Re: [PATCH] - make sure that EFI variable data size is always 64 bit

[Pavel Machek]

On Ne 19-03-06 18:43:25, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> The EFI spec states that the data size of an EFI variable is 64 bits. 
> "unsigned long", on the other hand, isn't on IA32.
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
> index bda5bce..488c24c 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
> @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ static LIST_HEAD(efivar_list);
>  struct efi_variable {
>  	efi_char16_t  VariableName[1024/sizeof(efi_char16_t)];
>  	efi_guid_t    VendorGuid;
> -	unsigned long DataSize;
> +	__u64	      DataSize;
>  	__u8          Data[1024];
>  	efi_status_t  Status;
>  	__u32         Attributes;

Please, use u64 (not __u64).

									Pavel

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