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From: "Marvin Häuser" <mhaeuser@posteo.de>
To: Yuanhao Xie <yuanhao.xie@intel.com>,devel@edk2.groups.io
Subject: Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 2/5] UefiCpuPkg: Contiguous memory allocation and code clean-up.
Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2023 08:40:41 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <32073.1675788041796635561@groups.io> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230207134939.273-3-yuanhao.xie@intel.com>

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Hi Yuanhao,

1) The code comments and copy code suggest that the stacks are located low and the function is located high (good). However, the SetMemorySpaceAttributes() call un-XP's Address, which is the low address. So, do I misunderstand the changes, or are you un-XP'ing the first stack (and keep the function XP'd)?

2) The same SetMemorySpaceAttributes() call, you now pass ApLoopFuncSize over ApSafeBufferSize. The latter was explicitly page-aligned, while the former is not. How is it guaranteed it is indeed aligned? If it is not, I don't think this is supported, at least universally.

3) Similar to 2), the stack size is much smaller than the page size, no? How do you guarantee the function is on a page boundary for memory protection?

4) A proper W^X flow should be to wait with un-XP till the CopyMem() for the function code has returned. Right before that, the copied code should be marked read-only.

Best regards,
Marvin

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  reply	other threads:[~2023-02-07 16:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-02-07 13:49 [PATCH 0/5] Put APs in 64 bit mode before handoff to OS Yuanhao Xie
2023-02-07 13:49 ` [PATCH 1/5] UefiCpuPkg: Duplicate RelocateApLoop for Amd x64 processors Yuanhao Xie
2023-02-07 13:49 ` [PATCH 2/5] UefiCpuPkg: Contiguous memory allocation and code clean-up Yuanhao Xie
2023-02-07 16:40   ` Marvin Häuser [this message]
2023-02-07 16:43     ` [edk2-devel] " Marvin Häuser
2023-02-08 10:36     ` Yuanhao Xie
2023-02-08 11:09   ` Gerd Hoffmann
2023-02-10  9:12     ` Yuanhao Xie
2023-02-10 11:09       ` Gerd Hoffmann
2023-02-10 12:52         ` Ni, Ray
2023-02-07 13:49 ` [PATCH 3/5] OvmfPkg: Add CpuPageTableLib required by MpInitLib Yuanhao Xie
2023-02-08 10:53   ` Gerd Hoffmann
2023-02-09 16:30     ` [edk2-devel] " Ard Biesheuvel
2023-02-07 13:49 ` [PATCH 4/5] UefiPayloadPkg: " Yuanhao Xie
2023-02-08  5:38   ` Guo, Gua
2023-02-08 17:02   ` Guo Dong
2023-02-07 13:49 ` [PATCH 5/5] UefiCpuPkg: Put APs in 64 bit mode before handoff to OS Yuanhao Xie

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