linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 08/16] x86/efi: Carrying hibernation key by setup data

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Date:	Sat, 15 Aug 2015 19:07:38 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	"Lee, Chun-Yi" <joeyli.kernel@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
	Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@...ula.com>,
	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...hat.com>,
	Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@...e.cz>,
	Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@...el.com>,
	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"Lee, Chun-Yi" <jlee@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 08/16] x86/efi: Carrying hibernation key by setup
 data

On Tue 2015-08-11 14:16:28, Lee, Chun-Yi wrote:
> For forwarding hibernation key from EFI stub to boot kernel, this patch
> allocates setup data for carrying hibernation key, size and the status
> of efi operating.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.com>

Jiri, are you sure you reviewed these? This is not really
english, afaict, and efi/EFI should be spelled consistently.

Could you try reviewing it again? Pointing out 10s of small
bugs is quite boring...

>  	unsigned long key_size;
>  	unsigned long attributes;
> +	struct setup_data *setup_data, *hibernation_setup_data;
>  	struct hibernation_keys *keys;
> +	unsigned long size = 0;
>  	efi_status_t status;
>  
>  	/* Allocate setup_data to carry keys */
> +	size = sizeof(struct setup_data) + sizeof(struct hibernation_keys);
>  	status = efi_call_early(allocate_pool, EFI_LOADER_DATA,
> -				sizeof(struct hibernation_keys), &keys);
> +				size, &hibernation_setup_data);
>  	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS) {
>  		efi_printk(sys_table, "Failed to alloc mem for hibernation keys\n");
>  		return;
>  	}
>  
> -	memset(keys, 0, sizeof(struct hibernation_keys));
> +	memset(hibernation_setup_data, 0, size);
> +	keys = (struct hibernation_keys *) hibernation_setup_data->data;
>  

any chance to type stuff correctly so that casts are not
neccessary?

> +clean_fail:
> +	hibernation_setup_data->type = SETUP_HIBERNATION_KEYS;
> +	hibernation_setup_data->len = sizeof(struct hibernation_keys);
> +	hibernation_setup_data->next = 0;
> +	keys->hkey_status = efi_status_to_err(status);
> +
> +	setup_data = (struct setup_data *)params->hdr.setup_data;
> +	while (setup_data && setup_data->next)
> +		setup_data = (struct setup_data *)setup_data->next;

way too many casts here.

							Pavel
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