[PATCH v1 33/54] efi: loader: protocol: add device_path_utilities

Ahmad Fatoum a.fatoum at pengutronix.de
Thu Dec 18 02:37:53 PST 2025


This protocol doesn't do much in barebox, but enough to be able to
execute the UEFI shell.

Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum at pengutronix.de>
---
 efi/loader/protocols/Kconfig                 |   7 +
 efi/loader/protocols/Makefile                |   1 +
 efi/loader/protocols/device_path_utilities.c | 210 +++++++++++++++++++
 include/efi/protocol/devicepath.h            |  31 +++
 4 files changed, 249 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 efi/loader/protocols/device_path_utilities.c
 create mode 100644 include/efi/protocol/devicepath.h

diff --git a/efi/loader/protocols/Kconfig b/efi/loader/protocols/Kconfig
index 7d5e203d121a..3405de1acdfb 100644
--- a/efi/loader/protocols/Kconfig
+++ b/efi/loader/protocols/Kconfig
@@ -39,4 +39,11 @@ config EFI_LOADER_RNG
 	  Provide a EFI_RNG_PROTOCOL implementation using the hardware random
 	  number generator of the platform.
 
+config EFI_LOADER_DEVICE_PATH_UTIL
+	bool "Device path utilities protocol"
+	default y
+	help
+	  The device path utilities protocol creates and manipulates device
+	  paths and device nodes. It is required to run the EFI Shell.
+
 endmenu
diff --git a/efi/loader/protocols/Makefile b/efi/loader/protocols/Makefile
index ecc0fc392856..b5ec5cf5dd46 100644
--- a/efi/loader/protocols/Makefile
+++ b/efi/loader/protocols/Makefile
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_CONSOLE_FULL) += console.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EFI_LOADER_HII) += hii.o hii_config.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EFI_LOADER_UNICODE_COLLATION_PROTOCOL2) += unicode_collation.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EFI_LOADER_RNG) += rng.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_EFI_LOADER_DEVICE_PATH_UTIL) += device_path_utilities.o
diff --git a/efi/loader/protocols/device_path_utilities.c b/efi/loader/protocols/device_path_utilities.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ef88e2d647fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/efi/loader/protocols/device_path_utilities.c
@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+/*
+ *  EFI device path interface
+ *
+ *  Copyright (c) 2017 Leif Lindholm
+ */
+
+#include <efi/loader.h>
+#include <efi/devicepath.h>
+#include <efi/loader/devicepath.h>
+#include <efi/protocol/devicepath.h>
+#include <efi/loader/trace.h>
+#include <efi/loader/object.h>
+#include <efi/guid.h>
+#include <init.h>
+
+/*
+ * Get size of a device path.
+ *
+ * This function implements the GetDevicePathSize service of the device path
+ * utilities protocol. The device path length includes the end of path tag
+ * which may be an instance end.
+ *
+ * See the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) specification
+ * for details.
+ *
+ * @device_path		device path
+ * Return:		size in bytes
+ */
+static efi_uintn_t EFIAPI get_device_path_size(
+	const struct efi_device_path *device_path)
+{
+	efi_uintn_t sz = 0;
+
+	EFI_ENTRY("%pD", device_path);
+	/* size includes the END node: */
+	if (device_path)
+		sz = efi_dp_size(device_path) + sizeof(struct efi_device_path);
+	return EFI_EXIT(sz);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Duplicate a device path.
+ *
+ * This function implements the DuplicateDevicePath service of the device path
+ * utilities protocol.
+ *
+ * The UEFI spec does not indicate what happens to the end tag. We follow the
+ * EDK2 logic: In case the device path ends with an end of instance tag, the
+ * copy will also end with an end of instance tag.
+ *
+ * See the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) specification
+ * for details.
+ *
+ * @device_path		device path
+ * Return:		copy of the device path
+ */
+static struct efi_device_path * EFIAPI duplicate_device_path(
+	const struct efi_device_path *device_path)
+{
+	EFI_ENTRY("%pD", device_path);
+	return EFI_EXIT(efi_dp_dup(device_path));
+}
+
+/*
+ * Append device path.
+ *
+ * This function implements the AppendDevicePath service of the device path
+ * utilities protocol.
+ *
+ * See the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) specification
+ * for details.
+ *
+ * @src1		1st device path
+ * @src2		2nd device path
+ * Return:		concatenated device path
+ */
+static struct efi_device_path * EFIAPI append_device_path(
+	const struct efi_device_path *src1,
+	const struct efi_device_path *src2)
+{
+	EFI_ENTRY("%pD, %pD", src1, src2);
+	return EFI_EXIT(efi_dp_concat(src1, src2, 0));
+}
+
+/*
+ * Append device path node.
+ *
+ * This function implements the AppendDeviceNode service of the device path
+ * utilities protocol.
+ *
+ * See the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) specification
+ * for details.
+ *
+ * @device_path		device path
+ * @device_node		device node
+ * Return:		concatenated device path
+ */
+static struct efi_device_path * EFIAPI append_device_node(
+	const struct efi_device_path *device_path,
+	const struct efi_device_path *device_node)
+{
+	EFI_ENTRY("%pD, %p", device_path, device_node);
+	return EFI_EXIT(efi_dp_append_node(device_path, device_node));
+}
+
+/*
+ * Append device path instance.
+ *
+ * This function implements the AppendDevicePathInstance service of the device
+ * path utilities protocol.
+ *
+ * See the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) specification
+ * for details.
+ *
+ * @device_path			1st device path
+ * @device_path_instance	2nd device path
+ * Return:			concatenated device path
+ */
+static struct efi_device_path * EFIAPI append_device_path_instance(
+	const struct efi_device_path *device_path,
+	const struct efi_device_path *device_path_instance)
+{
+	EFI_ENTRY("%pD, %pD", device_path, device_path_instance);
+	return EFI_EXIT(efi_dp_append_instance(device_path,
+					       device_path_instance));
+}
+
+/*
+ * Get next device path instance.
+ *
+ * This function implements the GetNextDevicePathInstance service of the device
+ * path utilities protocol.
+ *
+ * See the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) specification
+ * for details.
+ *
+ * @device_path_instance	next device path instance
+ * @device_path_instance_size	size of the device path instance
+ * Return:			concatenated device path
+ */
+static struct efi_device_path * EFIAPI get_next_device_path_instance(
+	struct efi_device_path **device_path_instance,
+	efi_uintn_t *device_path_instance_size)
+{
+	EFI_ENTRY("%pD, %p", device_path_instance, device_path_instance_size);
+	return EFI_EXIT(efi_dp_get_next_instance(device_path_instance,
+						 device_path_instance_size));
+}
+
+/*
+ * Check if a device path contains more than one instance.
+ *
+ * This function implements the AppendDeviceNode service of the device path
+ * utilities protocol.
+ *
+ * See the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) specification
+ * for details.
+ *
+ * @device_path		device path
+ * @device_node		device node
+ * Return:		concatenated device path
+ */
+static bool EFIAPI is_device_path_multi_instance(
+	const struct efi_device_path *device_path)
+{
+	EFI_ENTRY("%pD", device_path);
+	return EFI_EXIT(efi_dp_is_multi_instance(device_path));
+}
+
+/*
+ * Create device node.
+ *
+ * This function implements the CreateDeviceNode service of the device path
+ * utilities protocol.
+ *
+ * See the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) specification
+ * for details.
+ *
+ * @node_type		node type
+ * @node_sub_type	node sub type
+ * @node_length		node length
+ * Return:		device path node
+ */
+static struct efi_device_path * EFIAPI create_device_node(
+	uint8_t node_type, uint8_t node_sub_type, uint16_t node_length)
+{
+	EFI_ENTRY("%u, %u, %u", node_type, node_sub_type, node_length);
+	return EFI_EXIT(efi_dp_create_device_node(node_type, node_sub_type,
+			node_length));
+}
+
+static const struct efi_device_path_utilities_protocol efi_device_path_utilities = {
+	.get_device_path_size = get_device_path_size,
+	.duplicate_device_path = duplicate_device_path,
+	.append_device_path = append_device_path,
+	.append_device_node = append_device_node,
+	.append_device_path_instance = append_device_path_instance,
+	.get_next_device_path_instance = get_next_device_path_instance,
+	.is_device_path_multi_instance = is_device_path_multi_instance,
+	.create_device_node = create_device_node,
+};
+
+static int efi_device_path_utilities_init(void)
+{
+	efi_add_root_node_protocol_deferred(&efi_device_path_utilities_protocol_guid,
+					    &efi_device_path_utilities);
+	return 0;
+}
+postcore_initcall(efi_device_path_utilities_init);
diff --git a/include/efi/protocol/devicepath.h b/include/efi/protocol/devicepath.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..19a35888f9cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/efi/protocol/devicepath.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+#ifndef __EFI_PROTOCOL_DEVICE_PATH_H
+#define __EFI_PROTOCOL_DEVICE_PATH_H
+
+#include <efi/types.h>
+
+struct efi_device_path_utilities_protocol {
+	size_t (EFIAPI *get_device_path_size)(
+		const struct efi_device_path *device_path);
+	struct efi_device_path *(EFIAPI *duplicate_device_path)(
+		const struct efi_device_path *device_path);
+	struct efi_device_path *(EFIAPI *append_device_path)(
+		const struct efi_device_path *src1,
+		const struct efi_device_path *src2);
+	struct efi_device_path *(EFIAPI *append_device_node)(
+		const struct efi_device_path *device_path,
+		const struct efi_device_path *device_node);
+	struct efi_device_path *(EFIAPI *append_device_path_instance)(
+		const struct efi_device_path *device_path,
+		const struct efi_device_path *device_path_instance);
+	struct efi_device_path *(EFIAPI *get_next_device_path_instance)(
+		struct efi_device_path **device_path_instance,
+		size_t *device_path_instance_size);
+	bool (EFIAPI *is_device_path_multi_instance)(
+		const struct efi_device_path *device_path);
+	struct efi_device_path *(EFIAPI *create_device_node)(
+		uint8_t node_type,
+		uint8_t node_sub_type,
+		uint16_t node_length);
+};
+#endif
-- 
2.47.3




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