[PATCH 3/5] efi_loader: use correct type for AllocatePages, AllocatePool

AKASHI Takahiro takahiro.akashi at linaro.org
Wed Aug 18 03:45:28 CEST 2021


Heinrich,

On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 06:02:23PM +0200, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
> Use enum efi_memory_type and enum_allocate_type in the definitions of the
> efi_allocate_pages(), efi_allocate_pool().
> 
> In the external UEFI API leave the type as int as the UEFI specification
> explicitly requires that enums use a 32bit type.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt at canonical.com>
> ---
>  include/efi_loader.h        | 9 +++++----
>  lib/efi_loader/efi_memory.c | 5 +++--
>  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/efi_loader.h b/include/efi_loader.h
> index 32cb8d0f1e..c440962fe5 100644
> --- a/include/efi_loader.h
> +++ b/include/efi_loader.h
> @@ -676,13 +676,14 @@ struct efi_device_path *efi_get_dp_from_boot(const efi_guid_t guid);
>  /* Generic EFI memory allocator, call this to get memory */
>  void *efi_alloc(uint64_t len, int memory_type);
>  /* More specific EFI memory allocator, called by EFI payloads */
> -efi_status_t efi_allocate_pages(int type, int memory_type, efi_uintn_t pages,
> -				uint64_t *memory);
> +efi_status_t efi_allocate_pages(enum efi_allocate_type type,
> +				enum efi_memory_type memory_type,
> +				efi_uintn_t pages, uint64_t *memory);
>  /* EFI memory free function. */
>  efi_status_t efi_free_pages(uint64_t memory, efi_uintn_t pages);
>  /* EFI memory allocator for small allocations */
> -efi_status_t efi_allocate_pool(int pool_type, efi_uintn_t size,
> -			       void **buffer);
> +efi_status_t efi_allocate_pool(enum efi_memory_type pool_type,
> +			       efi_uintn_t size, void **buffer);
>  /* EFI pool memory free function. */
>  efi_status_t efi_free_pool(void *buffer);
>  /* Returns the EFI memory map */
> diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_memory.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_memory.c
> index be2f655dff..f4acbee4f9 100644
> --- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_memory.c
> +++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_memory.c
> @@ -454,7 +454,8 @@ static uint64_t efi_find_free_memory(uint64_t len, uint64_t max_addr)
>   * @memory		allocated memory
>   * @return		status code
>   */
> -efi_status_t efi_allocate_pages(int type, int memory_type,
> +efi_status_t efi_allocate_pages(enum efi_allocate_type type,
> +				enum efi_memory_type memory_type,
>  				efi_uintn_t pages, uint64_t *memory)
>  {
>  	u64 len = pages << EFI_PAGE_SHIFT;
> @@ -556,7 +557,7 @@ efi_status_t efi_free_pages(uint64_t memory, efi_uintn_t pages)
>   * @buffer:	allocated memory
>   * Return:	status code
>   */
> -efi_status_t efi_allocate_pool(int pool_type, efi_uintn_t size, void **buffer)
> +efi_status_t efi_allocate_pool(enum efi_memory_type pool_type, efi_uintn_t size, void **buffer)

Given the purpose of this patch series, I think that the second argument
of this function should be renamed from "pool_type" to "memory_type"
which is also used in efi_allocate_pages() to avoid any confusion.
(and the description for @pool_type as well)

Otherwise, it looks good.

-Takahiro Akashi


>  {
>  	efi_status_t r;
>  	u64 addr;
> -- 
> 2.30.2
> 


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