linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 11/11] pstore/ram: Read and write to the 'compressed' flag of pstore

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Message-ID: <CAGXu5jLzE3duC3vB8PTpvYroWmJDSU9ZSR3AKopKgRAwGZx4Fw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sat, 17 Aug 2013 11:26:30 -0700
From:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:	Aruna Balakrishnaiah <aruna@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, jkenisto@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	ananth@...ibm.com, benh@...nel.crashing.org,
	Anton Vorontsov <cbouatmailru@...il.com>,
	mahesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 11/11] pstore/ram: Read and write to the
 'compressed' flag of pstore

On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 6:19 AM, Aruna Balakrishnaiah
<aruna@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> In pstore write, add character 'C'(compressed) or 'D'(decompressed)
> in the header while writing to Ram persistent buffer. In pstore read,
> read the header and update the 'compressed' flag accordingly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Aruna Balakrishnaiah <aruna@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

Nice work!

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

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Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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