[Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 2/3] x86/boot: Introduce the kernel_info.setup_type_max

[Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@xxxxxxxxxx>]

This field contains maximal allowed type for setup_data.

Now bump the setup_header version in arch/x86/boot/header.S.

Suggested-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Ross Philipson <ross.philipson@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/x86/boot.rst             | 9 ++++++++-
 arch/x86/boot/compressed/kernel_info.S | 5 +++++
 arch/x86/boot/header.S                 | 2 +-
 arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h  | 3 +++
 4 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/x86/boot.rst b/Documentation/x86/boot.rst
index d5323a39f5e3..4c536bc8816d 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/boot.rst
+++ b/Documentation/x86/boot.rst
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ Protocol 2.14:        BURNT BY INCORRECT COMMIT 
ae7e1238e68f2a472a125673ab506d49158c188
                (x86/boot: Add ACPI RSDP address to setup_header)
                DO NOT USE!!! ASSUME SAME AS 2.13.
 
-Protocol 2.15: (Kernel 5.5) Added the kernel_info.
+Protocol 2.15: (Kernel 5.5) Added the kernel_info and 
kernel_info.setup_type_max.
 =============  ============================================================
 
 .. note::
@@ -976,6 +976,13 @@ Offset/size:       0x0008/4
   This field contains the size of the kernel_info including kernel_info.header
   and kernel_info.kernel_info_var_len_data.
 
+============   ==============
+Field name:    setup_type_max
+Offset/size:   0x0008/4
+============   ==============
+
+  This field contains maximal allowed type for setup_data and setup_indirect 
structs.
+
 
 The Image Checksum
 ==================
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kernel_info.S 
b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kernel_info.S
index 8ea6f6e3feef..f818ee8fba38 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kernel_info.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kernel_info.S
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
 
+#include <asm/bootparam.h>
+
        .section ".rodata.kernel_info", "a"
 
        .global kernel_info
@@ -12,6 +14,9 @@ kernel_info:
        /* Size total. */
        .long   kernel_info_end - kernel_info
 
+       /* Maximal allowed type for setup_data and setup_indirect structs. */
+       .long   SETUP_TYPE_MAX
+
 kernel_info_var_len_data:
        /* Empty for time being... */
 kernel_info_end:
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/header.S b/arch/x86/boot/header.S
index 22dcecaaa898..97d9b6d6c1af 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/header.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/header.S
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ _start:
        # Part 2 of the header, from the old setup.S
 
                .ascii  "HdrS"          # header signature
-               .word   0x020d          # header version number (>= 0x0105)
+               .word   0x020f          # header version number (>= 0x0105)
                                        # or else old loadlin-1.5 will fail)
                .globl realmode_swtch
 realmode_swtch:        .word   0, 0            # default_switch, SETUPSEG
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h 
b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h
index a1ebcd7a991c..dbb41128e5a0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 #define SETUP_APPLE_PROPERTIES         5
 #define SETUP_JAILHOUSE                        6
 
+/* max(SETUP_*) */
+#define SETUP_TYPE_MAX                 SETUP_JAILHOUSE
+
 /* ram_size flags */
 #define RAMDISK_IMAGE_START_MASK       0x07FF
 #define RAMDISK_PROMPT_FLAG            0x8000
-- 
2.11.0


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