Re: [PATCH] EFI: use nr_tables param directly in efi_config_init

From: Dave Young
Date: Tue Sep 17 2013 - 21:37:46 EST


On 09/17/13 at 04:49pm, Matt Fleming wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Sep, at 04:45:28PM, Dave Young wrote:
> > efi_config_init has the parameter nr_tables. Just use it instead of
> > dereference efi.systab->nr_tables.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Dave Young <dyoung@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c | 7 +++----
> > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > --- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
> > +++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
> > @@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ static int __init efi_config_init(u64 ta
> >
> > tablep = config_tables;
> > pr_info("");
> > - for (i = 0; i < efi.systab->nr_tables; i++) {
> > + for (i = 0; i < nr_tables; i++) {
> > efi_guid_t guid;
> > unsigned long table;
> >
> > @@ -612,8 +612,7 @@ static int __init efi_config_init(u64 ta
> > if (table64 >> 32) {
> > pr_cont("\n");
> > pr_err("Table located above 4GB, disabling EFI.\n");
> > - early_iounmap(config_tables,
> > - efi.systab->nr_tables * sz);
> > + early_iounmap(config_tables, nr_tables * sz);
> > return -EINVAL;
> > }
> > #endif
> > @@ -648,7 +647,7 @@ static int __init efi_config_init(u64 ta
> > tablep += sz;
> > }
> > pr_cont("\n");
> > - early_iounmap(config_tables, efi.systab->nr_tables * sz);
> > + early_iounmap(config_tables, nr_tables * sz);
> > return 0;
> > }
>
> Thanks Dave, but this patch should no longer be necessary because of the
> changes sitting in the 'next' branch at,
>
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mfleming/efi.git

Ok, no problem. Thanks for letting me know.

Will write patches based on the above tree next time.

>
> --
> Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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