Re: [PATCHv9 05/16] efi: Disable LASS around set_virtual_address_map() EFI call

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On 7/7/2025 1:03 AM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> From: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Of all the EFI runtime services, set_virtual_address_map() is the only
> one that is called at its lower mapping, which LASS prohibits regardless
> of EFLAGS.AC setting. The only way to allow this to happen is to disable
> LASS in the CR4 register.
> 
> Disable LASS around this low address EFI call.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
> 

Reviewed-by: Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@xxxxxxxxx>

A minor nit below.

> diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
> index 463b784499a8..5b23c0daedef 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
> @@ -787,6 +787,7 @@ static void __init __efi_enter_virtual_mode(void)
>  	int count = 0, pg_shift = 0;
>  	void *new_memmap = NULL;
>  	efi_status_t status;
> +	unsigned long lass;
>  	unsigned long pa;
>  

The two unsigned longs can be on the same line.

>  	if (efi_alloc_page_tables()) {




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