Re: [Patch v3] firmware: dmi_scan: fix dmi scan to handle "End of Table" structure

From: Matt Fleming
Date: Wed Feb 18 2015 - 09:53:07 EST


On Wed, 18 Feb, at 03:51:41PM, Ivan Khoronzhuk wrote:
> The dmi-sysfs should create "End of Table" entry, that is type 127.
> But after adding initial SMBIOS v3 support
> fc43026278b2 (dmi: add support for SMBIOS 3.0 64-bit entry point)
> the 127-0 entry is not handled any more, as result it's not created
> in dmi sysfs for instance. This is important because the size of
> whole DMI table must correspond to sum of all DMI entry sizes.
>
> So move the end-of-table check after it's handled by dmi_table.
>
> Reviewed-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ivan Khoronzhuk <ivan.khoronzhuk@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied and tagged for stable (v3.19+), thanks Ivan!

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Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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