m |= (u64)efi->efi_memmap_hi << 32;
#endif
- d = (efi_memory_desc_t *)(m + (i * efi->efi_memdesc_size));
+ d = efi_early_memdesc_ptr(m, efi->efi_memdesc_size, i);
switch (d->type) {
case EFI_RESERVED_TYPE:
case EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES_CODE:
unsigned long m = (unsigned long)map;
u64 start, end;
- desc = (efi_memory_desc_t *)(m + (i * desc_size));
+ desc = efi_early_memdesc_ptr(m, desc_size, i);
if (desc->type != EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY)
continue;
unsigned long m = (unsigned long)map;
u64 start, end;
- desc = (efi_memory_desc_t *)(m + (i * desc_size));
+ desc = efi_early_memdesc_ptr(m, desc_size, i);
if (desc->type != EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY)
continue;
extern int efi_memattr_apply_permissions(struct mm_struct *mm,
efi_memattr_perm_setter fn);
+/*
+ * efi_early_memdesc_ptr - get the n-th EFI memmap descriptor
+ * @map: the start of efi memmap
+ * @desc_size: the size of space for each EFI memmap descriptor
+ * @n: the index of efi memmap descriptor
+ *
+ * EFI boot service provides the GetMemoryMap() function to get a copy of the
+ * current memory map which is an array of memory descriptors, each of
+ * which describes a contiguous block of memory. It also gets the size of the
+ * map, and the size of each descriptor, etc.
+ *
+ * Note that per section 6.2 of UEFI Spec 2.6 Errata A, the returned size of
+ * each descriptor might not be equal to sizeof(efi_memory_memdesc_t),
+ * since efi_memory_memdesc_t may be extended in the future. Thus the OS
+ * MUST use the returned size of the descriptor to find the start of each
+ * efi_memory_memdesc_t in the memory map array. This should only be used
+ * during bootup since for_each_efi_memory_desc_xxx() is available after the
+ * kernel initializes the EFI subsystem to set up struct efi_memory_map.
+ */
+#define efi_early_memdesc_ptr(map, desc_size, n) \
+ (efi_memory_desc_t *)((void *)(map) + ((n) * (desc_size)))
+
/* Iterate through an efi_memory_map */
#define for_each_efi_memory_desc_in_map(m, md) \
for ((md) = (m)->map; \