[PATCH v13 19/19] x86/efi: EFI stub DRTM launch support for Secure Launch

Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk konrad.wilk at oracle.com
Tue Apr 8 15:34:16 PDT 2025


..snip..
> > > @@ -925,6 +1014,11 @@ void __noreturn efi_stub_entry(efi_handle_t handle,
> > > 		goto fail;
> > > 	}
> > > 
> > > +#if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SECURE_LAUNCH))
> > > +	/* If a Secure Launch is in progress, this never returns */
> > > +	efi_secure_launch(boot_params);
> > > +#endif
> > > +
> > > 	/*
> > > 	 * Call the SEV init code while still running with the firmware's
> > > 	 * GDT/IDT, so #VC exceptions will be handled by EFI.
> > 
> > efi_set_u64_form()?
> > 
> > What the heck is that? If it actually involves two u32 packed into a 64 field, why not simply do two stores?
> > 
> 
> Well the story is this. The EFI maintainers asked me to use the
> efi_set_u64_split() type functions (this one splits a u64 into 2 u32). I
> went to look and there was no function that did the opposite action so I
> added it. The original function was called efi_set_u64_split() so
> efi_set_u64_form() was what I came up with. I can name it anything that is
> desired.

Hey Peter,

Is there anything in particular that needs to be done to this patch?

Thx



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