[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 1/1] efi_loader: efi_guid_t must be 64-bit aligned

Heinrich Schuchardt xypron.glpk at gmx.de
Sun Dec 16 10:16:03 UTC 2018


The UEFI Specification Version 2.7 Errata A defines:

"EFI_GUID
128-bit buffer containing a unique identifier value.
Unless otherwise specified, aligned on a 64-bit boundary."

Before this patch efi_guid_t was 8-bit aligned.

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk at gmx.de>
Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel at linaro.org>
---
v2
	remove superfluous white space
---
 include/efi.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/efi.h b/include/efi.h
index b5e2c64f38..3018c61b37 100644
--- a/include/efi.h
+++ b/include/efi.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ struct efi_device_path;
 
 typedef struct {
 	u8 b[16];
-} efi_guid_t;
+} efi_guid_t __attribute__((aligned(8)));
 
 #define EFI_BITS_PER_LONG	(sizeof(long) * 8)
 
-- 
2.19.2



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