On 10/15/2015 09:44 AM, Sudeep Holla wrote: > Hi Rafael, > > On 01/10/15 16:11, 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" <rjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Now that Al's MADT is queued, can you consider applying these ? > I think we have to remove my patches from the queue until I can make them arch-specific; doing these MADT checks breaks far too many existing x86 systems where the firmware does things it should not; re-reading some of the ia64 kernel code, there's a pathological case there where it could break (but shouldn't if iasl is being used to compile tables). I'll be working on the new version today. -- ciao, al ----------------------------------- Al Stone Software Engineer Linaro Enterprise Group al.stone@xxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
