From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>,
torvalds@linux-foundation.org, hpa@zytor.com, dyoung@redhat.com,
tglx@linutronix.de, luto@kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org,
dvlasenk@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
brgerst@gmail.com, luto@amacapital.net,
akpm@linux-foundation.org, bhe@redhat.com, yinghai@kernel.org,
vgoyal@redhat.com, linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:x86/boot] x86/boot: Clean up pointer casting
Date: Fri, 6 May 2016 12:10:48 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160506101048.GA7325@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160506085300.GE24044@pd.tnic>
* Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> wrote:
> This can be simplified even further:
>
> ---
> From: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
> Date: Fri, 6 May 2016 10:43:21 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] x86/boot: Simplify pointer casting in
> choose_random_location()
>
> Pass them down as unsigned long directly and get rid of more casting and
> assignments.
>
> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h | 8 ++++----
> 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
Great, thanks!
Ingo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-05-06 10:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-05-05 22:13 [kernel-hardening] [PATCH v6 0/11] x86/KASLR: Randomize virtual address separately Kees Cook
2016-05-05 22:13 ` Kees Cook
2016-05-05 22:13 ` [kernel-hardening] [PATCH v6 01/11] x86/boot: Clean up pointer casting Kees Cook
2016-05-05 22:13 ` Kees Cook
2016-05-06 7:45 ` [tip:x86/boot] " tip-bot for Kees Cook
2016-05-06 8:53 ` Borislav Petkov
2016-05-06 10:10 ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
2016-05-06 15:21 ` Kees Cook
2016-05-06 10:36 ` Ingo Molnar
2016-05-06 10:44 ` Borislav Petkov
2016-05-06 11:50 ` [PATCH -v1.1] x86/boot: Simplify pointer casting in choose_random_location() Borislav Petkov
2016-05-07 6:35 ` [tip:x86/boot] " tip-bot for Borislav Petkov
2016-05-05 22:13 ` [kernel-hardening] [PATCH v6 02/11] x86/KASLR: Consolidate mem_avoid entries Kees Cook
2016-05-05 22:13 ` Kees Cook
2016-05-06 7:46 ` [tip:x86/boot] x86/KASLR: Consolidate mem_avoid[] entries tip-bot for Yinghai Lu
2016-05-06 16:08 ` Borislav Petkov
2016-05-06 18:16 ` Kees Cook
2016-05-06 19:29 ` Borislav Petkov
2016-05-05 22:13 ` [kernel-hardening] [PATCH v6 03/11] x86/boot: Split out kernel_ident_mapping_init Kees Cook
2016-05-05 22:13 ` Kees Cook
2016-05-05 22:13 ` [kernel-hardening] [PATCH v6 04/11] x86/KASLR: Build identity mappings on demand Kees Cook
2016-05-05 22:13 ` Kees Cook
2016-05-06 7:00 ` [kernel-hardening] " Ingo Molnar
2016-05-06 7:00 ` Ingo Molnar
2016-05-06 17:44 ` [kernel-hardening] " Kees Cook
2016-05-06 17:44 ` Kees Cook
2016-05-05 22:13 ` [kernel-hardening] [PATCH v6 05/11] x86/KASLR: Add slot_area to manage random_addr slots Kees Cook
2016-05-05 22:13 ` Kees Cook
2016-05-05 22:13 ` [kernel-hardening] [PATCH v6 06/11] x86/KASLR: Return earliest overlap when avoiding regions Kees Cook
2016-05-05 22:13 ` Kees Cook
2016-05-05 22:13 ` [kernel-hardening] [PATCH v6 07/11] x86/KASLR: Add virtual address choosing function Kees Cook
2016-05-05 22:13 ` Kees Cook
2016-05-05 22:13 ` [kernel-hardening] [PATCH v6 08/11] x86/KASLR: Clarify purpose of each get_random_long Kees Cook
2016-05-05 22:13 ` Kees Cook
2016-05-05 22:13 ` [kernel-hardening] [PATCH v6 09/11] x86/KASLR: Randomize virtual address separately Kees Cook
2016-05-05 22:13 ` Kees Cook
2016-05-05 22:13 ` [kernel-hardening] [PATCH v6 10/11] x86/KASLR: Add physical address randomization >4G Kees Cook
2016-05-05 22:13 ` Kees Cook
2016-05-06 8:27 ` [kernel-hardening] " Baoquan He
2016-05-06 8:27 ` Baoquan He
2016-05-06 15:31 ` [kernel-hardening] " Kees Cook
2016-05-06 15:31 ` Kees Cook
2016-05-08 9:17 ` [kernel-hardening] " Baoquan He
2016-05-08 9:17 ` Baoquan He
2016-05-05 22:13 ` [kernel-hardening] [PATCH v6 11/11] x86/KASLR: Allow randomization below load address Kees Cook
2016-05-05 22:13 ` Kees Cook
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