Hi Roger and Jan, > -----Original Message----- > Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] efifb: ignore frame buffer with invalid configuration > > On 18.11.2022 15:11, Roger Pau Monne wrote: > > On one of my boxes when the HDMI cable is not plugged in the > > FrameBufferBase of the EFI_GRAPHICS_OUTPUT_PROTOCOL_MODE > structure is > > set to 0 by the firmware (while some of the other fields looking > > plausible). > > > > Such (bogus address) ends up mapped in vesa_init(), and since it > > overlaps with a RAM region the whole system goes down pretty badly, > > see: > > > > (XEN) vesafb: framebuffer at 0x0000000000000000, mapped to > 0xffff82c000201000, using 35209k, total 35209k > > (XEN) vesafb: mode is 0x37557x32, linelength=960, font 8x16 > > (XEN) vesafb: Truecolor: size=8:8:8:8, shift=24:0:8:16 > > (XEN) (XEN) (XEN) (XEN) (XEN) (XEN) (XEN) (XEN) �ERROR: Class:0; > Subclass:0; Operation: 0 > > ERROR: No ConOut > > ERROR: No ConIn > > > > Do like Linux and prevent using the EFI Frame Buffer if the base > > address is 0. This is inline with the logic in Linuxes > > fb_base_is_valid() function at drivers/video/fbdev/efifb.c v6.0.9. > > > > See also Linux commit 133bb070e94ab41d750c6f2160c8843e46f11b78 for > > further reference. > > > > Also prevent using Frame Buffers that have a 0 height or width, as > > those are also invalid. > > > > Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger....@citrix.com> > > Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeul...@suse.com>
I saw the IRC/Matrix message from both of you. Since Jan mentioned that this patch will be backported anyway and this is a bugfix patch for safety of the code. I am giving my release-ack to reduce the maintenance/backport burden for committers. Release-acked-by: Henry Wang <henry.w...@arm.com> Kind regards, Henry
