linux-kernel - Re: [v1 PATCH 2/2] Add Documentation regarding the ima-kexec-buffer node in the chosen node documentation

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Date:   Wed, 17 Jun 2020 14:43:24 -0600
From:   Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
To:     Prakhar Srivastava <prsriva@...ux.microsoft.com>
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Subject: Re: [v1 PATCH 2/2] Add Documentation regarding the ima-kexec-buffer
 node in the chosen node documentation

On Sun, Jun 07, 2020 at 04:33:23PM -0700, Prakhar Srivastava wrote:
> Add Documentation regarding the ima-kexec-buffer node in
>  the chosen node documentation

Run 'git log --oneline Documentation/devicetree/bindings/chosen.txt' and 
write $subject using the dominate format used.

For the commit message, answer why you need the change, not what the 
change is. I can read the diff for that.

>  
> Signed-off-by: Prakhar Srivastava <prsriva@...ux.microsoft.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/chosen.txt | 17 +++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

This file has moved to a schema here[1]. You need to update it.

> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/chosen.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/chosen.txt
> index 45e79172a646..a15f70c007ef 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/chosen.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/chosen.txt
> @@ -135,3 +135,20 @@ e.g.
>  		linux,initrd-end = <0x82800000>;
>  	};
>  };
> +
> +linux,ima-kexec-buffer
> +----------------------
> +
> +This property(currently used by powerpc, arm64) holds the memory range,
> +the address and the size, of the IMA measurement logs that are being carried
> +over to the kexec session.

What's IMA? 

> +
> +/ {
> +	chosen {
> +		linux,ima-kexec-buffer = <0x9 0x82000000 0x0 0x00008000>;
> +	};
> +};
> +
> +This porperty does not represent real hardware, but the memory allocated for

typo

> +carrying the IMA measurement logs. The address and the suze are expressed in

typo

> +#address-cells and #size-cells, respectively of the root node.
> -- 
> 2.25.1
> 


[1] https://github.com/devicetree-org/dt-schema/blob/master/schemas/chosen.yaml