One of issue caused by enabling NULL pointer detection is that some PCI
device OptionROM, binary drivers and binary OS boot loaders may have NULL
pointer access bugs, which will prevent BIOS from booting and is almost
impossible to fix. BIT7 of PCD PcdNullPointerDetectionPropertyMask is used
as a workaround to indicate BIOS to disable NULL pointer detection right
after event gEfiEndOfDxeEventGroupGuid, and then let boot continue.

Cc: Star Zeng <star.zeng@intel.com>
Cc: Eric Dong <eric.dong@intel.com>
Cc: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
Cc: Jiewen Yao <jiewen.yao@intel.com>
Cc: Michael Kinney <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>
Cc: Jordan Justen <jordan.l.justen@intel.com>
Cc: Ayellet Wolman <ayellet.wolman@intel.com>
Suggested-by: Ayellet Wolman <ayellet.wolman@intel.com>
Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.1
Signed-off-by: Jian J Wang <jian.j.wang@intel.com>
---
 MdeModulePkg/Core/Dxe/DxeMain.inf             |  1 +
 MdeModulePkg/Core/Dxe/Mem/Page.c              |  4 ++-
 MdeModulePkg/Core/Dxe/Misc/MemoryProtection.c | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/MdeModulePkg/Core/Dxe/DxeMain.inf b/MdeModulePkg/Core/Dxe/DxeMain.inf
index 30d5984f7c..0a161ffd71 100644
--- a/MdeModulePkg/Core/Dxe/DxeMain.inf
+++ b/MdeModulePkg/Core/Dxe/DxeMain.inf
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@
   gEfiMdeModulePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdPropertiesTableEnable                   ## CONSUMES
   gEfiMdeModulePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdImageProtectionPolicy                   ## CONSUMES
   gEfiMdeModulePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdDxeNxMemoryProtectionPolicy             ## CONSUMES
+  gEfiMdeModulePkgTokenSpaceGuid.PcdNullPointerDetectionPropertyMask        ## CONSUMES
 
 # [Hob]
 # RESOURCE_DESCRIPTOR   ## CONSUMES
diff --git a/MdeModulePkg/Core/Dxe/Mem/Page.c b/MdeModulePkg/Core/Dxe/Mem/Page.c
index a142c79ee2..0468df3171 100644
--- a/MdeModulePkg/Core/Dxe/Mem/Page.c
+++ b/MdeModulePkg/Core/Dxe/Mem/Page.c
@@ -188,7 +188,9 @@ CoreAddRange (
   // used for other purposes.
   //  
   if (Type == EfiConventionalMemory && Start == 0 && (End >= EFI_PAGE_SIZE - 1)) {
-    SetMem ((VOID *)(UINTN)Start, EFI_PAGE_SIZE, 0);
+    if ((PcdGet8 (PcdNullPointerDetectionPropertyMask) & BIT0) == 0) {
+      SetMem ((VOID *)(UINTN)Start, EFI_PAGE_SIZE, 0);
+    }
   }
   
   //
diff --git a/MdeModulePkg/Core/Dxe/Misc/MemoryProtection.c b/MdeModulePkg/Core/Dxe/Misc/MemoryProtection.c
index a73c4ccd64..73e3b269f3 100644
--- a/MdeModulePkg/Core/Dxe/Misc/MemoryProtection.c
+++ b/MdeModulePkg/Core/Dxe/Misc/MemoryProtection.c
@@ -995,6 +995,36 @@ MemoryProtectionExitBootServicesCallback (
   }
 }
 
+/**
+  Disable NULL pointer detection after EndOfDxe. This is a workaround resort in
+  order to skip unfixable NULL pointer access issues detected in OptionROM or
+  boot loaders.
+
+  @param[in]  Event     The Event this notify function registered to.
+  @param[in]  Context   Pointer to the context data registered to the Event.
+**/
+VOID
+EFIAPI
+DisableNullDetectionAtTheEndOfDxe (
+  EFI_EVENT                               Event,
+  VOID                                    *Context
+  )
+{
+  EFI_STATUS                        Status;
+
+  DEBUG ((DEBUG_INFO, "DisableNullDetectionAtTheEndOfDxe(): start\r\n"));
+  //
+  // Disable NULL pointer detection by enabling first 4K page
+  //
+  Status = gCpu->SetMemoryAttributes (gCpu, 0, EFI_PAGE_SIZE, 0);
+  ASSERT_EFI_ERROR (Status);
+
+  CoreCloseEvent (Event);
+  DEBUG ((DEBUG_INFO, "DisableNullDetectionAtTheEndOfDxe(): end\r\n"));
+
+  return;
+}
+
 /**
   Initialize Memory Protection support.
 **/
@@ -1006,6 +1036,7 @@ CoreInitializeMemoryProtection (
 {
   EFI_STATUS  Status;
   EFI_EVENT   Event;
+  EFI_EVENT   EndOfDxeEvent;
   VOID        *Registration;
 
   mImageProtectionPolicy = PcdGet32(PcdImageProtectionPolicy);
@@ -1044,6 +1075,23 @@ CoreInitializeMemoryProtection (
                );
     ASSERT_EFI_ERROR(Status);
   }
+
+  //
+  // Register a callback to disable NULL pointer detection at EndOfDxe
+  //
+  if ((PcdGet8 (PcdNullPointerDetectionPropertyMask) & (BIT0|BIT7))
+       == (BIT0|BIT7)) {
+    Status = CoreCreateEventEx (
+                    EVT_NOTIFY_SIGNAL,
+                    TPL_NOTIFY,
+                    DisableNullDetectionAtTheEndOfDxe,
+                    NULL,
+                    &gEfiEndOfDxeEventGroupGuid,
+                    &EndOfDxeEvent
+                    );
+    ASSERT_EFI_ERROR (Status);
+  }
+
   return ;
 }
 
-- 
2.14.1.windows.1

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