The EFI-loader implementation converts things back and forth between addresses and pointers, with not much consistency in how this is done.
Within most of U-Boot a pointer is a void * and an address is a ulong
This convention is very helpful, since it is obvious in common code as to whether you need to call map_sysmem() and friends, or not.
As part of cleaning up the EFI memory-management, I found it almost impossible to know in some cases whether something is an address or a pointer. I decided to give up on that and come back to it when this is resolved.
This series starts applying the normal ulong/void * convention to the EFI_loader code, so making things easier to follow. For now, u64 is often used instead of ulong, but the effect is the same.
The main changes are: - Rather than using the external struct efi_mem_desc data-structure for internal bookkeeping, create a new one, so it can have different semantics - Within efi_memory.c addresses are used, rather than addresses masquerading as pointers. The conversions are done in efi_boottime
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/u-boot/20240725135629.3505072-1-sjg@chromium.org/
Changes in v4: - Add new patch to show the address for pool allocations - Combine the various pointer-to-address patches into one
Changes in v3: - Adjust comments - Show the returned address rather than the pointer - Put the header-file in its own section - Add comment to struct efi_device_path_memory - Use a pointer for the values in struct efi_device_path_memory
Changes in v2: - Fix missing @ - Note that this holds pointers, not addresses - Add a new patch with comments where incorrect addresses are used - Use EFI_PRINT() instead of log_debug() - Rebase on early patch - Add new patch to add the EFI-loader API documentation - Drop the changes to the boottime API - Add new patch to use a separate stuct for memory nodes - Drop patch 'Convert efi_get_memory_map() to return pointers' - Drop patch 'efi_loader: Make more use of ulong' - Significantly expand and redirect the series
Simon Glass (25): efi: Define fields in struct efi_mem_desc efi_loader: Fix typos in enum efi_allocate_type efi_loader: Drop extra brackets in efi_mem_carve_out() efi_loader: Add comments where incorrect addresses are used efi_loader: Show the resulting memory address from an alloc efi_loader: Update startimage_exit self-test to check error efi_loader: Move some memory-function comments to header doc: efi: Add the EFI-loader API documentation efi_loader: Use the enum for memory type efi_loader: Use a separate struct for memory nodes efi_loader: Drop virtual_start from priv_mem_desc efi_loader: Drop reserved from priv_mem_desc efi_loader: Use the enum for the memory type in priv_mem_desc efi_loader: Avoid assigning desc in efi_mem_carve_out() efi_loader: Move struct efi_mem_list fields together efi_loader: Rename struct efi_mem_list to mem_node efi_loader: Rename physical_start to base efi_loader: Use correct type in efi_add_runtime_mmio() efi_loader: Show the address for pool allocations efi_loader: Don't try to add sandbox runtime code efi_loader: Update to use addresses internally efi_loader: Correct address-usage in copy_fdt() efi_loader: Drop comments about incorrect addresses efi_bootmgr: Avoid casts in try_load_from_uri_path() efi_loader: Simplify efi_dp_from_mem()
arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/cpu.c | 2 +- arch/arm/mach-bcm283x/reset.c | 2 +- doc/api/efi.rst | 6 + include/efi.h | 23 +- include/efi_api.h | 10 + include/efi_loader.h | 102 ++++-- lib/efi_loader/efi_bootbin.c | 3 +- lib/efi_loader/efi_bootmgr.c | 10 +- lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c | 53 ++- lib/efi_loader/efi_device_path.c | 18 +- lib/efi_loader/efi_dt_fixup.c | 4 - lib/efi_loader/efi_helper.c | 4 +- lib/efi_loader/efi_image_loader.c | 3 +- lib/efi_loader/efi_memory.c | 301 +++++++----------- lib/efi_loader/efi_runtime.c | 7 +- lib/efi_loader/efi_var_mem.c | 6 +- .../efi_selftest_startimage_exit.c | 6 +- lib/lmb.c | 10 +- 18 files changed, 313 insertions(+), 257 deletions(-)