linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arch:x86:coco:sev: Initialize ctxt variable

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Message-ID: <52aed08a-8c39-2003-8521-2d886ca8daba@amd.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 13:22:57 -0600
From: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
To: "Ragavendra B.N." <ragavendra.bn@...il.com>,
 Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, bp@...en8.de,
 dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, hpa@...or.com, ardb@...nel.org,
 ashish.kalra@....com, tzimmermann@...e.de, bhelgaas@...gle.com,
 x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arch:x86:coco:sev: Initialize ctxt variable

On 11/15/24 13:20, Tom Lendacky wrote:
> On 11/15/24 12:37, Ragavendra B.N. wrote:
>> On Fri, Nov 15, 2024 at 12:01:03PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>>>
>>> * Ragavendra <ragavendra.bn@...il.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Updating the ctxt value to NULL in the svsm_perform_ghcb_protocol as
>>>> it was not initialized.
>>>>
>>>> Fixes: 2e1b3cc9d7f7 (grafted) Merge tag 'arm-fixes-6.12-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/soc/soc
>>>
>>> This 'Fixes' tag looks bogus.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> 	Ingo
>> Please feel free to suggest the valid tag as the file was renamed and I am not able to fetch the correct commit id.
>> git log --oneline arch/x86/coco/sev/shared.c
>> f50cd034d24d (HEAD -> 1594023) arch:x86:coco:sev: Initialize ctxt variable
>> 2e1b3cc9d7f7 (grafted) Merge tag 'arm-fixes-6.12-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/soc/soc
> 
> A quick git annotate arch/x86/coco/sev/shared.c shows that function was
> created with:
> 
> 34ff65901735 ("x86/sev: Use kernel provided SVSM Calling Areas")

Also, the subject line should be:

	x86/sev: Initialize ctxt variable

Thanks,
Tom

> 
> Thanks,
> Tom
> 
>>
>> --
>> Thanks,
>> Ragavendra