efi_watchdog.c

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/*
 * Copyright (C) 2015 Michael Brown <mbrown@fensystems.co.uk>.
 *
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FILE_LICENCE ( GPL2_OR_LATER_OR_UBDL );

/**
 * @file
 *
 * EFI watchdog holdoff timer
 *
 */

#include <errno.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <ipxe/retry.h>
#include <ipxe/timer.h>
#include <ipxe/init.h>
#include <ipxe/efi/efi.h>
#include <ipxe/efi/efi_watchdog.h>

/** Watchdog holdoff interval (in seconds) */
#define WATCHDOG_HOLDOFF_SECS 10

/** Watchdog timeout (in seconds) */
#define WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT_SECS ( 5 * 60 )

/** Watchdog code (to be logged on watchdog timeout) */
#define WATCHDOG_CODE 0x6950584544454144ULL

/** Watchdog data (to be logged on watchdog timeout) */
#define WATCHDOG_DATA L"iPXE";

/**
 * Hold off watchdog timer
 *
 * @v retry             Retry timer
 * @v over              Failure indicator
 */
static void efi_watchdog_expired ( struct retry_timer *timer,
                                   int over __unused ) {
        EFI_BOOT_SERVICES *bs = efi_systab->BootServices;
        static CHAR16 data[] = WATCHDOG_DATA;
        EFI_STATUS efirc;
        int rc;

        DBGC2 ( timer, "EFI holding off watchdog timer\n" );

        /* Restart this holdoff timer */
        start_timer_fixed ( timer, ( WATCHDOG_HOLDOFF_SECS * TICKS_PER_SEC ) );

        /* Reset watchdog timer */
        if ( ( efirc = bs->SetWatchdogTimer ( WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT_SECS,
                                              WATCHDOG_CODE, sizeof ( data ),
                                              data ) ) != 0 ) {
                rc = -EEFI ( efirc );
                DBGC ( timer, "EFI could not set watchdog timer: %s\n",
                       strerror ( rc ) );
                return;
        }
}

/** Watchdog holdoff timer */
struct retry_timer efi_watchdog = TIMER_INIT ( efi_watchdog_expired );

/**
 * Disable watching when shutting down to boot an operating system
 *
 * @v booting           System is shutting down for OS boot
 */
static void efi_watchdog_shutdown ( int booting ) {
        EFI_BOOT_SERVICES *bs = efi_systab->BootServices;
        EFI_STATUS efirc;
        int rc;

        /* If we are shutting down to boot an operating system, then
         * disable the boot services watchdog timer.  The UEFI
         * specification mandates that the platform firmware does this
         * as part of the ExitBootServices() call, but some platforms
         * (e.g. Hyper-V) are observed to occasionally forget to do
         * so, resulting in a reboot approximately five minutes after
         * starting the operating system.
         */
        if ( booting &&
             ( ( efirc = bs->SetWatchdogTimer ( 0, 0, 0, NULL ) ) != 0 ) ) {
                rc = -EEFI ( efirc );
                DBGC ( &efi_watchdog, "EFI could not disable watchdog timer: "
                       "%s\n", strerror ( rc ) );
                /* Nothing we can do */
        }
}

/** Watchdog startup/shutdown function */
struct startup_fn efi_watchdog_startup_fn __startup_fn ( STARTUP_EARLY ) = {
        .name = "efi_watchdog",
        .shutdown = efi_watchdog_shutdown,
};