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

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Message-ID: <CAMj1kXHK4NxgWCieaQY7tT6BquSBv6Db10K8-V_8qFeZKv=BZA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 12:02:27 +0100
From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Ragavendra <ragavendra.bn@...il.com>, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, 
	bp@...en8.de, dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, hpa@...or.com, 
	thomas.lendacky@....com, 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 Fri, 15 Nov 2024 at 12:01, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> 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.
>

So does the patch itself - 'struct es_em_ctxt ctxt' is not a pointer.