From: Matt Fleming <matt-mF/unelCI9GS6iBeEJttW/XRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
To: Dmitry Skorodumov <sdmitry-bzQdu9zFT3WakBO8gow8eQ@public.gmane.org>
Cc: linux-efi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
"Denis V. Lunev" <den-GEFAQzZX7r8dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] x86_64/efi: Use all 64 bit of efi_memmap in setup_e820()
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 11:13:08 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150730101308.GC2725@codeblueprint.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1438094312-12833-1-git-send-email-sdmitry-bzQdu9zFT3WakBO8gow8eQ@public.gmane.org>
On Tue, 28 Jul, at 06:38:32PM, Dmitry Skorodumov wrote:
> The efi_info structure stores low 32 bits of memory map
> in efi_memmap and high 32 bits in efi_memmap_hi.
>
> While constructing pointer in the setup_e820(), need
> to take into account all 64 bit of the pointer.
>
> It is because on 64bit machine the function
> efi_get_memory_map() may return full 64bit pointer and before
> the patch that pointer was truncated.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Skorodumov <sdmitry-bzQdu9zFT3WakBO8gow8eQ@public.gmane.org>
> CC: Denis V. Lunev <den-GEFAQzZX7r8dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
>
> The issue is triggered on Parallles virtual machine and
> fixed with this patch
> ---
> arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c | 3 +++
> 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
Applied to the EFI urgent queue, thanks!
--
Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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2015-07-28 14:38 [PATCH v3] x86_64/efi: Use all 64 bit of efi_memmap in setup_e820() Dmitry Skorodumov
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