On Thursday, October 15, 2015 09:57:38 AM Al Stone wrote: > 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; Right. I've dropped the series already. > 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 wouldn't count on iasl being used. > I'll be working on the new version today. Thanks! Rafael -- 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
