Re: [PATCH] efi: Fix comment for efi_mem_type() wrt absent physical addresses

From: Anshuman Khandual
Date: Fri Jan 10 2020 - 01:11:13 EST




On 11/11/2019 10:43 AM, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> A previous commit f99afd08a45f ("efi: Update efi_mem_type() to return an
> error rather than 0") changed the return type from EFI_RESERVED_TYPE to
> -EINVAL when the searched physical address is not present in any memory
> descriptor. But the comment preceding the function never changed. Lets
> change the comment now to reflect the new return type -EINVAL.
>
> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-efi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx>

Hello Ard,

Just wondering if this patch is getting pulled. Dont see it either
on linux-next or the following EFI tree.

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/efi/efi (efi-next)

- Anshuman

> ---
> Changes in V2:
>
> - Changed comment for efi_mem_type() instead of the return type per Ard
>
> V1: (https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1149002/)
>
> drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
> index 77ca52d86e30..47b0bf7a2b7f 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
> @@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ u64 efi_mem_attributes(unsigned long phys_addr)
> *
> * Search in the EFI memory map for the region covering @phys_addr.
> * Returns the EFI memory type if the region was found in the memory
> - * map, EFI_RESERVED_TYPE (zero) otherwise.
> + * map, -EINVAL otherwise.
> */
> int efi_mem_type(unsigned long phys_addr)
> {
>