linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH pstore-next v2 0/4] Refactor compression initialization

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Date:   Thu, 18 Oct 2018 15:12:07 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        Sai Prakash Ranjan <saiprakash.ranjan@...eaurora.org>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Anton Vorontsov <anton@...msg.org>,
        Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH pstore-next v2 0/4] Refactor compression initialization

On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 3:01 PM, Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 11:56:12AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
>> Sai noticed pstore wasn't catching early crashes, so Joel fixed it
>> by moving init earlier again (with compression init done later). I
>> refactored things a bit to avoid modular build problems noticed by
>> Guenter. And while doing this work, I also improved /proc/iomem labels
>> after Dan helped me get NVDIMM working so I could meaningfully test the
>> very early crash handling.
>>
>> Thanks everyone!
>>
>
> This version fixes the compile failure. pstore also still works with the
> series applied on top of v4.19-rc8; tested on a Chromebook.
>
> Tested-by: Guenter Roeck <groeck@...omium.org>

Awesome, thanks!

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Pixel Security