efi/libstub: Make efi_random_alloc() allocate below 4 GB on 32-bit
The UEFI stub executes in the context of the firmware, which identity maps the available system RAM, which implies that only memory below 4 GB can be used for allocations on 32-bit architectures, even on [L]PAE capable hardware. So ignore any reported memory above 4 GB in efi_random_alloc(). This also fixes a reported build problem on ARM under -Os, where the 64-bit logical shift relies on a software routine that the ARM decompressor does not provide. A second [minor] issue is also fixed, where the '+ 1' is moved out of the shift, where it belongs: the reason for its presence is that a memory region where start == end should count as a single slot, given that 'end' takes the desired size and alignment of the allocation into account. To clarify the code in this regard, rename start/end to 'first_slot' and 'last_slot', respectively, and introduce 'region_end' to describe the last usable address of the current region. Reported-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1480010543-25709-2-git-send-email-ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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