On Tue, Feb 08, 2011 at 05:20:36PM +0200, Ahmed S. Darwish wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Don't wholeheartedly copy the 32-Kbytes bzImage header area to the stack,
> just use a constant pointer instead.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <[email protected]>
Hi Ahmed,
this seems reasonable to me, I have a minor comment below.
> ---
>
> (If this is accepted, I'll send a similar patch for the setup header)
>
> diff --git a/kexec/arch/i386/kexec-bzImage.c b/kexec/arch/i386/kexec-bzImage.c
> index 83d3a69..2312eb8 100644
> --- a/kexec/arch/i386/kexec-bzImage.c
> +++ b/kexec/arch/i386/kexec-bzImage.c
> @@ -43,32 +43,32 @@ static const int probe_debug = 0;
>
> int bzImage_probe(const char *buf, off_t len)
> {
> - struct x86_linux_header header;
> + const struct x86_linux_header *header;
> if ((uintmax_t)len < (uintmax_t)sizeof(header)) {
> return -1;
> }
> - memcpy(&header, buf, sizeof(header));
> - if (memcmp(header.header_magic, "HdrS", 4) != 0) {
> + header = (void *)buf;
Perhaps casting to (struct x86_linux_header*) would read better?
> + if (memcmp(header->header_magic, "HdrS", 4) != 0) {
> if (probe_debug) {
> fprintf(stderr, "Not a bzImage\n");
> }
> return -1;
> }
> - if (header.boot_sector_magic != 0xAA55) {
> + if (header->boot_sector_magic != 0xAA55) {
> if (probe_debug) {
> fprintf(stderr, "No x86 boot sector present\n");
> }
> /* No x86 boot sector present */
> return -1;
> }
> - if (header.protocol_version < 0x0200) {
> + if (header->protocol_version < 0x0200) {
> if (probe_debug) {
> fprintf(stderr, "Must be at least protocol version
> 2.00\n");
> }
> /* Must be at least protocol version 2.00 */
> return -1;
> }
> - if ((header.loadflags & 1) == 0) {
> + if ((header->loadflags & 1) == 0) {
> if (probe_debug) {
> fprintf(stderr, "zImage not a bzImage\n");
> }
>
> thanks,
>
> --
> Darwish
> http://darwish.07.googlepages.com
>
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