On Wednesday, September 16, 2015 01:58:06 PM Sudeep Holla wrote: > acpi_parse_entries passes the table end pointer to the sub-table entry > handler. acpi_parse_entries itself could validate the end of an entry > against the table end using the length in the sub-table entry. > > This patch adds the validation of the sub-table entry end using the > length field.This will help to eliminate the need to pass the table end > to the handlers. > > It also moves the check for zero length entry early so that execution of > the handler can be avoided. > > Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <r...@rjwysocki.net> > Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.ho...@arm.com> > > --- > drivers/acpi/tables.c | 31 +++++++++++++++---------------- > 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) > > Hi Rafael, > > As I mentioned earlier, this needs to be applied after Al's MADT changes > are merged. You might get simple conflicts in acpi_parse_entries.
This needs to be rebased on top of some patches in my linux-next branch. It probably is better to rebase it on top of my bleeding-edge branch that contains the Al's patches already, though. Thanks, Rafael -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
