x86/efi: Drop support for the EFI_PROPERTIES_TABLE

Drop support for the EFI_PROPERTIES_TABLE. It was a failed, short-lived
experiment that broke the boot both on Linux and Windows, and was
replaced by the EFI_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES_TABLE shortly after.

Suggested-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenz@amazon.com>
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>

Author: vianpl

arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c

@@ -54,14 +54,12 @@
 #include <asm/uv/uv.h>
 
 static unsigned long efi_systab_phys __initdata;
-static unsigned long prop_phys = EFI_INVALID_TABLE_ADDR;
 static unsigned long uga_phys = EFI_INVALID_TABLE_ADDR;
 static unsigned long efi_runtime, efi_nr_tables;
 
 unsigned long efi_fw_vendor, efi_config_table;
 
 static const efi_config_table_type_t arch_tables[] __initconst = {
-	{EFI_PROPERTIES_TABLE_GUID,	&prop_phys,		"PROP"		},
 	{UGA_IO_PROTOCOL_GUID,		&uga_phys,		"UGA"		},
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_UV
 	{UV_SYSTEM_TABLE_GUID,		&uv_systab_phys,	"UVsystab"	},
@@ -82,7 +80,6 @@ static const unsigned long * const efi_tables[] = {
 	&efi_runtime,
 	&efi_config_table,
 	&efi.esrt,
-	&prop_phys,
 	&efi_mem_attr_table,
 #ifdef CONFIG_EFI_RCI2_TABLE
 	&rci2_table_phys,
@@ -502,22 +499,6 @@ void __init efi_init(void)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	/* Parse the EFI Properties table if it exists */
-	if (prop_phys != EFI_INVALID_TABLE_ADDR) {
-		efi_properties_table_t *tbl;
-
-		tbl = early_memremap_ro(prop_phys, sizeof(*tbl));
-		if (tbl == NULL) {
-			pr_err("Could not map Properties table!\n");
-		} else {
-			if (tbl->memory_protection_attribute &
-			    EFI_PROPERTIES_RUNTIME_MEMORY_PROTECTION_NON_EXECUTABLE_PE_DATA)
-				set_bit(EFI_NX_PE_DATA, &efi.flags);
-
-			early_memunmap(tbl, sizeof(*tbl));
-		}
-	}
-
 	set_bit(EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES, &efi.flags);
 	efi_clean_memmap();
 

arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c

@@ -412,51 +412,9 @@ static int __init efi_update_mem_attr(struct mm_struct *mm, efi_memory_desc_t *m
 
 void __init efi_runtime_update_mappings(void)
 {
-	efi_memory_desc_t *md;
-
-	/*
-	 * Use the EFI Memory Attribute Table for mapping permissions if it
-	 * exists, since it is intended to supersede EFI_PROPERTIES_TABLE.
-	 */
 	if (efi_enabled(EFI_MEM_ATTR)) {
 		efi_disable_ibt_for_runtime = false;
 		efi_memattr_apply_permissions(NULL, efi_update_mem_attr);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * EFI_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES_TABLE is intended to replace
-	 * EFI_PROPERTIES_TABLE. So, use EFI_PROPERTIES_TABLE to update
-	 * permissions only if EFI_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES_TABLE is not
-	 * published by the firmware. Even if we find a buggy implementation of
-	 * EFI_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES_TABLE, don't fall back to
-	 * EFI_PROPERTIES_TABLE, because of the same reason.
-	 */
-
-	if (!efi_enabled(EFI_NX_PE_DATA))
-		return;
-
-	for_each_efi_memory_desc(md) {
-		unsigned long pf = 0;
-
-		if (!(md->attribute & EFI_MEMORY_RUNTIME))
-			continue;
-
-		if (!(md->attribute & EFI_MEMORY_WB))
-			pf |= _PAGE_PCD;
-
-		if ((md->attribute & EFI_MEMORY_XP) ||
-			(md->type == EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES_DATA))
-			pf |= _PAGE_NX;
-
-		if (!(md->attribute & EFI_MEMORY_RO) &&
-			(md->type != EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES_CODE))
-			pf |= _PAGE_RW;
-
-		if (cc_platform_has(CC_ATTR_GUEST_MEM_ENCRYPT))
-			pf |= _PAGE_ENC;
-
-		efi_update_mappings(md, pf);
 	}
 }
 

include/linux/efi.h

@@ -379,7 +379,6 @@ void efi_native_runtime_setup(void);
 #define EFI_SYSTEM_RESOURCE_TABLE_GUID		EFI_GUID(0xb122a263, 0x3661, 0x4f68,  0x99, 0x29, 0x78, 0xf8, 0xb0, 0xd6, 0x21, 0x80)
 #define EFI_FILE_SYSTEM_GUID			EFI_GUID(0x964e5b22, 0x6459, 0x11d2,  0x8e, 0x39, 0x00, 0xa0, 0xc9, 0x69, 0x72, 0x3b)
 #define DEVICE_TREE_GUID			EFI_GUID(0xb1b621d5, 0xf19c, 0x41a5,  0x83, 0x0b, 0xd9, 0x15, 0x2c, 0x69, 0xaa, 0xe0)
-#define EFI_PROPERTIES_TABLE_GUID		EFI_GUID(0x880aaca3, 0x4adc, 0x4a04,  0x90, 0x79, 0xb7, 0x47, 0x34, 0x08, 0x25, 0xe5)
 #define EFI_RNG_PROTOCOL_GUID			EFI_GUID(0x3152bca5, 0xeade, 0x433d,  0x86, 0x2e, 0xc0, 0x1c, 0xdc, 0x29, 0x1f, 0x44)
 #define EFI_RNG_ALGORITHM_RAW			EFI_GUID(0xe43176d7, 0xb6e8, 0x4827,  0xb7, 0x84, 0x7f, 0xfd, 0xc4, 0xb6, 0x85, 0x61)
 #define EFI_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES_TABLE_GUID	EFI_GUID(0xdcfa911d, 0x26eb, 0x469f,  0xa2, 0x20, 0x38, 0xb7, 0xdc, 0x46, 0x12, 0x20)
@@ -580,15 +579,6 @@ struct efi_mem_range {
 	u64 attribute;
 };
 
-typedef struct {
-	u32 version;
-	u32 length;
-	u64 memory_protection_attribute;
-} efi_properties_table_t;
-
-#define EFI_PROPERTIES_TABLE_VERSION	0x00010000
-#define EFI_PROPERTIES_RUNTIME_MEMORY_PROTECTION_NON_EXECUTABLE_PE_DATA	0x1
-
 typedef struct {
 	u16 version;
 	u16 length;
@@ -871,10 +861,9 @@ static inline int efi_range_is_wc(unsigned long start, unsigned long len)
 #define EFI_PARAVIRT		6	/* Access is via a paravirt interface */
 #define EFI_ARCH_1		7	/* First arch-specific bit */
 #define EFI_DBG			8	/* Print additional debug info at runtime */
-#define EFI_NX_PE_DATA		9	/* Can runtime data regions be mapped non-executable? */
-#define EFI_MEM_ATTR		10	/* Did firmware publish an EFI_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES table? */
-#define EFI_MEM_NO_SOFT_RESERVE	11	/* Is the kernel configured to ignore soft reservations? */
-#define EFI_PRESERVE_BS_REGIONS	12	/* Are EFI boot-services memory segments available? */
+#define EFI_MEM_ATTR		9	/* Did firmware publish an EFI_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES table? */
+#define EFI_MEM_NO_SOFT_RESERVE	10	/* Is the kernel configured to ignore soft reservations? */
+#define EFI_PRESERVE_BS_REGIONS	11	/* Are EFI boot-services memory segments available? */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_EFI
 /*