linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 01/15] Documentation: add newcx initramfs format description

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Date:   Thu, 25 Jan 2018 20:40:54 -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 01/15] Documentation: add newcx initramfs format
 description

On 01/24/2018 09:27 PM, Taras Kondratiuk wrote:
> diff --git a/Documentation/early-userspace/buffer-format.txt b/Documentation/early-userspace/buffer-format.txt
> index e1fd7f9dad16..d818df4f72dc 100644
> --- a/Documentation/early-userspace/buffer-format.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/early-userspace/buffer-format.txt

> +compressed and/or uncompressed cpio archives; arbitrary amounts
> +zero bytes (for padding) can be added between members.

Missing "of" between amounts and zero. (Yeah it was in the original, but
if you're touching it anyway...)

> +c_xattrs_size  8 bytes		 Size of xattrs field
> +
> +Most of the fields match cpio_newc_header except c_mtime that contains
> +microseconds. c_chksum field is dropped.
> +
> +xattr_size is a total size of xattr_entry including 8 bytes of
> +xattr_size. xattr_size has the same hexadecimal ASCII encoding as other
> +fields of cpio header.

xattrs_size or xattr_size?

Total nitpicks, I know. :)

Rob