linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] Discard .note.gnu.property sections in generic NOTES

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Message-ID: <YyiplGhX65Hrkkjw@relinquished.localdomain>
Date:   Mon, 19 Sep 2022 10:40:36 -0700
From:   Omar Sandoval <osandov@...ndov.com>
To:     Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc:     Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
        "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@...il.com>,
        "linux-arch@...r.kernel.org" <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@...el.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        "Naveen N . Rao" <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
        "linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org" <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Discard .note.gnu.property sections in generic NOTES

On Mon, Sep 19, 2022 at 06:33:40PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 19, 2022 at 10:26:17AM -0700, Omar Sandoval wrote:
> 
> In general if you're going to CC someone into a thread please put
> a note at the start of your mail explaining why, many of us get
> copied on a lot of irrelevant things for no apparently reason so
> if it's not immediately obvious why we were sent a mail there's
> every chance it'll just be deleted.

Sorry about that.

> > I'm not sure what exactly arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h is doing
> > with this file. Perhaps the author, Mark Brown, can clarify?
> 
> I don't understand the question, what file are you talking about
> here?  arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h is itself a file and I
> couldn't find anything nearby in your mail talking about a file...

Oops, that was a typo, I meant to say "I'm not sure what
arch/arm64/include/asm/assembler.h is doing with this *note*". To be
more explicit: does ARM64 need .note.gnu.property/NT_GNU_PROPERTY_TYPE_0
in vmlinux?

Thanks,
Omar