[coreboot] [PATCH] more intelligent cbfs walker
Patrick Georgi
patrick at georgi-clan.de
Sat Apr 25 14:57:12 CEST 2009
Am 25.04.2009 14:53, schrieb Myles Watson:
> + unsigned long oldoffset = offset;
> + offset = ALIGN(offset + foffset + flen, align);
> + printk_spew("%p\n", offset);
> + if (offset == oldoffset) return NULL;
> Why do we have this check? Is there a time when offset ==
> ALIGN(offset + foffset + flen, align)?
>
offset == ALIGN(offset + 0 + 0, align) // offset is already aligned
If, for some twisted reason, right after the last file, there's a CBFS
file magic, and otherwise zeroes (and offset is already aligned, which
it should be), you end up in an endless loop. This test ends it.
> +
> if (offset< 0xFFFFFFFF - ntohl(header->romsize))
> return NULL;
> I know this line isn't part of your change, but shouldn't we check
> that we're within the file system, not just within the flash?
>
Good idea. Another issue, another patch.
Patrick
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