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    SubjectRe: [RFC][PATCH 5/6] x86, efi: Fix endian issues and unaligned accesses
    Hi all,

    On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:37:24 +0000 Matt Fleming <matt@console-pimps.org> wrote:
    >
    > From: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com>
    >
    > We may need to convert the endianness of the data we read from/write
    > to 'buf', so let's use {get,put}_unaligned_le32() to do that. Failure
    > to do so can result in accessing invalid memory, leading to a
    > segfault. Stephen Rothwell noticed this bug while cross-building an
    > x86_64 allmodconfig kernel on PowerPC.
    >
    > We need to read from and write to 'buf' a byte at a time otherwise
    > it's possible we'll perform an unaligned access, which can lead to bus
    > errors when cross-building an x86 kernel on risc architectures.
    >
    > Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
    > Cc: Nick Bowler <nbowler@elliptictech.com>
    > Tested-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
    > Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
    > Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com>

    Just to be absolutely clear, I have not yet tested this version of the
    patch and also this fixes a problem with cross building Linus' tree (i.e.
    this is a regression with cross building introduced in v3.3-rc1).

    --
    Cheers,
    Stephen Rothwell sfr@canb.auug.org.au
    http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/
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