linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 08/15] x86/boot: Drop references to startup

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Message-ID: <ZQR66uQOGCaVQlNu@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:40:26 +0200
From:   Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:     Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
Cc:     Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...gle.com>, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.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: Re: [PATCH v2 08/15] x86/boot: Drop references to startup_64


* Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 15 Sept 2023 at 11:15, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> > * Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...gle.com> wrote:
> >
> > > From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
> > >
> > > The x86 boot image generation tool assign a default value to startup_64
> > > and subsequently parses the actual value from zoffset.h but it never
> > > actually uses the value anywhere. So remove this code.
> > >
> > > This change has no impact on the resulting bzImage binary.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
> > > ---
> > >  arch/x86/boot/Makefile      | 2 +-
> > >  arch/x86/boot/tools/build.c | 3 ---
> > >  2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > Note that this patch conflicted with a recent upstream cleanup commit:
> >
> >    e78d334a5470 ("x86/boot: Mark global variables as static")
> >
> > It was trivial to resolve, but please double-check the result once I push
> > out the new tip:x86/boot tree.
> >
> 
> Ehm, I suspect something is going on with your workflow - did you
> apply my patches out of order perhaps? (/me notes that you seem to
> have omitted patches #7

Indeed: patch #7 was not in my inbox - nor is it in my lkml folder:

664225     Sep 12 Ard Biesheuvel     | ├─>[PATCH v2 04/15] x86/boot: Remove the 'bugger off' message
664226     Sep 12 Ard Biesheuvel     | ├─>[PATCH v2 05/15] x86/boot: Omit compression buffer from PE/COFF image memory footprint
664227     Sep 12 Ard Biesheuvel     | ├─>[PATCH v2 06/15] x86/boot: Drop redundant code setting the root device
664228     Sep 12 Ard Biesheuvel     | ├─>[PATCH v2 08/15] x86/boot: Drop references to startup_64
664229     Sep 12 Ard Biesheuvel     | ├─>[PATCH v2 10/15] x86/boot: Define setup size in linker script
664230     Sep 12 Ard Biesheuvel     | ├─>[PATCH v2 12/15] x86/boot: Construct PE/COFF .text section from assembler
664231     Sep 12 Ard Biesheuvel     | ├─>[PATCH v2 13/15] x86/boot: Drop PE/COFF .reloc section
664232     Sep 12 Ard Biesheuvel     | ├─>[PATCH v2 14/15] x86/boot: Split off PE/COFF .data section

:-/

Very weird - could it have gotten lost in the sending process, on your 
side?

Thanks,

	Ingo