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From: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@alum.mit.edu>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@alum.mit.edu>,
	x86@kernel.org, Joerg Roedel <jroedel@suse.de>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] x86/boot: Move get_cmd_line_ptr() and COMMAND_LINE_SIZE into misc.h
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2020 09:47:23 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201008134723.GB2429573@rani.riverdale.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201008093042.GA6491@zn.tnic>

On Thu, Oct 08, 2020 at 11:30:42AM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 07, 2020 at 03:53:48PM -0400, Arvind Sankar wrote:
> > Move get_cmd_line_ptr() and COMMAND_LINE_SIZE into misc.h for easier
> > use from multiple files.
> 
> Well, I don't like that. cmdline.c *is* for cmdline-related things.
> misc.h is a dumping ground for everything but the kitchen sink.
> 
> Why can't you leave it there and make it visible to other compilation
> units?
> 

Are you ok with the include of setup.h?

I made the function inline because it's a tiny function, but I can
simply add a prototype if that's preferred. KASLR does use it as one
more memory region to avoid, rather than just for parsing the command
line.

Thanks.

  reply	other threads:[~2020-10-08 13:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-10-07 19:53 [PATCH 0/5] Couple of bugfixes to sev-es series Arvind Sankar
2020-10-07 19:53 ` [PATCH 1/5] x86/boot: Initialize boot_params in startup code Arvind Sankar
2020-10-08  9:04   ` Joerg Roedel
2020-10-08 13:44     ` Arvind Sankar
2020-10-07 19:53 ` [PATCH 2/5] x86/boot: Move get_cmd_line_ptr() and COMMAND_LINE_SIZE into misc.h Arvind Sankar
2020-10-08  9:11   ` Joerg Roedel
2020-10-08  9:30   ` Borislav Petkov
2020-10-08 13:47     ` Arvind Sankar [this message]
2020-10-08 15:10       ` Borislav Petkov
2020-10-08 15:30         ` Arvind Sankar
2020-10-08 16:16           ` Borislav Petkov
2020-10-07 19:53 ` [PATCH 3/5] x86/boot/64: Change add_identity_map() to take size for ease of use Arvind Sankar
2020-10-08  9:14   ` Joerg Roedel
2020-10-08 13:49     ` Arvind Sankar
2020-10-07 19:53 ` [PATCH 4/5] x86/boot/64: Explicitly map boot_params and command line Arvind Sankar
2020-10-08  9:17   ` Joerg Roedel
2020-10-08  9:48   ` Joerg Roedel
2020-10-08 13:57     ` Arvind Sankar
2020-10-07 19:53 ` [PATCH 5/5] x86/head/64: Disable stack protection for head$(BITS).o Arvind Sankar
2020-10-08  8:42   ` Joerg Roedel
2020-10-08 14:52     ` Arvind Sankar

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