linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 11/15] gen_init

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Message-ID: <b3451193-0666-d929-01f3-29d3872bd5d4@landley.net>
Date:   Thu, 25 Jan 2018 20:40:25 -0600
From:   Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
To:     Taras Kondratiuk <takondra@...co.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        James McMechan <james.w.mcmechan@...il.com>
Cc:     initramfs@...r.kernel.org, Victor Kamensky <kamensky@...co.com>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, xe-linux-external@...co.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 11/15] gen_init_cpio: add newcx format

On 01/24/2018 09:27 PM, Taras Kondratiuk wrote:
> diff --git a/usr/gen_init_cpio.c b/usr/gen_init_cpio.c
> index 7a2a6d85345d..78a47a5bdcb1 100644
> --- a/usr/gen_init_cpio.c
> +++ b/usr/gen_init_cpio.c
> @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
>  #include <errno.h>
>  #include <ctype.h>
>  #include <limits.h>
> +#include <assert.h>

You're adding an assert? Really?

>  	fputs(s, stdout);
> -	offset += 110;
> +	assert((offset & 3) == 0);
> +	offset += cpio_hdr_size;

Why?

Rob