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Message-ID: <87r3dauwzt.fsf@intel.com>
Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 10:40:22 +0200
From: jeremy.compostella@...el.com (Compostella, Jeremy)
To: "Elliott\, Robert \(Persistent Memory\)" <elliott@....com>
Cc: Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
"linux-kernel\@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
"linux-efi\@vger.kernel.org" <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] efibc: Fix excessive stack footprint warning
Why not. See patch as attachment.
Thanks,
Jérémy
View attachment "0001-efibc-report-the-EFI-variable-name-in-the-error-mess.patch" of type "text/x-diff" (1247 bytes)
"Elliott, Robert (Persistent Memory)" <elliott@....com> writes:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: linux-kernel-owner@...r.kernel.org [mailto:linux-kernel-
>> owner@...r.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Matt Fleming
>> Sent: Friday, May 06, 2016 4:39 PM
> ...
>> Subject: [PATCH 2/5] efibc: Fix excessive stack footprint warning
>>
>> From: Jeremy Compostella <jeremy.compostella@...el.com>
>>
> ...
>>
>> -static void efibc_set_variable(const char *name, const char *value)
>> +static int efibc_set_variable(const char *name, const char *value)
>> {
>> int ret;
>> efi_guid_t guid = LINUX_EFI_LOADER_ENTRY_GUID;
>> - struct efivar_entry entry;
>> + struct efivar_entry *entry;
>> size_t size = (strlen(value) + 1) * sizeof(efi_char16_t);
>>
>> - if (size > sizeof(entry.var.Data))
>> + if (size > sizeof(entry->var.Data)) {
>> pr_err("value is too large");
>
> That pr_err is introduced by patch 25/40 of the first series.
>
> How about including the name of the variable for which this is failing,
> like the final pr_err?
>
>> + return -EINVAL;
>> + }
>>
>> - efibc_str_to_str16(name, entry.var.VariableName);
>> - efibc_str_to_str16(value, (efi_char16_t *)entry.var.Data);
>> - memcpy(&entry.var.VendorGuid, &guid, sizeof(guid));
>> + entry = kmalloc(sizeof(*entry), GFP_KERNEL);
>> + if (!entry) {
>> + pr_err("failed to allocate efivar entry");
>
> How about including the name of the variable for which this
> is failing, like the final pr_err?
>
>> + return -ENOMEM;
>> + }
>>
>> - ret = efivar_entry_set(&entry,
>> + efibc_str_to_str16(name, entry->var.VariableName);
>> + efibc_str_to_str16(value, (efi_char16_t *)entry->var.Data);
>> + memcpy(&entry->var.VendorGuid, &guid, sizeof(guid));
>> +
>> + ret = efivar_entry_set(entry,
>> EFI_VARIABLE_NON_VOLATILE
>> | EFI_VARIABLE_BOOTSERVICE_ACCESS
>> | EFI_VARIABLE_RUNTIME_ACCESS,
>> - size, entry.var.Data, NULL);
>> + size, entry->var.Data, NULL);
>> if (ret)
>> pr_err("failed to set %s EFI variable: 0x%x\n",
>> name, ret);
>> +
>> + kfree(entry);
>> + return ret;
>> }
>
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