[PATCH v2 3/3] arm64: head: tidy up the Image header definition

Ard Biesheuvel ardb at kernel.org
Tue Nov 17 07:47:29 EST 2020


Even though support for EFI boot remains entirely optional for arm64,
it is unlikely that we will ever be able to repurpose the image header
fields that the EFI loader relies on, i.e., the magic NOP at offset
0x0 and the PE header address at offset 0x3c.

So let's factor out the differences into a 'efi_signature_nop' macro and
a local symbol representing the PE header address, and move the
conditional definitions into efi-header.S, taking into account whether
CONFIG_EFI is enabled or not. While at it, switch to a signature NOP
that behaves more like a NOP, i.e., one that only clobbers the
flags.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb at kernel.org>
Acked-by: Will Deacon <will at kernel.org>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/efi-header.S | 43 +++++++++++++++-----
 arch/arm64/kernel/head.S       | 19 +--------
 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/efi-header.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/efi-header.S
index ddaf57d825b5..28d8a5dca5f1 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/efi-header.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/efi-header.S
@@ -7,7 +7,27 @@
 #include <linux/pe.h>
 #include <linux/sizes.h>
 
+	.macro	efi_signature_nop
+#ifdef CONFIG_EFI
+.L_head:
+	/*
+	 * This ccmp instruction has no meaningful effect except that
+	 * its opcode forms the magic "MZ" signature required by UEFI.
+	 */
+	ccmp	x18, #0, #0xd, pl
+#else
+	/*
+	 * Bootloaders may inspect the opcode at the start of the kernel
+	 * image to decide if the kernel is capable of booting via UEFI.
+	 * So put an ordinary NOP here, not the "MZ.." pseudo-nop above.
+	 */
+	nop
+#endif
+	.endm
+
 	.macro	__EFI_PE_HEADER
+#ifdef CONFIG_EFI
+	.set	.Lpe_header_offset, . - .L_head
 	.long	PE_MAGIC
 	.short	IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_ARM64		// Machine
 	.short	.Lsection_count				// NumberOfSections
@@ -26,8 +46,8 @@
 	.long	__initdata_begin - .Lefi_header_end	// SizeOfCode
 	.long	__pecoff_data_size			// SizeOfInitializedData
 	.long	0					// SizeOfUninitializedData
-	.long	__efistub_efi_pe_entry - _head		// AddressOfEntryPoint
-	.long	.Lefi_header_end - _head		// BaseOfCode
+	.long	__efistub_efi_pe_entry - .L_head	// AddressOfEntryPoint
+	.long	.Lefi_header_end - .L_head		// BaseOfCode
 
 	.quad	0					// ImageBase
 	.long	SEGMENT_ALIGN				// SectionAlignment
@@ -40,10 +60,10 @@
 	.short	0					// MinorSubsystemVersion
 	.long	0					// Win32VersionValue
 
-	.long	_end - _head				// SizeOfImage
+	.long	_end - .L_head				// SizeOfImage
 
 	// Everything before the kernel image is considered part of the header
-	.long	.Lefi_header_end - _head		// SizeOfHeaders
+	.long	.Lefi_header_end - .L_head		// SizeOfHeaders
 	.long	0					// CheckSum
 	.short	IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_EFI_APPLICATION		// Subsystem
 	.short	0					// DllCharacteristics
@@ -62,7 +82,7 @@
 	.quad	0					// BaseRelocationTable
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_EFI
-	.long	.Lefi_debug_table - _head		// DebugTable
+	.long	.Lefi_debug_table - .L_head		// DebugTable
 	.long	.Lefi_debug_table_size
 #endif
 
@@ -70,9 +90,9 @@
 .Lsection_table:
 	.ascii	".text\0\0\0"
 	.long	__initdata_begin - .Lefi_header_end	// VirtualSize
-	.long	.Lefi_header_end - _head		// VirtualAddress
+	.long	.Lefi_header_end - .L_head		// VirtualAddress
 	.long	__initdata_begin - .Lefi_header_end	// SizeOfRawData
-	.long	.Lefi_header_end - _head		// PointerToRawData
+	.long	.Lefi_header_end - .L_head		// PointerToRawData
 
 	.long	0					// PointerToRelocations
 	.long	0					// PointerToLineNumbers
@@ -84,9 +104,9 @@
 
 	.ascii	".data\0\0\0"
 	.long	__pecoff_data_size			// VirtualSize
-	.long	__initdata_begin - _head		// VirtualAddress
+	.long	__initdata_begin - .L_head		// VirtualAddress
 	.long	__pecoff_data_rawsize			// SizeOfRawData
-	.long	__initdata_begin - _head		// PointerToRawData
+	.long	__initdata_begin - .L_head		// PointerToRawData
 
 	.long	0					// PointerToRelocations
 	.long	0					// PointerToLineNumbers
@@ -121,7 +141,7 @@
 	.long	IMAGE_DEBUG_TYPE_CODEVIEW		// Type
 	.long	.Lefi_debug_entry_size			// SizeOfData
 	.long	0					// RVA
-	.long	.Lefi_debug_entry - _head		// FileOffset
+	.long	.Lefi_debug_entry - .L_head		// FileOffset
 
 	.set	.Lefi_debug_table_size, . - .Lefi_debug_table
 	.previous
@@ -140,4 +160,7 @@
 
 	.balign	SEGMENT_ALIGN
 .Lefi_header_end:
+#else
+	.set	.Lpe_header_offset, 0x0
+#endif
 	.endm
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
index d8d9caf02834..c1f8f2c5be47 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
@@ -58,21 +58,11 @@
  * in the entry routines.
  */
 	__HEAD
-_head:
 	/*
 	 * DO NOT MODIFY. Image header expected by Linux boot-loaders.
 	 */
-#ifdef CONFIG_EFI
-	/*
-	 * This add instruction has no meaningful effect except that
-	 * its opcode forms the magic "MZ" signature required by UEFI.
-	 */
-	add	x13, x18, #0x16
-	b	primary_entry
-#else
+	efi_signature_nop			// special NOP to identity as PE/COFF executable
 	b	primary_entry			// branch to kernel start, magic
-	.long	0				// reserved
-#endif
 	.quad	0				// Image load offset from start of RAM, little-endian
 	le64sym	_kernel_size_le			// Effective size of kernel image, little-endian
 	le64sym	_kernel_flags_le		// Informative flags, little-endian
@@ -80,14 +70,9 @@ _head:
 	.quad	0				// reserved
 	.quad	0				// reserved
 	.ascii	ARM64_IMAGE_MAGIC		// Magic number
-#ifdef CONFIG_EFI
-	.long	pe_header - _head		// Offset to the PE header.
+	.long	.Lpe_header_offset		// Offset to the PE header.
 
-pe_header:
 	__EFI_PE_HEADER
-#else
-	.long	0				// reserved
-#endif
 
 	__INIT
 
-- 
2.20.1




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