Re: [PATCH 2/2] arm64: acpi: Prepare for longer MADTs

From: Sudeep Holla
Date: Thu Nov 01 2018 - 10:22:55 EST


On Thu, Nov 01, 2018 at 11:31:36AM +0000, Lorenzo Pieralisi wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 02:29:37PM -0500, Jeremy Linton wrote:
> > The BAD_MADT_GICC_ENTRY check is a little too strict because
> > it rejects MADT entries that don't match the currently known
> > lengths. We should remove this restriction to avoid problems
> > if the table length changes. Future code which might depend on
> > additional fields should be written to validate those fields
> > before using them, rather than trying to globally check
> > known MADT version lengths.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@xxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > arch/arm64/include/asm/acpi.h | 8 ++++----
> > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> Hi Jeremy,
>
> I assume there is no [PATCH 1/2] (to make sure I have not missed
> anything).
>

IIRC, it's a patch fixing module device table entry for SPE. They are
independent, just happened to be put out together.

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Regards,
Sudeep