linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3.10 ~ 3.14] efi: fix the efi 32bit boot failed problem

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Date:	Thu, 30 Jul 2015 16:04:28 +0100
From:	Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>
To:	fupan.li@...driver.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, fupanli@...il.com,
	linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
	Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.10 ~ 3.14] efi: fix the efi 32bit boot failed problem

(Add linux-efi, Luis and Greg)

On Tue, 28 Jul, at 06:21:19PM, fupan.li@...driver.com wrote:
> From: fli <fupan.li@...driver.com>
> 
> The commit 35d5134b7d5a55e269c953096224248b9f6f72c2
> Author: Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>
> Date:   Tue Apr 8 13:14:00 2014 +0100
> 
>     x86/efi: Correct EFI boot stub use of code32_start
> 
> imported a bug, which should use the label's address instead
> of the value stored in the label's address to caculate the
> code32_start address.
> 
> Signed-off-by: fli <fupan.li@...driver.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S
> index abb988a..3b28eff 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S
> +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S
> @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ ENTRY(efi_pe_entry)
>  	call	reloc
>  reloc:
>  	popl	%ecx
> -	subl	reloc, %ecx
> +	subl	$reloc, %ecx
>  	movl	%ecx, BP_code32_start(%eax)
>  
>  	sub	$0x4, %esp

Woa, nice catch!

The commit message could do with a little work however. In particular
the usual way to refer to a commit is like this: commit 35d5134b7d5a
("x86/efi: Correct EFI boot stub use of code32_start"). And the
Signed-off-by line should contain your full name.

Luis, Greg, what is the procedure for submitting a patch that is only
required for stable?

-- 
Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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