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[edk2,RFC,1/7] MdePkg/Base: introduce MAX_ALLOC_ADDRESS

Message ID 20181207112304.19765-2-ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org
State New
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Series introduce MAX_ALLOC_ADDRESS to limit boot time allocations | expand

Commit Message

Ard Biesheuvel Dec. 7, 2018, 11:22 a.m. UTC
On some architectures, the maximum representable address deviates from
the virtual address range that is accessible by the firmware at boot
time. For instance, on AArch64, UEFI mandates a 4 KB page size, which
limits the address space to 48 bits, while more than that may be
populated on a particular platform, for use by the OS.

So introduce a new macro MAX_ALLOC_ADDRESS, which represent the maximum
address the firmware should take into account when allocating memory
ranges that need to be accessible by the CPU at boot time. Initially,
it just defaults to MAX_ADDRESS, but later on, architectures may elect
to override it to a smaller number.

This means that all replacements of MAX_ADDRESS with MAX_ALLOC_ADDRESS
are functional no-ops unless an architecture sets a value for the latter.

Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.1
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>

---
 MdePkg/Include/Base.h | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

-- 
2.19.2

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Comments

Laszlo Ersek Dec. 7, 2018, 12:53 p.m. UTC | #1
On 12/07/18 12:22, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> On some architectures, the maximum representable address deviates from

> the virtual address range that is accessible by the firmware at boot

> time. For instance, on AArch64, UEFI mandates a 4 KB page size, which

> limits the address space to 48 bits, while more than that may be

> populated on a particular platform, for use by the OS.

> 

> So introduce a new macro MAX_ALLOC_ADDRESS, which represent the maximum

> address the firmware should take into account when allocating memory

> ranges that need to be accessible by the CPU at boot time. Initially,

> it just defaults to MAX_ADDRESS, but later on, architectures may elect

> to override it to a smaller number.

> 

> This means that all replacements of MAX_ADDRESS with MAX_ALLOC_ADDRESS

> are functional no-ops unless an architecture sets a value for the latter.

> 

> Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.1

> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>

> ---

>  MdePkg/Include/Base.h | 4 ++++

>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

> 

> diff --git a/MdePkg/Include/Base.h b/MdePkg/Include/Base.h

> index bc877d8125a5..618f8ea85ce7 100644

> --- a/MdePkg/Include/Base.h

> +++ b/MdePkg/Include/Base.h

> @@ -404,6 +404,10 @@ struct _LIST_ENTRY {

>  #define MIN_INT32  (((INT32) -2147483647) - 1)

>  #define MIN_INT64  (((INT64) -9223372036854775807LL) - 1)

>  

> +#ifndef MAX_ALLOC_ADDRESS

> +#define MAX_ALLOC_ADDRESS   MAX_ADDRESS

> +#endif

> +

>  #define  BIT0     0x00000001

>  #define  BIT1     0x00000002

>  #define  BIT2     0x00000004

> 


Given that the page size is dictated by the spec, I think adding
MAX_ALLOC_ADDRESS as a macro, and doing it here, is appropriate.

Reviewed-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>


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diff --git a/MdePkg/Include/Base.h b/MdePkg/Include/Base.h
index bc877d8125a5..618f8ea85ce7 100644
--- a/MdePkg/Include/Base.h
+++ b/MdePkg/Include/Base.h
@@ -404,6 +404,10 @@  struct _LIST_ENTRY {
 #define MIN_INT32  (((INT32) -2147483647) - 1)
 #define MIN_INT64  (((INT64) -9223372036854775807LL) - 1)
 
+#ifndef MAX_ALLOC_ADDRESS
+#define MAX_ALLOC_ADDRESS   MAX_ADDRESS
+#endif
+
 #define  BIT0     0x00000001
 #define  BIT1     0x00000002
 #define  BIT2     0x00000004