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SubjectRe: [PATCH v7 1/4] efi: Introduce EFI_FIRMWARE_MANAGEMENT_CAPSULE_HEADER and corresponding structures
On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 01:00:43PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 03:07:24PM +0800, Chen Yu wrote:
> > Platform Firmware Runtime Update image starts with UEFI headers, and the
> > headers are defined in UEFI specification, but some of them have not been
> > defined in the kernel yet.
> >
> > For example, the header layout of a capsule file looks like this:
> >
> > EFI_CAPSULE_HEADER
> > EFI_FIRMWARE_MANAGEMENT_CAPSULE_HEADER
> > EFI_FIRMWARE_MANAGEMENT_CAPSULE_IMAGE_HEADER
> > EFI_FIRMWARE_IMAGE_AUTHENTICATION
> >
> > These structures would be used by the Platform Firmware Runtime Update
> > driver to parse the format of capsule file to verify if the corresponding
> > version number is valid. The EFI_CAPSULE_HEADER has been defined in the
> > kernel, however the rest are not, thus introduce corresponding UEFI
> > structures accordingly. Besides, EFI_FIRMWARE_MANAGEMENT_CAPSULE_HEADER
> > and EFI_FIRMWARE_MANAGEMENT_CAPSULE_IMAGE_HEADER are required to be packed
> > in the uefi specification. And Ard has pointed out that, the __packed
> > attribute does indicate to the compiler that the entire thing can appear
> > misaligned in memory. So if one follows the other in the capsule header,
> > the __packed attribute may be appropriate to ensure that the second one
> > is not accessed using misaligned loads and stores.
>
> ...
>
> > +/* EFI_FIRMWARE_MANAGEMENT_CAPSULE_IMAGE_HEADER */
> > +struct efi_manage_capsule_image_header {
> > + u32 ver;
>
> > + guid_t image_type_id;
>
> Shouldn't it be efi_guid_t ?
>
I see, will change it, also in other patches.

thanks,
Chenyu

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