Re: [PATCH v3] x86: avoid remapping data in parse_setup_data()

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Sun Sep 01 2013 - 19:16:42 EST


On 08/13/2013 02:46 PM, Linn Crosetto wrote:
> Type SETUP_PCI, added by setup_efi_pci(), may advertise a ROM size
> larger than early_memremap() is able to handle, which is currently
> limited to 256kB. If this occurs it leads to a NULL dereference in
> parse_setup_data().
>
> To avoid this, remap the setup_data header and allow parsing functions
> for individual types to handle their own data remapping.
>
> Signed-off-by: Linn Crosetto <linn@xxxxxx>

So it seems this patch generates some new sparse warnings. Can you
please create an incremental fixup patch to address those sparse
warnings? (See email from Fengguang Wu's robot.)

-hpa


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