linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH-next v5 0/7] x86/boot: Remove run-time relocations from compressed kernel

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Message-ID: <202007291937.061A4FE76@keescook>
Date:   Wed, 29 Jul 2020 19:38:37 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Fangrui Song <maskray@...gle.com>,
        Dmitry Golovin <dima@...ovin.in>,
        clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@...il.com>,
        Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        "H . J . Lu" <hjl@...rceware.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH-next v5 0/7] x86/boot: Remove run-time relocations from
 compressed kernel

On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 06:23:41PM -0400, Arvind Sankar wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 29, 2020 at 03:04:43PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 04:17:54PM -0400, Arvind Sankar wrote:
> > > Same as v5 previously posted, but rebased onto next-20200717.
> > > 
> > > v5: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200715004133.1430068-1-nivedita@alum.mit.edu/
> > 
> > BTW, some bits of feedback on process:
> > 
> > - please don't re-use version numbers, this is confusing :)
> 
> This was a special case as there were no actual changes in this version.

It ended up missing some review tags, etc.

> > - please fix whatever is happening with the "In-Reply-To:" headers, the
> >   threading is extremely hard to understand (each patch isn't a reply to
> >   the cover letter, and everything is a reply to a single earlier email)
> 
> I think this is because I'm passing --in-reply-to to format-patch.
> Seems like I should specify that in send-email instead, hopefully that
> will fix the threading.

Ah yes, I think would do it -- it overrides the normal threading that
send-email does. Usually --in-reply-to is for a single email.

Thanks for checking!

-- 
Kees Cook