linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/6] kexec: A new system call to allow in kernel loading

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Date:	Thu, 21 Nov 2013 20:06:02 +0100
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@...ah.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] kexec: A new system call to allow in kernel loading

On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 6:50 PM, Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com> wrote:
> Now a new system call kexec_file_load() is implemented which takes
> kernel fd and initrd fd as parameters. Now kernel should be able
> to verify signature of newly loaded kernel.

Only kernel fd and initrd fd?
What about other fds (e.g. device tree, bootinfo)?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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