The UEFI Specification Version 2.7 Errata A defines:
"EFI_GUID
128-bit buffer containing a unique identifier value.
Unless otherwise specified, aligned on a 64-bit boundary."
Before this patch efi_guid_t was 8-bit aligned.
Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.g...@gmx.de>
---
include/linux/efi.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/efi.h b/include/linux/efi.h
index 845174e113ce..c1a1931238c5 100644
--- a/include/linux/efi.h
+++ b/include/linux/efi.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ typedef u16 efi_char16_t; /* UNICODE character */
typedef u64 efi_physical_addr_t;
typedef void *efi_handle_t;
-typedef guid_t efi_guid_t;
+typedef guid_t efi_guid_t __aligned(8);
#define EFI_GUID(a,b,c,d0,d1,d2,d3,d4,d5,d6,d7) \
GUID_INIT(a, b, c, d0, d1, d2, d3, d4, d5, d6, d7)
--
2.19.2
