[PATCH SLOF v2 5/5] disk-label: add support for booting from GPT FAT partition
Nikunj A Dadhania
nikunj at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Mon Jun 29 21:13:38 AEST 2015
Thomas Huth <thuth at redhat.com> writes:
> On Thu, 25 Jun 2015 12:15:29 +0530
> Nikunj A Dadhania <nikunj at linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>
>> For a GPT+LVM combination disk, older bootloader that does not support
>> LVM, cannot load kernel from LVM.
>>
>> The patch adds support to read from BASIC_DATA UUID partitions for the
>> case that the OS installer has installed the CHRP-BOOT config on a FAT
>> file system.
>>
>> Makes GPT detection robust
>> * Check for Protective MBR Magic
>> * Check for valid GPT Signature
>> * Boundary check for allocated block size before reading into the
>> buffer
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Nikunj A Dadhania <nikunj at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> ---
>> slof/fs/packages/disk-label.fs | 96 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
>> 1 file changed, 76 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/slof/fs/packages/disk-label.fs b/slof/fs/packages/disk-label.fs
>> index 7ed5526..e5759a3 100644
>> --- a/slof/fs/packages/disk-label.fs
>> +++ b/slof/fs/packages/disk-label.fs
> ...
>> @@ -378,29 +382,80 @@ AA268B49521E5A8B CONSTANT GPT-PREP-PARTITION-4
>> true
>> ;
>>
>> -: load-from-gpt-prep-partition ( addr -- size )
>> - no-gpt? IF drop false EXIT THEN
>> - debug-disk-label? IF
>> - cr ." GPT partition found " cr
>> - THEN
>> - 1 read-disk-buf disk-buf gpt>part-entry-lba l at -le
>> +\ Check for GPT MSFT BASIC DATA GUID - fat based
>> +EBD0A0A2 CONSTANT GPT-BASIC-DATA-PARTITION-1
>> +B9E5 CONSTANT GPT-BASIC-DATA-PARTITION-2
>> +4433 CONSTANT GPT-BASIC-DATA-PARTITION-3
>> +87C068B6B72699C7 CONSTANT GPT-BASIC-DATA-PARTITION-4
>> +
>> +: gpt-basic-data-partition? ( -- true|false )
>> + disk-buf gpt-part-entry>part-type-guid
>> + dup l at -le GPT-BASIC-DATA-PARTITION-1 <> IF drop false EXIT THEN
>> + dup 4 + w at -le GPT-BASIC-DATA-PARTITION-2 <> IF drop false EXIT THEN
>> + dup 6 + w at -le GPT-BASIC-DATA-PARTITION-3 <> IF drop false EXIT THEN
>> + 8 + x@ GPT-BASIC-DATA-PARTITION-4 <> IF false EXIT THEN
>> + true
>> +;
>
> You could remove the "<> IF false EXIT THEN true" at the end and
> replace it with a simple "=".
Sure, will update the prep code as well.
>
>> +\
>> +\ GPT Signature
>> +\ ("EFI PART", 45h 46h 49h 20h 50h 41h 52h 54h)
>> +\
>> +4546492050415254 CONSTANT GPT-SIGNATURE
>> +
>> +: verify-gpt-partition ( -- true | false )
>
> I'd prefer if you could write "true|false" without spaces around the
> "|" so that it is clear at a glance that there is only one item on the
> stack.
Sure.
> Could you maybe also add a comment above the function that it sets up
> gpt-part-size with the size of partition entry and seek-pos with the
> position of the partition entry? ...since these are non-obvious
> side-effect of this function... All in all, maybe you should also name
> the function differently, since it does more than just verifying.
Yes, I was thinking to have this out of verify-gpt-partition, but then
it would be duplication, will rename and add comments accordingly.
>> + no-gpt? IF false EXIT THEN
>> + debug-disk-label? IF cr ." GPT partition found " cr THEN
>> + 1 read-disk-buf
>> + disk-buf gpt>part-entry-lba x at -le
>> block-size * to seek-pos
>> disk-buf gpt>part-entry-size l at -le to gpt-part-size
>> - disk-buf gpt>num-part-entry l at -le dup 0= IF false EXIT THEN
>> + gpt-part-size disk-buf-size > IF
>> + cr ." GPT part size exceeds buffer allocated " cr
>> + false exit
>> + THEN
>> + disk-buf gpt>signature x@ GPT-SIGNATURE =
>> +;
>> +
>> +: load-from-gpt-prep-partition ( addr -- size )
>> + verify-gpt-partition 0= IF false EXIT THEN
>> + disk-buf gpt>num-part-entry l at -le dup 0= IF false exit THEN
>> 1+ 1 ?DO
>> seek-pos 0 seek drop
>> disk-buf gpt-part-size read drop gpt-prep-partition? IF
>> - debug-disk-label? IF
>> - ." GPT PReP partition found " cr
>> - THEN
>> - disk-buf gpt-part-entry>first-lba x at -le
>> - disk-buf gpt-part-entry>last-lba x at -le
>> - over - 1+ ( addr offset len )
>> - swap ( addr len offset )
>> - block-size * to part-offset
>> - 0 0 seek drop ( addr len )
>> - block-size * read ( size )
>> + debug-disk-label? IF ." GPT PReP partition found " cr THEN
>> + disk-buf gpt-part-entry>first-lba x at -le ( addr first-lba )
>> + disk-buf gpt-part-entry>last-lba x at -le ( addr first-lba last-lba)
>> + over - 1+ ( addr first-lba blocks )
>> + swap ( addr blocks )
>
> The stack comment looks wrong here, should this be:
>
> ( addr blocks first-lba )
>
> ?
Yes, i missed first-lap at top :-(
>
>> + block-size * to part-offset ( addr blocks )
>> + 0 0 seek drop ( addr blocks )
>> + block-size * read ( size )
>> UNLOOP EXIT
>> + THEN
>> + seek-pos gpt-part-size i * + to seek-pos
>> + LOOP
>> + false
>> +;
>> +
>> +: try-gpt-dos-partition ( -- true | false )
>
> "true | false" --> "true|false" ?
OK
>
>> + verify-gpt-partition 0= IF false EXIT THEN
>> + disk-buf gpt>num-part-entry l at -le dup 0= IF false EXIT THEN
>> + 1+ 1 ?DO
>> + seek-pos 0 seek drop
>> + disk-buf gpt-part-size read drop
>> + gpt-basic-data-partition? IF
>> + debug-disk-label? IF ." GPT LINUX DATA partition found " cr THEN
>
> I think that string should maybe rather talk about "basic data
> partition" instead of "LINUX data partition" ?
Ok
>
>> + disk-buf gpt-part-entry>first-lba x at -le ( first-lba )
>> + dup to part-start ( first-lba )
>> + disk-buf gpt-part-entry>last-lba x at -le ( first-lba last-lba )
>> + over - 1+ ( first-lba s1 )
>> + block-size * to part-size ( first-lba )
>> + block-size * to part-offset ( )
>> + 0 0 seek drop ( )
>> + disk-buf block-size read drop ( )
>> + disk-buf fat-bootblock? 0= IF false UNLOOP EXIT THEN
>> + true UNLOOP EXIT
>
> You could simplify the above two lines to:
>
> disk-buf fat-bootblock?
> UNLOOP EXIT
Right, as we exit in both cases.
>
>> THEN
>> seek-pos gpt-part-size i * + to seek-pos
>> LOOP
>> @@ -492,7 +547,7 @@ AA268B49521E5A8B CONSTANT GPT-PREP-PARTITION-4
>>
>> debug-disk-label? IF ." Trying CHRP boot " .s cr THEN
>> 1 disk-chrp-boot !
>> - dup load-chrp-boot-file ?dup 0 <> IF .s cr nip EXIT THEN
>> + dup load-chrp-boot-file ?dup 0 <> IF nip EXIT THEN
>> 0 disk-chrp-boot !
>>
>> debug-disk-label? IF ." Trying GPT boot " .s cr THEN
>> @@ -592,6 +647,7 @@ AA268B49521E5A8B CONSTANT GPT-PREP-PARTITION-4
>>
>> : try-partitions ( -- found? )
>> try-dos-partition IF try-files EXIT THEN
>> + try-gpt-dos-partition IF try-files EXIT THEN
>> \ try-iso9660-partition IF try-files EXIT THEN
>> \ ... more partition types here...
>> false
>
> Thomas
Thanks
Nikunj
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