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| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c index 319148bd4b05..2f25a363068c 100644 --- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c +++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c @@ -269,6 +269,22 @@ int __init efi_setup_page_tables(unsigned long pa_memmap, unsigned num_pages) efi_scratch.use_pgd = true; /* + * Certain firmware versions are way too sentimential and still believe + * they are exclusive and unquestionable owners of the first physical page, + * even though they explicitly mark it as EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY + * (but then write-access it later during SetVirtualAddressMap()). + * + * Create a 1:1 mapping for this page, to avoid triple faults during early + * boot with such firmware. We are free to hand this page to the BIOS, + * as trim_bios_range() will reserve the first page and isolate it away + * from memory allocators anyway. + */ + if (kernel_map_pages_in_pgd(pgd, 0x0, 0x0, 1, _PAGE_RW)) { + pr_err("Failed to create 1:1 mapping for the first page!\n"); + return 1; + } + + /* * When making calls to the firmware everything needs to be 1:1 * mapped and addressable with 32-bit pointers. Map the kernel * text and allocate a new stack because we can't rely on the |