From: Matt Fleming <matt-mF/unelCI9GS6iBeEJttW/XRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
To: Jan Beulich <JBeulich-IBi9RG/b67k@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Vitaly Kuznetsov
<vkuznets-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
Jiri Slaby <jslaby-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.org>,
linux-efi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] EFI: make for_each_efi_memory_desc_in_map() cope with running on Xen
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2016 12:49:17 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160816114917.GM30909@codeblueprint.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <57B1F6690200007800106095-rw/UEucdPrvD8XXLLHKrIiOjQekVJEpY@public.gmane.org>
On Mon, 15 Aug, at 09:05:45AM, Jan Beulich wrote:
> While commit 55f1ea15216 ("efi: Fix for_each_efi_memory_desc_in_map()
> for empty memmaps") made an attempt to deal with empty memory maps, it
> didn't address the case where the desc_size field never gets set, as is
> apparently the case when running under Xen.
>
> Reported-by: <lists-Ilq5uHa1fWNWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
> Cc: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
> Cc: Jiri Slaby <jslaby-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.org>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich-IBi9RG/b67k@public.gmane.org>
> Tested-by: <lists-Ilq5uHa1fWNWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
> ---
> v2: Add comment.
> ---
> include/linux/efi.h | 6 +++++-
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> --- 4.8-rc2/include/linux/efi.h
> +++ 4.8-rc2-EFI-memdesc-iterator-Xen/include/linux/efi.h
> @@ -946,7 +946,11 @@ extern int efi_memattr_apply_permissions
> /* Iterate through an efi_memory_map */
> #define for_each_efi_memory_desc_in_map(m, md) \
> for ((md) = (m)->map; \
> - ((void *)(md) + (m)->desc_size) <= (m)->map_end; \
> + /* \
> + * Leverage wrapping of the calculation to avoid an infinite \
> + * loop when all three values are zero. \
> + */ \
> + ((void *)(md) + (m)->desc_size - 1) < (m)->map_end; \
> (md) = (void *)(md) + (m)->desc_size)
>
Thanks Jan, applied to the 'urgent' EFI queue and tagged for stable.
I'll send it out this week.
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-08-15 15:05 [PATCH v2] EFI: make for_each_efi_memory_desc_in_map() cope with running on Xen Jan Beulich
[not found] ` <57B1F6690200007800106095-rw/UEucdPrvD8XXLLHKrIiOjQekVJEpY@public.gmane.org>
2016-08-16 11:49 ` Matt Fleming [this message]
[not found] ` <20160816114917.GM30909-mF/unelCI9GS6iBeEJttW/XRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
2016-08-19 10:47 ` Matt Fleming
[not found] ` <20160819104715.GR30909-mF/unelCI9GS6iBeEJttW/XRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
2016-08-19 12:07 ` Jan Beulich
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