linux-kernel - Re: [BUG] dmi_scan_machine uses uninitialized address on x86 / EFI

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Date:	Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:12:29 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Thomas Jourdan <tjourdan@...erfaceconcept.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>,
	Peter Jones <pjones@...hat.com>,
	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [BUG] dmi_scan_machine uses uninitialized address on x86 / EFI

Thomas Jourdan wrote:
> 
> On x86/EFI platforms, if efi_enabled is true, the dmi_scan_machine function
> fails, even if valid DMI table is present. In the setup_arch function,
> efi_init is called after dmi_scan_machine. But this is efi_init which will
> initialize the smbios address, needed by dmi_scan_machine.
> 
> This leads to dmi_scan_machine ioremapping physical address 0, instead of
> the address provided by the EFI system table. The following patch fixes the
> problem.
> 

Hi Thomas,

What is the concrete manifestation of the bug (i.e. how critical is it?)
 We are late in the 2.6.29-rc cycle, and this patch seems to have some
risk associated with it.

Huang, Peter, Yinghai: any opinions?

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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