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From: joeyli <jlee@suse.com>
To: matt.fleming@intel.com
Cc: mjg59@srcf.ucam.org, linux-efi@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86, efi: initial the local variable of DataSize to zero
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:34:28 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1367231668.22858.56.camel@linux-s257.site> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1367231111.22858.55.camel@linux-s257.site>

於 一,2013-04-29 於 18:25 +0800,joeyli 提到:
> 於 六,2013-04-27 於 01:19 +0800,Lee, Chun-Yi 提到:
> > That will be better initial the value of DataSize to zero for the input of
> > GetVariable(), otherwise we will feed a random value. The debug log of input
> > DataSize like this:
> > 
> > ...
> > [  195.915612] EFI Variables Facility v0.08 2004-May-17
> > [  195.915819] efi: size: 18446744071581821342
> > [  195.915969] efi:  size': 18446744071581821342
> > [  195.916324] efi: size: 18446612150714306560
> > [  195.916632] efi:  size': 18446612150714306560
> > [  195.917159] efi: size: 18446612150714306560
> > [  195.917453] efi:  size': 18446612150714306560
> > ...
> 
> After applied patch, the log of size like this:
> 
> [   82.442042] EFI Variables Facility v0.08 2004-May-17
> [   82.442202] efi: size: 0
> [   82.442360] efi:  size': 1039
> [   82.443828] efi: size: 0
> [   82.444127] efi:  size': 2616
> [   82.447057] efi: size: 0
> [   82.447356] efi:  size': 5832
> [   82.452669] efi: size: 0
> [   82.453128] efi:  size': 1
> [   82.454339] efi: size: 0
> [   82.454843] efi:  size': 1
> [   82.456173] efi: size: 0
> [   82.456764] efi:  size': 8
> [   82.458194] efi: size: 0
> [   82.458905] efi:  size': 4
> 
> The size' is the return value of Acer BIOS, it return right size value
> then we feed zero DataSize.
^^^^^^^^^ when 

Sorry for typo!
Joey Lee

> 
> 
> Thanks a lot!
> Joey Lee
> 
> > 
> > Found on Acer Aspire V3 BIOS, it will not return the size of data if we input a
> > non-zero DataSize.
> > 
> > Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>
> > Cc: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com>
> > Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Lee, Chun-Yi <jlee@suse.com>
> > ---
> >  arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c |    2 +-
> >  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
> > index e4a86a6..cb59732 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
> > @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ static efi_status_t virt_efi_get_next_variable(unsigned long *name_size,
> >  	}
> >  
> >  	if (boot_used_size && !finished) {
> > -		unsigned long size;
> > +		unsigned long size = 0;
> >  		u32 attr;
> >  		efi_status_t s;
> >  		void *tmp;
> 
> 
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  reply	other threads:[~2013-04-29 10:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-04-26 17:19 [PATCH] x86, efi: initial the local variable of DataSize to zero Lee, Chun-Yi
2013-04-29  9:55 ` Matt Fleming
2013-04-29 10:25 ` joeyli
2013-04-29 10:34   ` joeyli [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2013-05-02 14:07 Lee, Chun-Yi
2013-05-03  8:50 ` Matt Fleming

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