Patch 1/2 is added to add efi_early_memdesc_ptr helper to wrap the open code which gets the start of efi memmap descriptor and also explain why it need be done like that, Ingo suggested it. And also replace several places of the open code with efi_early_memdesc_ptr helper. And also use efi_early_memdesc_ptr in process_efi_entries() which handle efi mirror issue during KASLR. Change: v8->v9: Matt suggested that an 'early' should be included in the name of the helper to make its name as efi_early_memdesc_ptr. That can help denote the helper should only be used in early bootup stage, after that for_each_efi_memory_*() API is suggested. v7->v8: Add efi_memdesc_ptr helper to wrap the open code which gets the start of map descriptor according to Ingo's suggestion. v6->v7: Ingo pointed out several incorrect line break issues and unclear description of patch log. Correct them and rewrite patch log. And also rewrite the EFI warning message that if EFI memmap is above 4G in 32bit system since 32bit system can not handle data above 4G at kernel decompression stage. This is suggested by Ingo too. v5->v6: Code style issue fix according to Kees's comment. This is based on tip/x86/boot, patch 1,2,3/4 in v5 post has been put into tip/x86/boot now. Baoquan He (2): efi: Introduce efi_early_memdesc_ptr to get pointer to memmap descriptor x86/boot/KASLR: Restrict kernel to be randomized in mirror regions arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c | 2 +- arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c | 68 +++++++++++++++++++++++++- drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-helper.c | 4 +- include/linux/efi.h | 21 ++++++++ 4 files changed, 90 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) -- 2.5.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-efi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html