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Linus Torvalds bd9e99f790 - Avoid the baremetal decompressor code when booting on an EFI machine.
This is mandated by the current tightening of EFI executables
   requirements when used in a secure boot scenario. More specifically,
   an EFI executable cannot have a single section with RWX permissions,
   which conflicts with the in-place kernel decompression that is done
   today. Instead, the things required by the booting kernel image are
   done in the EFI stub now. Work by Ard Biesheuvel.
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Merge tag 'x86_boot_for_v6.6_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull x86 boot updates from Borislav Petkov:
 "Avoid the baremetal decompressor code when booting on an EFI machine.

  This is mandated by the current tightening of EFI executables
  requirements when used in a secure boot scenario. More specifically,
  an EFI executable cannot have a single section with RWX permissions,
  which conflicts with the in-place kernel decompression that is done
  today.

  Instead, the things required by the booting kernel image are done in
  the EFI stub now.

  Work by Ard Biesheuvel"

* tag 'x86_boot_for_v6.6_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (23 commits)
  x86/efistub: Avoid legacy decompressor when doing EFI boot
  x86/efistub: Perform SNP feature test while running in the firmware
  efi/libstub: Add limit argument to efi_random_alloc()
  x86/decompressor: Factor out kernel decompression and relocation
  x86/decompressor: Move global symbol references to C code
  decompress: Use 8 byte alignment
  x86/efistub: Prefer EFI memory attributes protocol over DXE services
  x86/efistub: Perform 4/5 level paging switch from the stub
  x86/decompressor: Merge trampoline cleanup with switching code
  x86/decompressor: Pass pgtable address to trampoline directly
  x86/decompressor: Only call the trampoline when changing paging levels
  x86/decompressor: Call trampoline directly from C code
  x86/decompressor: Avoid the need for a stack in the 32-bit trampoline
  x86/decompressor: Use standard calling convention for trampoline
  x86/decompressor: Call trampoline as a normal function
  x86/decompressor: Assign paging related global variables earlier
  x86/decompressor: Store boot_params pointer in callee save register
  x86/efistub: Clear BSS in EFI handover protocol entrypoint
  x86/decompressor: Avoid magic offsets for EFI handover entrypoint
  x86/efistub: Simplify and clean up handover entry code
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