Hi Ilias, On Wed, 11 Dec 2024 at 07:51, Ilias Apalodimas <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, 11 Dec 2024 at 15:54, Simon Glass <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Update efi_allocate_pool_ext() to log the pointer returned from this > > call, which can be helpful when debugging. > > Can you explain how logging the success is helping? I think its pretty > pointless, why not log a failure?
It shows the memory address that was allocated. > > > > > Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]> > > --- > > > > (no changes since v3) > > > > Changes in v3: > > - Show the returned address rather than the pointer > > > > Changes in v2: > > - Use EFI_PRINT() instead of log_debug() > > > > lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c | 4 ++++ > > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c > > index 080e7f78ae3..f27b3827ed2 100644 > > --- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c > > +++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c > > @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ > > #include <irq_func.h> > > #include <log.h> > > #include <malloc.h> > > +#include <mapmem.h> > > #include <pe.h> > > #include <time.h> > > #include <u-boot/crc.h> > > @@ -511,6 +512,9 @@ static efi_status_t EFIAPI efi_allocate_pool_ext(int > > pool_type, > > > > EFI_ENTRY("%d, %zu, %p", pool_type, size, buffer); > > r = efi_allocate_pool(pool_type, size, buffer); > > + if (r == EFI_SUCCESS) > > + EFI_PRINT("*buffer = %llx\n", (u64)map_to_sysmem(*buffer)); > > buffer can be null if size == 0 No, buffer cannot be NULL, I believe you are thinking of *buffer That's one reason why I prefer bufferp to buffer. It avoids this sort of confusion. > > > + > > return EFI_EXIT(r); > > } > > > > -- > > 2.34.1 > > Regards, SImon
