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author | Ard Biesheuvel <[email protected]> | 2016-11-24 18:02:23 +0000 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> | 2016-11-25 07:15:23 +0100 |
commit | 018edcfac4c3b140366ad51b0907f3becb5bb624 (patch) | |
tree | cbde451448c6a304321a969401f853ea2239333c /lib/test-string_helpers.c | |
parent | b2c74191f4672c4b3265d0335910792b4f72026b (diff) |
efi/libstub: Make efi_random_alloc() allocate below 4 GB on 32-bit
The UEFI stub executes in the context of the firmware, which identity
maps the available system RAM, which implies that only memory below
4 GB can be used for allocations on 32-bit architectures, even on [L]PAE
capable hardware.
So ignore any reported memory above 4 GB in efi_random_alloc(). This
also fixes a reported build problem on ARM under -Os, where the 64-bit
logical shift relies on a software routine that the ARM decompressor does
not provide.
A second [minor] issue is also fixed, where the '+ 1' is moved out of
the shift, where it belongs: the reason for its presence is that a
memory region where start == end should count as a single slot, given
that 'end' takes the desired size and alignment of the allocation into
account.
To clarify the code in this regard, rename start/end to 'first_slot' and
'last_slot', respectively, and introduce 'region_end' to describe the
last usable address of the current region.
Reported-by: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <[email protected]>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Cc: Matt Fleming <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
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