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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 2/5] efi: provide a generic efi_config_init()
On Mon, Aug 05, 2013 at 01:15:40PM +0100, Matt Fleming wrote:
> > +static __init int match_config_table(efi_guid_t *guid,
> > + unsigned long table,
> > + efi_config_table_type_t *table_types)
> > +{
> > + u8 str[38];
>
> Shouldn't this be 37? You get 36 bytes for your GUID, plus a trailing
> NUL? Either way, this should be a #define. The closest thing we have in
> include/linux/efi.h is EFI_VARIABLE_GUID_LEN. Perhaps we need a
> EFI_GUID_LEN that includes the trailing NUL?

Err, yes. Don't recall where I decided on that now.
I think EFI_VARIABLE_GUID_LEN + 1 makes enough sense.

> One thing I just noticed that's worth pointing out is that 'pr_fmt'
> isn't defined in drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c. Before your patch series
> you get,
>
> [ 0.000000] efi: SMBIOS=0xbae41a98 ACPI=0xbac6f000 ACPI 2.0=0xbac6f000 MPS=0xfca90
>
> and after,
>
> [ 0.000000] SMBIOS=0xbae41a98 ACPI=0xbac6f000 ACPI 2.0=0xbac6f000 MPS=0xfca90
>
> which isn't the end of the world, but it does mean that the error
> messages are now much less informative, e.g.

I had completely missed that - sorry.
Adding in new series.

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Leif


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