[PATCH] efifb: avoid reconfiguration of BAR that covers the framebuffer
Lorenzo Pieralisi
lorenzo.pieralisi at arm.com
Tue Mar 21 08:52:51 PDT 2017
On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 11:59:16AM +0000, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
[...]
> >> +static void efifb_fixup_resources(struct pci_dev *dev)
> >> +{
> >> + u64 fb_base = screen_info.lfb_base;
> >> + u64 fb_size = screen_info.lfb_size;
> >> + int i;
> >> +
> >> + if (resource_found || screen_info.orig_video_isVGA != VIDEO_TYPE_EFI)
> >> + return;
> >> +
> >> + if (screen_info.capabilities & VIDEO_CAPABILITY_64BIT_BASE)
> >> + fb_base |= (u64)screen_info.ext_lfb_base << 32;
> >> +
> >> + if (!fb_base)
> >> + return;
> >> +
> >> + for (i = 0; i < PCI_STD_RESOURCE_END; i++) {
> >> + struct resource *res = &dev->resource[i];
> >> +
> >> + if (!(res->flags & IORESOURCE_MEM))
> >> + continue;
> >> +
> >> + if (res->start <= fb_base && res->end >= fb_base + fb_size) {
> >
> > You are checking for a live resource here right (ie PCI device should be
> > enabled) ? I am not sure that just checking the resource range is safe
> > (I mean it would be most certainly a FW bug to have a PCI disabled
> > device with memory BAR programmed with the FB addresses but thought it
> > was worth mentioning).
> >
>
> It is implied that the device is enabled. The GOP protocol exposes a
> live framebuffer base/size with some metadata regarding the pixel
> format/color depth etc. It contains no annotations as to whether the
> device is PCI or simply a framebuffer mapped in system memory, and so
> we can only assume that the device is enabled.
That's why I think you should actually check that the device memory
cycles are enabled to prevent setting a fixed resource for the wrong
PCI device (we could argue that would be a FW bug - better play it
safe though).
Thanks,
Lorenzo
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