linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 2/2] x86/purgatory: Add linker script

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Message-ID: <20230330113127.3011e021@gandalf.local.home>
Date:   Thu, 30 Mar 2023 11:31:27 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@...omium.org>,
        Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>, Philipp Rudo <prudo@...hat.com>,
        kexec@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Ross Zwisler <zwisler@...gle.com>,
        Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>,
        "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/2] x86/purgatory: Add linker script

On Thu, 30 Mar 2023 17:18:26 +0200
Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 11:15:23AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > > Make sure that the .text section is not divided in multiple overlapping
> > > sections. This is not supported by kexec_file.  
> 
> And?
> 
> What is the failure scenario? Why are you fixing it? Why do we care?
> 
> This is way too laconic.
> 

Yeah, I think the change log in patch 1 needs to be in this patch too,
which gives better context.

-- Steve