[edk2-devel] [PATCH v4 0/6] UefiCpuPkg, OvmfPkg: Simplify CpuExceptionHandlerLib

[Rebecca Cran]

Sorry for the delay. I've just sent my reviewed-by.


On 4/4/23 3:46 AM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> Thanks all
>
> Ray, any comments on this version? Thanks.
>
> Liming, Rebecca, any comments on the BaseTools changes?
>
>
>
> On Tue, 4 Apr 2023 at 09:57, Marvin Häuser <mhaeuser at posteo.de> wrote:
>> FWIW, Reviewed-by: Marvin Häuser <mhaeuser at posteo.de>
>>
>>> On 3. Apr 2023, at 16:29, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb at kernel.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> We have a special version of CpuExceptionHandlerLib for XCODE5, whose
>>> linker (LLD) does not permit absolute symbol references in read-only
>>> sections.
>>>
>>> Instead of fixing this up at runtime for all toolchains (which is done
>>> by writing the fixed up values to the .text section, which we'd prefer
>>> to avoid), tweak the SEC/PEI version so it does not need this, and
>>> update the remaining versions to only incorporate this logic when using
>>> the XCODE toolchain.
>>>
>>> Changes since v3:
>>> - Add another patch to move PeiCpuExceptionHandlerLib to SEC/PEI version
>>>   of the NASM source file
>>> - Improve commit logs
>>>
>>> Changes since v2:
>>> -  As Marvin points out, using '-read_only_relocs suppress' with the X64
>>>    XCODE linker is a terrible idea, as it corrupts the resulting PE
>>>    binaries, so instead, let's do the following:
>>>    . tweak the SEC/PEI version of the library so the relocs are emitted
>>>      into .data when using XCODE;
>>>    . tweak the other versions so the runtime fixups are only done when
>>>      using XCODE
>>> - add acks from Jiewen and Ray
>>>
>>> Changes since v1:
>>> - pass linker switches to permit absolute relocations in read-only
>>>   regions, and keep all code in .text
>>>
>>> Cc: "Ni, Ray" <ray.ni at intel.com>
>>> Cc: Andrew Fish <afish at apple.com>
>>> Cc: "Kinney, Michael D" <michael.d.kinney at intel.com>
>>> Cc: "Liu, Zhiguang" <zhiguang.liu at intel.com>
>>> Cc: Rebecca Cran <rebecca at bsdio.com>
>>> Cc: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky at amd.com>
>>> Cc: Marvin Häuser <mhaeuser at posteo.de>
>>>
>>> Ard Biesheuvel (6):
>>>   BaseTools/tools_def CLANGDWARF: Permit text relocations
>>>   UefiCpuPkg/CpuExceptionHandlerLib: Use single SEC/PEI version
>>>   UefiCpuPkg/PeiCpuExceptionHandlerLib: Use SEC/PEI specific asm
>>>     component
>>>   UefiCpuPkg/CpuExceptionHandlerLib: Make runtime fixups XCODE-only
>>>   OvmfPkg: Drop special Xcode5 version of exception handler library
>>>   UefiCpuPkg/CpuExceptionHandlerLib: Drop special XCODE5 version
>>>
>>> BaseTools/Conf/tools_def.template                                                                                |   2 +-
>>> OvmfPkg/AmdSev/AmdSevX64.dsc                                                                                     |   4 -
>>> OvmfPkg/CloudHv/CloudHvX64.dsc                                                                                   |   4 -
>>> OvmfPkg/IntelTdx/IntelTdxX64.dsc                                                                                 |   4 -
>>> OvmfPkg/Microvm/MicrovmX64.dsc                                                                                   |   4 -
>>> OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgIa32.dsc                                                                                          |   4 -
>>> OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgIa32X64.dsc                                                                                       |   4 -
>>> OvmfPkg/OvmfPkgX64.dsc                                                                                           |   4 -
>>> OvmfPkg/OvmfXen.dsc                                                                                              |   4 -
>>> UefiCpuPkg/Library/CpuExceptionHandlerLib/DxeCpuExceptionHandlerLib.inf                                          |   5 +-
>>> UefiCpuPkg/Library/CpuExceptionHandlerLib/PeiCpuExceptionHandlerLib.inf                                          |   4 +-
>>> UefiCpuPkg/Library/CpuExceptionHandlerLib/SecPeiCpuExceptionHandlerLib.inf                                       |   4 +-
>>> UefiCpuPkg/Library/CpuExceptionHandlerLib/SmmCpuExceptionHandlerLib.inf                                          |   4 +-
>>> UefiCpuPkg/Library/CpuExceptionHandlerLib/X64/ExceptionHandlerAsm.nasm                                           | 116 +++++++++++++++++---
>>> UefiCpuPkg/Library/CpuExceptionHandlerLib/X64/{Xcode5ExceptionHandlerAsm.nasm => SecPeiExceptionHandlerAsm.nasm} | 108 +++---------------
>>> UefiCpuPkg/Library/CpuExceptionHandlerLib/Xcode5SecPeiCpuExceptionHandlerLib.inf                                 |  65 -----------
>>> UefiCpuPkg/Library/CpuExceptionHandlerLib/Xcode5SecPeiCpuExceptionHandlerLib.uni                                 |  18 ---
>>> UefiCpuPkg/UefiCpuPkg.dsc                                                                                        |   7 --
>>> 18 files changed, 133 insertions(+), 232 deletions(-)
>>> rename UefiCpuPkg/Library/CpuExceptionHandlerLib/X64/{Xcode5ExceptionHandlerAsm.nasm => SecPeiExceptionHandlerAsm.nasm} (70%)
>>> delete mode 100644 UefiCpuPkg/Library/CpuExceptionHandlerLib/Xcode5SecPeiCpuExceptionHandlerLib.inf
>>> delete mode 100644 UefiCpuPkg/Library/CpuExceptionHandlerLib/Xcode5SecPeiCpuExceptionHandlerLib.uni
>>>
>>> --
>>> 2.39.2
>>>
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