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* [PATCH 1/1] efi: efi_guid_t must be 64-bit aligned
@ 2018-12-15 21:18 Heinrich Schuchardt
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From: Heinrich Schuchardt @ 2018-12-15 21:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Ard Biesheuvel; +Cc: linux-efi, linux-kernel, Heinrich Schuchardt

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@gmx.de>
---
 include/linux/efi.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/efi.h b/include/linux/efi.h
index 845174e113ce..c1a1931238c5 100644
--- a/include/linux/efi.h
+++ b/include/linux/efi.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ typedef u16 efi_char16_t;		/* UNICODE character */
 typedef u64 efi_physical_addr_t;
 typedef void *efi_handle_t;
 
-typedef guid_t efi_guid_t;
+typedef guid_t efi_guid_t __aligned(8);
 
 #define EFI_GUID(a,b,c,d0,d1,d2,d3,d4,d5,d6,d7) \
 	GUID_INIT(a, b, c, d0, d1, d2, d3, d4, d5, d6, d7)
-- 
2.19.2


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