Andrew Morton <a...@linux-foundation.org> writes: > On Thu, 29 Sep 2016 17:44:10 -0300 Thiago Jung Bauermann > <bauer...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: > >> Hello Andrew, >> >> You have in the -mm tree a version of the "kexec handover buffer" and "ima >> carry measurement list" patches that were NAKed by Eric Biederman. I would >> just like to double-check that there's no risk of that version reaching >> v4.9. >> >> Mimi posted v5 of a merged patch set that addresses Eric's concern: >> >> https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2016-September/149183.html >> >> There are no separate kexec handover patches anymore. They were folded into >> the series above. The kexec code is simplified now, it doesn't support >> updating the buffer and recalculating the hash on reboot, and is now IMA- >> specific instead of a generic kexec feature. > > Yup, thanks. > > I wasn't thinking any of this material is suitable for 4.9. Seems that > a bit more consideration will be needed. Am I wrong about that?
With Mimi's v5 version of these patches the kexec portions look reasonable and the rest is pretty much just ima code and a little bit of powerpc specific glue (as this is only currently supported for the powerpc way of passing boot parameters). > Are all of these -mm patches up to date? No. There was a v5 that mimi posted. I think the patches listed below are obsolete at this point. > kexec_file-allow-arch-specific-memory-walking-for-kexec_add_buffer.patch > kexec_file-change-kexec_add_buffer-to-take-kexec_buf-as-argument.patch > kexec_file-factor-out-kexec_locate_mem_hole-from-kexec_add_buffer.patch > powerpc-change-places-using-config_kexec-to-use-config_kexec_core-instead.patch > powerpc-factor-out-relocation-code-from-module_64c-to-elf_util_64c.patch > powerpc-generalize-elf64_apply_relocate_add.patch > powerpc-adapt-elf64_apply_relocate_add-for-kexec_file_load.patch > powerpc-add-functions-to-read-elf-files-of-any-endianness.patch > powerpc-implement-kexec_file_load.patch > powerpc-add-code-to-work-with-device-trees-in-kexec_file_load.patch > powerpc-add-support-for-loading-elf-kernels-with-kexec_file_load.patch > powerpc-add-support-for-loading-elf-kernels-with-kexec_file_load-fix.patch > powerpc-add-purgatory-for-kexec_file_load-implementation.patch > powerpc-add-purgatory-for-kexec_file_load-implementation-fix.patch > powerpc-enable-config_kexec_file-in-powerpc-server-defconfigs.patch > # > kexec_file-include-the-purgatory-segment-in-the-kexec-image-checksum.patch > kexec_file-add-buffer-hand-over-support-for-the-next-kernel.patch > powerpc-kexec_file-add-buffer-hand-over-support-for-the-next-kernel.patch > kexec_file-add-mechanism-to-update-kexec-segments.patch Eric
