Re: [PATCH 1/2] efi: Add EFI_MEMORY_MORE_RELIABLE support to efi_md_typeattr_format()

Matt Fleming
2015-08-25T14:18:19Z

On Fri, 21 Aug, at 02:15:52AM, Taku Izumi wrote:
> UEFI spec 2.5 introduces new Memory Attribute Definition named
> EFI_MEMORY_MORE_RELIABLE. This patch adds this new attribute
> support to efi_md_typeattr_format().
>
> Signed-off-by: Taku Izumi <izumi.taku-+CUm20s59erQFUHtdCDX3A@public.gmane.org>
> ---
> drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c | 6 ++++--
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
> index d6144e3..aadc1c4 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
> @@ -589,12 +589,14 @@ char * __init efi_md_typeattr_format(char *buf, size_t size,
> attr = md->attribute;
> if (attr & ~(EFI_MEMORY_UC | EFI_MEMORY_WC | EFI_MEMORY_WT |
> EFI_MEMORY_WB | EFI_MEMORY_UCE | EFI_MEMORY_WP |
> - EFI_MEMORY_RP | EFI_MEMORY_XP | EFI_MEMORY_RUNTIME))
> + EFI_MEMORY_RP | EFI_MEMORY_XP | EFI_MEMORY_RUNTIME |
> + EFI_MEMORY_MORE_RELIABLE))
> snprintf(pos, size, "|attr=0x%016llx]",
> (unsigned long long)attr);
> else
> - snprintf(pos, size, "|%3s|%2s|%2s|%2s|%3s|%2s|%2s|%2s|%2s]",
> + snprintf(pos, size, "|%3s|%4s|%2s|%2s|%2s|%3s|%2s|%2s|%2s|%2s]",
> attr & EFI_MEMORY_RUNTIME ? "RUN" : "",
> + attr & EFI_MEMORY_MORE_RELIABLE ? "RELY" : "",
> attr & EFI_MEMORY_XP ? "XP" : "",
> attr & EFI_MEMORY_RP ? "RP" : "",
> attr & EFI_MEMORY_WP ? "WP" : "",

I'm not keen on using "RELY" because I don't think it's at all obvious
what it means. "RELI" would be closer, but still could use some
improvement.

Since we turned off this kernel output by default (at least on x86)
because the line length had grown quite long, maybe we should just
embrace it and print "RELIABLE" in full?

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Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center