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    SubjectRe: [Patch v2 1/3] firmware: dmi_scan: fix dmi_len type
    On Wed, 18 Feb, at 01:33:19PM, Ivan Khoronzhuk wrote:
    > According to SMBIOSv3 specification the length of DMI table can be
    > up to 32bits wide. So use appropriate type to avoid overflow.
    >
    > It's obvious that dmi_num theoretically can be more than u16 also,
    > so it's can be changed to u32 or at least it's better to use int
    > instead of u16, but on that moment I cannot imagine dmi structure
    > count more than 65535 and it can require changing type of vars that
    > work with it. So I didn't correct it.
    >
    > Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard@linaro.org>
    > Signed-off-by: Ivan Khoronzhuk <ivan.khoronzhuk@linaro.org>
    > ---
    > drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c | 4 ++--
    > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

    Applied to the 'urgent' EFI branch and tagged for stable. Thanks Ivan.

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    Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center


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