linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 06/15] x86/boot: Drop redundant code setting the root device

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Message-ID: <20230912090051.4014114-23-ardb@google.com>
Date:   Tue, 12 Sep 2023 09:00:57 +0000
From:   Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...gle.com>
To:     linux-efi@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        Evgeniy Baskov <baskov@...ras.ru>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Peter Jones <pjones@...hat.com>,
        Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>,
        Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@...hat.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 06/15] x86/boot: Drop redundant code setting the root device

From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>

The root device defaults to 0,0 and is no longer configurable at build
time [0], so there is no need for the build tool to ever write to this
field.

[0] 079f85e624189292 ("x86, build: Do not set the root_dev field in bzImage")

This change has no impact on the resulting bzImage binary.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/boot/header.S      | 2 +-
 arch/x86/boot/tools/build.c | 7 -------
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/header.S b/arch/x86/boot/header.S
index a87d9133384b..6059f87b159d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/header.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/header.S
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ root_flags:	.word ROOT_RDONLY
 syssize:	.long 0			/* Filled in by build.c */
 ram_size:	.word 0			/* Obsolete */
 vid_mode:	.word SVGA_MODE
-root_dev:	.word 0			/* Filled in by build.c */
+root_dev:	.word 0			/* Default to major/minor 0/0 */
 boot_flag:	.word 0xAA55
 
 	# offset 512, entry point
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/tools/build.c b/arch/x86/boot/tools/build.c
index 0354c223e354..efa4e9c7d713 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/tools/build.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/tools/build.c
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@ typedef unsigned char  u8;
 typedef unsigned short u16;
 typedef unsigned int   u32;
 
-#define DEFAULT_MAJOR_ROOT 0
-#define DEFAULT_MINOR_ROOT 0
-#define DEFAULT_ROOT_DEV (DEFAULT_MAJOR_ROOT << 8 | DEFAULT_MINOR_ROOT)
-
 /* Minimal number of setup sectors */
 #define SETUP_SECT_MIN 5
 #define SETUP_SECT_MAX 64
@@ -399,9 +395,6 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv)
 
 	update_pecoff_setup_and_reloc(i);
 
-	/* Set the default root device */
-	put_unaligned_le16(DEFAULT_ROOT_DEV, &buf[508]);
-
 	/* Open and stat the kernel file */
 	fd = open(argv[2], O_RDONLY);
 	if (fd < 0)
-- 
2.42.0.283.g2d96d420d3-goog