Re: [PATCH v2 UPDATE-2 3/3] ACPI/APEI/EINJ: Allow memory error injection to NVDIMM

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Fri Oct 30 2015 - 05:40:46 EST


On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 03:22:24PM -0600, Toshi Kani wrote:
> @@ -545,10 +545,15 @@ static int einj_error_inject(u32 type, u32 flags, u64 param1, u64 param2,
> /*
> * Disallow crazy address masks that give BIOS leeway to pick
> * injection address almost anywhere. Insist on page or
> - * better granularity and that target address is normal RAM.
> + * better granularity and that target address is normal RAM or
> + * NVDIMM.
> */
> - pfn = PFN_DOWN(param1 & param2);
> - if (!page_is_ram(pfn) || ((param2 & PAGE_MASK) != PAGE_MASK))
> + base_addr = param1 & param2;
> + size = (~param2) + 1;

Hmm, I missed this last time: why are the brackets there?

AFAIK, bitwise NOT has a higher precedence than addition.

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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