[PATCH master 4/5] efi: payload: reinstate error message when booting non-EFI stubbed kernel

Ahmad Fatoum a.fatoum at pengutronix.de
Fri Nov 7 06:17:21 PST 2025


With the introduction of filetype_x86_linux_image, we never detect a
filetype_mbr, but instead filetype_x86_linux_image.

Now that we have filetype_x86_efi_linux_image, we can fix this handler
by matching against the distinct filetype_x86_linux_image.

Fixes: 7b0cedb9ddb4 ("efi: payload: split image handling from legacy
                      handover boot and add linux x86 image filetype")
Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum at pengutronix.de>
---
 efi/payload/image.c | 22 +++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/efi/payload/image.c b/efi/payload/image.c
index e4e2d26463da..ea6033edc363 100644
--- a/efi/payload/image.c
+++ b/efi/payload/image.c
@@ -165,24 +165,24 @@ static struct binfmt_hook binfmt_efi_hook = {
 	.hook = efi_execute,
 };
 
-static int do_bootm_mbr(struct image_data *data)
+static struct image_handler non_efi_handle_linux_x86;
+
+static int do_bootm_nonefi(struct image_data *data)
 {
-	/* On x86, Linux kernel images have a MBR magic at the end of
-	 * the first 512 byte sector and a PE magic if they're EFI-stubbed.
-	 * The PE magic has precedence over the MBR, so if we arrive in
-	 * this boot handler, the kernel has no EFI stub.
-	 *
-	 * Print a descriptive error message instead of "no image handler
-	 * found for image type MBR sector".
+	/* On x86, Linux kernel images have a bzImage header as well as
+	 * a PE magic if they're EFI-stubbed.
+	 * We have separate file types for x86 Linux images with and
+	 * without PE.
 	 */
-	pr_err("Can't boot MBR sector: Is CONFIG_EFI_STUB disabled in your Linux kernel config?\n");
+	pr_err("'%s' unsupported: CONFIG_EFI_STUB must be enabled in your Linux kernel config\n",
+	       non_efi_handle_linux_x86.name);
 	return -ENOSYS;
 }
 
 static struct image_handler non_efi_handle_linux_x86 = {
 	.name = "non-EFI x86 Linux Image",
-	.bootm = do_bootm_mbr,
-	.filetype = filetype_mbr,
+	.bootm = do_bootm_nonefi,
+	.filetype = filetype_x86_linux_image,
 };
 
 static struct binfmt_hook binfmt_arm64_efi_hook = {
-- 
2.47.3




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