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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org>
To: Matt Fleming <matt-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Matthew Garrett
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Modify UEFI anti-bricking code
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:19:12 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <51AF9D40.60906@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130605155904.GC30420-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>

On 06/05/2013 08:59 AM, Matt Fleming wrote:
> +		 * There still isn't enough room, so return an error
> +		 */
> +		if (remaining_size - size < 5120)
> +			return EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES;
> +	}

Please don't open-code the constant 5120 in this case.  We may easily
run into a system which needs, say, 7K, and it is error-prone to just
replace numbers.

	-hpa

  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-06-05 20:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-06-01 20:06 [PATCH] Modify UEFI anti-bricking code Matthew Garrett
2013-06-03 12:17 ` Matt Fleming
2013-06-03 14:58   ` Matthew Garrett
2013-06-03 16:13 ` joeyli
2013-06-03 16:31   ` Matthew Garrett
     [not found]     ` <1370277079.6315.14.camel-+5W/JHIUVxg@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-04  3:35       ` joeyli
2013-06-05 14:49         ` Fleming, Matt
     [not found]           ` <CAL01qptzxe5L6Vq+nBZLq+bQNxbe_i_2OdKMNJGZQDfMihaHOw-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-05 14:53             ` Matthew Garrett
     [not found]               ` <1370444007.6315.32.camel-+5W/JHIUVxg@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-05 15:59                 ` Matt Fleming
     [not found]                   ` <20130605155904.GC30420-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-05 16:08                     ` Matthew Garrett
     [not found]                       ` <1370448519.6315.36.camel-+5W/JHIUVxg@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-05 19:59                         ` Matt Fleming
2013-06-06  2:24                       ` joeyli
2013-06-05 20:19                     ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2013-06-06  5:05                     ` joeyli
2013-06-06  5:41                       ` joeyli
2013-06-06  5:42                       ` Matthew Garrett
     [not found]                         ` <1370497321.6315.44.camel-+5W/JHIUVxg@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-06  7:40                           ` joeyli
     [not found]                             ` <1370504426.6523.49.camel-ONCj+Eqt86TasUa73XJKwA@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-06  9:25                               ` Matt Fleming
     [not found]                                 ` <20130606092542.GE30420-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-06 14:48                                   ` Russ Anderson
     [not found]                                     ` <20130606144846.GA10393-sJ/iWh9BUns@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-06 15:00                                       ` Matt Fleming
     [not found]                                         ` <20130606150039.GL30420-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-06 15:28                                           ` Russ Anderson
2013-06-10 18:54                                   ` Russ Anderson
     [not found] ` <1370117180-1712-1-git-send-email-matthew.garrett-05XSO3Yj/JvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2013-06-02 15:48   ` Russ Anderson
2013-06-04  5:29   ` Lingzhu Xiang

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