From: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
To: barebox@lists.infradead.org
Cc: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@barebox.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] test: py: efiloader: test EFI ResetSystem from booted Linux
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 09:29:54 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260824073005.3267576-4-a.fatoum@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260824073005.3267576-1-a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
From: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@barebox.org>
arm64 machine_restart() calls efi_reboot() before falling back to
PSCI whenever EFI runtime services are available, so rebooting the
booted Debian kernel calls barebox's ResetSystem implementation,
which lives entirely in the .efi_runtime code section.
This way, we have a test that verifies we can call into efi_runtime
section both at boot and at runtime.
QEMU would restart the VM on a successful reset, so the test expects the
barebox banner to reappear on the console.
Assisted-by: Claude:fable-5
Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@barebox.org>
---
test/py/test_linux_efiloader.py | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 50 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/test/py/test_linux_efiloader.py b/test/py/test_linux_efiloader.py
index a76e55a91e52..eae6703e9d49 100644
--- a/test/py/test_linux_efiloader.py
+++ b/test/py/test_linux_efiloader.py
@@ -26,13 +26,7 @@ def get_dmesg(shell, grep=None):
return stdout
-@pytest.mark.lg_feature(['bootable', 'efi', 'testfs'])
-@pytest.mark.parametrize('efiloader', [False, True])
-def test_boot_manual_with_initrd(strategy, barebox, env, efiloader, debian_iso):
- """Test booting Debian kernel directly without GRUB"""
-
- barebox.run_check(f"global.bootm.efi={'required' if efiloader else 'disabled'}")
-
+def configure_bootm(strategy, barebox):
def get_option(strategy, opt):
config = strategy.target.env.config
return config.get_target_option(strategy.target.name, opt)
@@ -57,6 +51,16 @@ def test_boot_manual_with_initrd(strategy, barebox, env, efiloader, debian_iso):
# Speed up subsequent runs a bit
barebox.run_check("global linux.bootargs.noapparmor=apparmor=0")
+
+@pytest.mark.lg_feature(['bootable', 'efi', 'testfs'])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('efiloader', [False, True])
+def test_boot_manual_with_initrd(strategy, barebox, env, efiloader, debian_iso):
+ """Test booting Debian kernel directly without GRUB"""
+
+ barebox.run_check(f"global.bootm.efi={'required' if efiloader else 'disabled'}")
+
+ configure_bootm(strategy, barebox)
+
# Boot the kernel - it should use EFI stub by default
with strategy.boot_kernel(bootm=True) as shell:
shell.run_check("grep -q apparmor=0 /proc/cmdline")
@@ -127,3 +131,42 @@ def check_efivars_filesystem_not_empty(shell):
assert ret == 0
assert len(stdout), "EFI variables directory is empty"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.lg_feature(['bootable', 'efi', 'testfs'])
+def test_efi_reset_system(strategy, barebox, env, debian_iso):
+ """Test rebooting Linux via barebox's EFI ResetSystem runtime service
+
+ arm64 machine_restart() calls efi_reboot() before falling back to
+ PSCI whenever EFI runtime services are available, so a reboot from
+ the booted kernel calls into the barebox .efi_runtime code section
+ after ExitBootServices.
+ """
+
+ barebox.run_check("global.bootm.efi=required")
+
+ configure_bootm(strategy, barebox)
+
+ with strategy.boot_kernel(bootm=True) as shell:
+ # ensure the kernel did not give up on EFI runtime services
+ check_expected_efi_messages(shell, env)
+ stdout, _, _ = shell.run("dmesg | grep 'Runtime Services are disabled'")
+ assert stdout == [], "kernel disabled EFI runtime services"
+
+ strategy.console.sendline("reboot -f")
+
+ # QEMU reboots the VM on a successful reset, so barebox comes
+ # back up on the same console
+ _, before, _, _ = strategy.console.expect(
+ [r"barebox 2\d{3}"], timeout=120)
+
+ # A faulting ResetSystem would be caught by the kernel, which
+ # then complains and falls back to PSCI. That also reboots, so
+ # check the console log to tell the two apart.
+ before = before.decode("utf-8", errors="replace")
+ for pattern in ["Synchronous exception in EFI runtime service",
+ "Unable to handle kernel",
+ "Internal error",
+ "Runtime Services are disabled"]:
+ assert pattern not in before, \
+ f"kernel reported EFI runtime fault: {pattern}"
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-24 7:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-24 7:29 [PATCH 1/4] ARM: lds: place EFI runtime code and data in separate PT_LOAD segments Ahmad Fatoum
2026-08-24 7:29 ` [PATCH 2/4] efi: loader: map code-type page allocations executable Ahmad Fatoum
2026-08-24 7:29 ` [PATCH 3/4] ARM: allow CONFIG_ARM_MMU_PERMISSIONS together with EFI_RUNTIME Ahmad Fatoum
2026-08-24 7:29 ` Ahmad Fatoum [this message]
2026-08-24 12:28 ` [PATCH 1/4] ARM: lds: place EFI runtime code and data in separate PT_LOAD segments Sascha Hauer
2026-08-25 13:49 ` Sascha Hauer
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