linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/efi: initialize status to ensure garbage is not returned on small size

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Message-ID: <20160801115041.GD3636@codeblueprint.co.uk>
Date:	Mon, 1 Aug 2016 12:50:41 +0100
From:	Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>
To:	Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:	"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/efi: initialize status to ensure garbage is not
 returned on small size

On Wed, 27 Jul, at 03:50:16PM, Colin Ian King wrote:
> 
> I'd rather put extra guarding in rather than getting some potential
> garbage return from the stack, but I am playing it rather conservatively
> here.

I think that's sensible, I just wanted to confirm your rationale.

Thanks, applied.