linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 17/36] efi: Update efi_mem_type() to return an error rather than 0

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Message-ID: <20170622100313.GB3238@codeblueprint.co.uk>
Date:   Thu, 22 Jun 2017 11:03:13 +0100
From:   Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>
To:     Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
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        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 17/36] efi: Update efi_mem_type() to return an error
 rather than 0

On Fri, 16 Jun, at 01:53:06PM, Tom Lendacky wrote:
> The efi_mem_type() function currently returns a 0, which maps to
> EFI_RESERVED_TYPE, if the function is unable to find a memmap entry for
> the supplied physical address. Returning EFI_RESERVED_TYPE implies that
> a memmap entry exists, when it doesn't.  Instead of returning 0, change
> the function to return a negative error value when no memmap entry is
> found.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
> Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
> ---
>  arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c      |    4 ++--
>  arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c |    6 +++---
>  include/linux/efi.h         |    2 +-
>  3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>