linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/11] pstore/ram: Factor ramoops_get_next_prz() out of ramoops_pstore

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Message-ID: <CAGXu5jL_dn3czPW0wdvz9AZGgssGqS5tGbBOoSgUciEthTrP9A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 30 May 2012 10:58:43 -0700
From:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:	Anton Vorontsov <anton.vorontsov@...aro.org>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
	Shuah Khan <shuahkhan@...il.com>, arve@...roid.com,
	Rebecca Schultz Zavin <rebecca@...roid.com>,
	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>,
	Thomas Meyer <thomas@...3r.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Marco Stornelli <marco.stornelli@...il.com>,
	WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org, patches@...aro.org,
	kernel-team@...roid.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/11] pstore/ram: Factor ramoops_get_next_prz() out of ramoops_pstore_read()

On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 6:20 AM, Anton Vorontsov
<anton.vorontsov@...aro.org> wrote:
> This will help make code clearer when we'll add support for other
> message types.
>
> The patch also changes return value from -EINVAL to 0 in case of
> end-of-records. The exact value doesn't matter for pstore (it should
> be just <= 0), but 0 feels more correct.

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

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Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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