linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] module: add in-kernel support for decompressing

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Date:   Thu, 2 Dec 2021 17:01:48 -0800
From:   Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-modules@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] module: add in-kernel support for decompressing

On Thu, Dec 02, 2021 at 12:14:18AM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> I still wonder if it might be able to use of the "acomp" API
> instead of calling directly into the specific decompressor.

drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c also deals with decompression
of files, so I wonder if something can be shared with that code too?

  Luis