linux-hardening - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 1/9] pstore: move pstore creator id, section type and record struct to common header

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Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2023 14:47:17 +0800
From: Shuai Xue <xueshuai@...ux.alibaba.com>
To: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 1/9] pstore: move pstore creator id, section type
 and record struct to common header



On 2023/9/26 01:13, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 03:44:18PM +0800, Shuai Xue wrote:
>> Move pstore creator id, section type and record struct to the common
>> header, so that it can be use by MCE and GHES driver.
> 
> I would prefer this was not in the pstore header -- this is a backend
> detail that should stay in backend headers.
> 
> -Kees
> 

Hi, Kees,

Which file do you prefer? Do you mean "include/linux/cper.h", it defines
the standard CPER sections, e.g. CPER_SEC_PLATFORM_MEM, CPER_SEC_PCIE, etc.

Thank you for comments.

Best Regards,
Shuai