On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 11:59:12PM +0200, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
Hello Alex,
currently we have two code sections in U-Boot:
- __efi_runtime/__efi_runtime_data (mapped to EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES_CODE)
- all other code (mapped to EFI_LOADER_DATA by add_u_boot_and_runtime())
All code and data that is not marked as __efi_runtime or __efi_runtime_data lives in a memory area that the EFI application may reuse after ExitBootServices().
Code that is marked as __efi_runtime is relocated at SetVirtualMemoryMap().
I wonder in which section the relocation code should live.
It cannot be __efi_runtime or it will mess up itself while relocating.
What's the matter? I think that you can build relocation code as PIC if you pass all the necessary global addresses as parameters.
-Takahiro Akashi
It cannot be in EFI_LOADER_DATA or it may be overwritten after ExitBootServices().
If this reasoning is right wouldn't we need a third code section living in EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES_CODE but which is excluded from the relocation during SetVirtualMemoryMap()?
Another option of cause would be to put the whole U-Boot code into EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES_CODE which will incur a loss of less than 1 MiB for the operating system.
Best regards
Heinrich