linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/13] kexec: Implementation of new syscall kexec_file

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Date:	Fri, 13 Jun 2014 10:30:12 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	WANG Chao <chaowang@...hat.com>
Cc:	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>, Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>,
	mjg59@...f.ucam.org, bhe@...hat.com, jkosina@...e.cz,
	greg@...ah.com, kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ebiederm@...ssion.com, hpa@...or.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/13] kexec: Implementation of new syscall
 kexec_file_load

On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 04:24:59PM +0800, WANG Chao wrote:
> Emm.. I'm not sure, but I think there might be a chance that
> COMMAND_LINE_SIZE extend in the future. In general 8K is safe to use,
> because the current greatest one is 4K.

Sure, but kexec cannot load a kernel of different arch, can it?
Which means, we're safe using the arch-specific definition of
COMMAND_LINE_SIZE.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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