Am 05.03.2012 19:06, schrieb Dan Carpenter:
> "filename" is a efi_char16_t string so this check for reaching the end
> of the array doesn't work. We need to cast the pointer to (u8 *) before
> doing the math.
>
> This patch changes the "filename" to "filename_16" to avoid confusion in
> the future.
>
maybe it is a bit late, but ...
is efi_char16_t a generic requirement for EFI ? perhaps we can use wchar_t
since it is intended for such cases. additional we would get an api for free.
just my 2 cents,
wh
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2: Rename "filename" to "filename_16"
> Also changed cast from (char *) to (u8 *) because it's not a C
> character string. Ingo suggested (void *) but that's a GCCism
> I think.
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c
> index fec216f..0cdfc0d 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c
> @@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ static efi_status_t handle_ramdisks(efi_loaded_image_t *image,
> struct initrd *initrd;
> efi_file_handle_t *h;
> efi_file_info_t *info;
> - efi_char16_t filename[256];
> + efi_char16_t filename_16[256];
> unsigned long info_sz;
> efi_guid_t info_guid = EFI_FILE_INFO_ID;
> efi_char16_t *p;
> @@ -552,14 +552,14 @@ static efi_status_t handle_ramdisks(efi_loaded_image_t *image,
> str += 7;
>
> initrd = &initrds[i];
> - p = filename;
> + p = filename_16;
>
> /* Skip any leading slashes */
> while (*str == '/' || *str == '\\')
> str++;
>
> while (*str && *str != ' ' && *str != '\n') {
> - if (p >= filename + sizeof(filename))
> + if ((u8 *)p >= (u8 *)filename_16 + sizeof(filename_16))
> break;
>
> *p++ = *str++;
> @@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ static efi_status_t handle_ramdisks(efi_loaded_image_t *image,
> goto free_initrds;
> }
>
> - status = efi_call_phys5(fh->open, fh, &h, filename,
> + status = efi_call_phys5(fh->open, fh, &h, filename_16,
> EFI_FILE_MODE_READ, (u64)0);
> if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
> goto close_handles;
> --
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