[tip:x86/efi] x86: Don't use magic strings for EFI loader signature

From: tip-bot for Matt Fleming
Date: Fri Dec 09 2011 - 21:38:21 EST


Commit-ID: f7d7d01be53cb47e0ae212c4e968aa28b82d2138
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/f7d7d01be53cb47e0ae212c4e968aa28b82d2138
Author: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@xxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:56:14 +0000
Committer: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 17:35:38 -0800

x86: Don't use magic strings for EFI loader signature

Introduce a symbol, EFI_LOADER_SIGNATURE instead of using the magic
strings, which also helps to reduce the amount of ifdeffery.

Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@xxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1318848017-12301-1-git-send-email-matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h | 4 ++++
arch/x86/kernel/setup.c | 7 +------
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h
index b8d8bfc..26d8c18 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@

#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32

+#define EFI_LOADER_SIGNATURE "EL32"
+
extern unsigned long asmlinkage efi_call_phys(void *, ...);

#define efi_call_phys0(f) efi_call_phys(f)
@@ -35,6 +37,8 @@ extern unsigned long asmlinkage efi_call_phys(void *, ...);

#else /* !CONFIG_X86_32 */

+#define EFI_LOADER_SIGNATURE "EL64"
+
extern u64 efi_call0(void *fp);
extern u64 efi_call1(void *fp, u64 arg1);
extern u64 efi_call2(void *fp, u64 arg1, u64 arg2);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index 9a9e40f..4d5243c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -752,12 +752,7 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_EFI
if (!strncmp((char *)&boot_params.efi_info.efi_loader_signature,
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
- "EL32",
-#else
- "EL64",
-#endif
- 4)) {
+ EFI_LOADER_SIGNATURE, 4)) {
efi_enabled = 1;
efi_memblock_x86_reserve_range();
}
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