of_copy_node(dst_resmem, child);
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ of_delete_node(fw_root);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int efi_register_firmware_nodes_fixup(void)
+{
+ return of_register_fixup(efi_of_fixup_firmware_nodes, NULL);
+}
+core_efi_initcall(efi_register_firmware_nodes_fixup);
+
/* Features of the loader, i.e. systemd-boot, barebox (imported from systemd) */
#define EFI_LOADER_FEATURE_CONFIG_TIMEOUT (1LL << 0)
#define EFI_LOADER_FEATURE_CONFIG_TIMEOUT_ONE_SHOT (1LL << 1)
diff --git a/include/efi/payload.h b/include/efi/payload.h
index 381598ba59f2..8dc09dd5acdc 100644
--- a/include/efi/payload.h
+++ b/include/efi/payload.h
@@ -34,4 +34,14 @@ __attribute__((noreturn)) void efi_main(efi_handle_t, struct efi_system_table *)
t - efi_sys_table->tables < efi_sys_table->nr_tables; \
t++)
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_OFTREE)
+void *efi_fdt_find(size_t *size);
+#else
+static inline void *efi_fdt_find(size_t *size)
+{
+ *size = 0;
+ return NULL;
+}
+#endif
+
#endif
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