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
next prev 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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