Re: [PATCH 1/2] efi: use correct type for struct efi_memory_map::phys_map

From: Matt Fleming
Date: Tue Oct 27 2015 - 17:09:41 EST


On Fri, 23 Oct, at 11:48:16AM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> We have been getting away with using a void* for the physical
> address of the UEFI memory map, since, even on 32-bit platforms
> with 64-bit physical addresses, no truncation takes place if the
> memory map has been allocated by the firmware (which only uses
> 1:1 virtually addressable memory), which is usually the case.
>
> However, commit 0f96a99dab36 ("efi: Add "efi_fake_mem" boot option")
> adds code that clones and modifies the UEFI memory map, and the
> clone may live above 4 GB on 32-bit platforms. This means our use
> of void* for struct efi_memory_map::phys_map has graduated from
> 'incorrect but working' to 'incorrect and broken', and we need to
> fix it.
>
> So redefine struct efi_memory_map::phys_map as phys_addr_t, and
> get rid of a bunch of casts that are now unneeded.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm64/kernel/efi.c | 4 ++--
> arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c | 4 ++--
> drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c | 8 ++++----
> include/linux/efi.h | 2 +-
> 4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Matt Fleming <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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