Re: [PATCH v4 1/5] powerpc: Refactor kexec functions to move arch independent code to IMA

[Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@linux.ibm.com>]

Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <nramas@linux.microsoft.com> writes:

> +/**
> + * ima_get_kexec_buffer - get IMA buffer from the previous kernel
> + * @addr:	On successful return, set to point to the buffer contents.
> + * @size:	On successful return, set to the buffer size.
> + *
> + * Return: 0 on success, negative errno on error.
> + */
> +int ima_get_kexec_buffer(void **addr, size_t *size)

I just noticed that this function is only called from within
ima_kexec.c, so it can be made static.

> +{
> +	int ret, len;
> +	unsigned long tmp_addr;
> +	size_t tmp_size;
> +	const void *prop;
> +
> +	prop = of_get_property(of_chosen, FDT_PROP_IMA_KEXEC_BUFFER, &len);
> +	if (!prop)
> +		return -ENOENT;
> +
> +	ret = do_get_kexec_buffer(prop, len, &tmp_addr, &tmp_size);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	*addr = __va(tmp_addr);
> +	*size = tmp_size;
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * ima_free_kexec_buffer - free memory used by the IMA buffer
> + */
> +int ima_free_kexec_buffer(void)

This one can be static as well.

> +{
> +	int ret;
> +	unsigned long addr;
> +	size_t size;
> +	struct property *prop;
> +
> +	prop = of_find_property(of_chosen, FDT_PROP_IMA_KEXEC_BUFFER, NULL);
> +	if (!prop)
> +		return -ENOENT;
> +
> +	ret = do_get_kexec_buffer(prop->value, prop->length, &addr, &size);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	ret = of_remove_property(of_chosen, prop);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	return memblock_free(addr, size);
> +
> +}
> +
>  #ifdef CONFIG_IMA_KEXEC
>  static int ima_dump_measurement_list(unsigned long *buffer_size, void **buffer,
>  				     unsigned long segment_size)


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Thiago Jung Bauermann
IBM Linux Technology Center