From: Johannes Schneider <johannes.schneider@leica-geosystems.com>
To: barebox@lists.infradead.org
Cc: Marco Felsch <m.felsch@pengutronix.de>,
Johannes Schneider <johannes.schneider@leica-geosystems.com>
Subject: [PATCH v1 06/14] efi: loader: bootm: load only the PE image, not the whole file
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2026 01:19:39 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261004011958.3255011-7-johannes.schneider@leica-geosystems.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261004011958.3255011-1-johannes.schneider@leica-geosystems.com>
With global.bootm.image pointing at a raw partition, bootm loads all
of it, and hands the trailing data to efiloader_load_image() as part
of the image.
Read the PE headers first and load only as much as efi_pe_image_size()
reports. This saves on boot time, since only the actually needed data
is loaded.
Files whose headers do not parse are loaded in full as before.
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5-5
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schneider <johannes.schneider@leica-geosystems.com>
---
efi/loader/bootm.c | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 53 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/efi/loader/bootm.c b/efi/loader/bootm.c
index 425e61fd70..18539565fd 100644
--- a/efi/loader/bootm.c
+++ b/efi/loader/bootm.c
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
#include <efi/error.h>
#include <efi/initrd.h>
#include <efi/devicepath.h>
+#include <efi/loader/pe.h>
+#include <loadable.h>
/**
* copy_fdt() - Copy the device tree to a new location available to EFI
@@ -193,6 +195,48 @@ static efi_status_t efi_install_initrd(struct image_data *data,
return EFI_SUCCESS;
}
+/* The image may sit in a much larger partition: load only the image */
+static const struct resource *efi_load_os(struct image_data *data,
+ resource_size_t start,
+ resource_size_t end)
+{
+ size_t len = SZ_64K, size = 0;
+ struct resource *res;
+ ssize_t now;
+ void *hdr;
+
+ if (data->os_res || !data->os || loadable_count(data->os) > 1)
+ return bootm_load_os(data, start, end);
+
+ hdr = xmalloc(len);
+ now = loadable_extract_into_buf(data->os, hdr, len, 0,
+ LOADABLE_EXTRACT_PARTIAL);
+ if (now > 0)
+ size = efi_pe_image_size(hdr, now);
+ free(hdr);
+
+ if (!size)
+ return bootm_load_os(data, start, end);
+ if (size > end - start + 1)
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOSPC);
+
+ res = request_sdram_region("kernel", start, size, MEMTYPE_LOADER_CODE,
+ MEMATTRS_RWX);
+ if (!res)
+ return ERR_PTR(-EBUSY);
+
+ now = loadable_extract_into_buf(data->os, (void *)res->start, size, 0,
+ LOADABLE_EXTRACT_PARTIAL);
+ if (now != size) {
+ release_sdram_region(res);
+ return ERR_PTR(now < 0 ? now : -EIO);
+ }
+
+ data->os_res = res;
+
+ return res;
+}
+
static int efi_loader_bootm(struct image_data *data)
{
const struct resource *os_res;
@@ -208,13 +252,20 @@ static int efi_loader_bootm(struct image_data *data)
int ret = 0;
void *fdt;
int flags = 0;
+ size_t size;
memory_bank_first_find_space(&start, &end);
- os_res = bootm_load_os(data, start, end);
+ os_res = efi_load_os(data, start, end);
if (IS_ERR(os_res))
return PTR_ERR(os_res);
+ size = efi_pe_file_size((void *)os_res->start, resource_size(os_res));
+ if (!size) {
+ pr_err("%s is not a PE image\n", data->os_file);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
if (filetype_is_linux_efi_image(data->kernel_type)) {
const char *options;
@@ -262,8 +313,7 @@ static int efi_loader_bootm(struct image_data *data)
flags |= EFI_DRYRUN;
efiret = efiloader_load_image(false, efi_root, file_path,
- (void *)os_res->start,
- resource_size(os_res), &handle);
+ (void *)os_res->start, size, &handle);
if (efiret != EFI_SUCCESS) {
pr_err("Loading image failed\n");
goto out;
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-04 1:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-04 1:19 [PATCH v1 00/14] efi: loader: boot Authenticode-signed UKIs Johannes Schneider
2026-10-04 1:19 ` [PATCH v1 01/14] mfd: hgs-efi: do not claim the name of the EFI loader's device Johannes Schneider
2026-10-04 1:19 ` [PATCH v1 02/14] efi: loader: file: report EFI_UNSUPPORTED for volumes without a filesystem Johannes Schneider
2026-10-04 1:19 ` [PATCH v1 03/14] efi: loader: bootm: free the devicetree after installing it Johannes Schneider
2026-10-04 1:19 ` [PATCH v1 04/14] efi: loader: provide EFI_DT_FIXUP_PROTOCOL Johannes Schneider
2026-10-04 1:19 ` [PATCH v1 05/14] efi: loader: pe: add helpers for the image size and a named section Johannes Schneider
2026-10-04 1:19 ` Johannes Schneider [this message]
2026-10-04 1:19 ` [PATCH v1 07/14] efi: loader: bootm: pass the kernel command line to UKIs Johannes Schneider
2026-10-05 17:18 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-10-04 1:19 ` [PATCH v1 08/14] efi: loader: verify Authenticode signatures against built-in keys Johannes Schneider
2026-10-05 5:33 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-10-05 5:45 ` SCHNEIDER Johannes
2026-10-09 0:07 ` SCHNEIDER Johannes
2026-10-04 1:19 ` [PATCH v1 09/14] efi: loader: authenticode: add a fuzz test Johannes Schneider
2026-10-04 1:19 ` [PATCH v1 10/14] efi: loader: authenticate LoadImage() images when signing is forced Johannes Schneider
2026-10-04 1:19 ` [PATCH v1 11/14] efi: loader: file: expose no filesystem when signed images are forced Johannes Schneider
2026-10-04 1:19 ` [PATCH v1 12/14] bootm: efi: boot signed EFI images " Johannes Schneider
2026-10-04 1:19 ` [PATCH v1 13/14] efi: loader: bootm: install a devicetree for matching UKI devicetrees Johannes Schneider
2026-10-04 1:19 ` [PATCH v1 14/14] efi: loader: bootm: apply overlays carried by a UKI Johannes Schneider
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