Hi Tejas,
On Mon, 22 Jan 2024 at 21:12, Tejas Bhumkar tejas.arvind.bhumkar@amd.com wrote:
Currently, on certain Xilinx platforms, an issue has been identified, manifesting as follows:
Starting kernel ...
efi_free_pool: illegal free 0x0000000077830040 efi_free_pool: illegal free 0x000000007782d040 efi_free_pool: illegal free 0x000000007782c040
The issue arises when the ramdisk image is relocated, placing it within the previously allocated EFI memory region( as EFI is established quite early in U-Boot).
I don't mind suppressing the print for some time, but out of curiosity, how is the ramdisk relocated? LMB should be aware of the EFI regions by then, so I assume the relocation code doesn't check those?
Thanks /Ilias
Consequently, when attempting to release memory in the EFI memory region during the handover process to the kernel,we encounter memory violations.
Highlighting that EFI remains active primarily during the booting of an EFI application, and the lmb persists while configuring images for the boot process. Since we aren't utilizing the EFI memory region during the boot process, there is no adverse impact even in the event of a violation.
Currently, there is an ongoing discussion regarding the handling strategies of three memory allocators: malloc, lmb, and EFI. This discussion is documented in the email chain titled "Proposal: U-Boot memory management."
Therefore, it is advisable to suppress the print message during the boot process for now.
Signed-off-by: Tejas Bhumkar tejas.arvind.bhumkar@amd.com
lib/efi_loader/efi_memory.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_memory.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_memory.c index edfad2d95a..821fe7616e 100644 --- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_memory.c +++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_memory.c @@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ efi_status_t efi_free_pool(void *buffer) /* Check that this memory was allocated by efi_allocate_pool() */ if (((uintptr_t)alloc & EFI_PAGE_MASK) || alloc->checksum != checksum(alloc)) {
printf("%s: illegal free 0x%p\n", __func__, buffer);
debug("%s: illegal free 0x%p\n", __func__, buffer); return EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER; } /* Avoid double free */-- 2.27.0