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From: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com>
To: "linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org" <linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net>
Cc: Sudeep Holla <Sudeep.Holla@arm.com>,
	Al Stone <al.stone@linaro.org>,
	Lorenzo Pieralisi <Lorenzo.Pieralisi@arm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] ACPI / tables: simplify acpi_parse_entries
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 16:44:41 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <561FC9E9.20507@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1443712312-9176-1-git-send-email-sudeep.holla@arm.com>

Hi Rafael,

On 01/10/15 16:11, Sudeep Holla wrote:
> acpi_parse_entries passes the table end pointer to the sub-table entry
> handler. acpi_parse_entries itself could validate the end of an entry
> against the table end using the length in the sub-table entry.
>
> This patch adds the validation of the sub-table entry end using the
> length field.This will help to eliminate the need to pass the table end
> to the handlers.
>
> It also moves the check for zero length entry early so that execution of
> the handler can be avoided.
>
> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net>

Now that Al's MADT is queued, can you consider applying these ?

-- 
Regards,
Sudeep

  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-10-15 15:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-09-14 15:14 [PATCH] ACPI: tables: simplify acpi_parse_entries Sudeep Holla
2015-09-14 23:41 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2015-09-15  9:31   ` Sudeep Holla
2015-09-15 13:35     ` Sudeep Holla
2015-09-16  1:47       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2015-09-16 12:58 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] ACPI / " Sudeep Holla
2015-09-16 12:58   ` [PATCH v2 2/2] ACPI / tables : remove unused table_end parameter to acpi_tbl_entry_handler Sudeep Holla
2015-09-26  0:27   ` [PATCH v2 1/2] ACPI / tables: simplify acpi_parse_entries Rafael J. Wysocki
2015-09-28 10:11     ` Sudeep Holla
2015-09-28 13:50       ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2015-09-28 13:37         ` Sudeep Holla
2015-09-28 19:39           ` Al Stone
2015-09-28 19:46             ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2015-10-01 15:11   ` [PATCH v3 " Sudeep Holla
2015-10-01 15:11     ` [PATCH v3 2/2] ACPI / tables : remove unused table_end parameter to acpi_tbl_entry_handler Sudeep Holla
2015-10-15 15:44     ` Sudeep Holla [this message]
2015-10-15 15:57       ` [PATCH v3 1/2] ACPI / tables: simplify acpi_parse_entries Al Stone
2015-10-15 21:37         ` Rafael J. Wysocki

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