UEFI specification requires pointers that are passed to protocol member
functions to be aligned. There's a u16_strdup in that function which
doesn't make sense otherwise Add a comment so no one removes it
accidentally
Signed-off-by: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodi...@linaro.org>
---
lib/efi_loader/efi_file.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_file.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_file.c
index 8480ed3007c7..5c254ccdd64d 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_file.c
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_file.c
@@ -1135,6 +1135,11 @@ struct efi_file_handle *efi_file_from_path(struct
efi_device_path *fp)
return NULL;
}
+ /*
+ * UEFI specification requires pointers that are passed to
+ * protocol member functions to be aligned. So memcpy it
+ * unconditionally
+ */
filename = u16_strdup(fdp->str);
if (!filename)
return NULL;
--
2.38.1
