Re: [PATCH v7,net-next,07/13] crypto: octeontx2: load microcode and create engine groups

Jakub Kicinski
2020-10-15T00:06:28Z

On Mon, 12 Oct 2020 16:27:13 +0530 Srujana Challa wrote:
> +/* tar header as defined in POSIX 1003.1-1990. */
> +struct tar_hdr_t {
> + char name[100];
> + char mode[8];
> + char uid[8];
> + char gid[8];
> + char size[12];
> + char mtime[12];
> + char chksum[8];
> + char typeflag;
> + char linkname[100];
> + char magic[6];
> + char version[2];
> + char uname[32];
> + char gname[32];
> + char devmajor[8];
> + char devminor[8];
> + char prefix[155];
> +};
> +
> +struct tar_blk_t {
> + union {
> + struct tar_hdr_t hdr;
> + char block[TAR_BLOCK_LEN];
> + };
> +};

In networking we've been pushing back on parsing firmware files
in the kernel. Why do you need to parse tar archives?