Re: [PATCH v8 1/4] powerpc: Refactor kexec functions to move arch independent code to drivers/of

[Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <nramas@linux.microsoft.com>]

On 11/3/20 6:55 AM, Mimi Zohar wrote:

Hi Mimi,

Thanks for reviewing the patches.

> On Fri, 2020-10-30 at 10:44 -0700, Lakshmi Ramasubramanian wrote:
>> The functions remove_ima_buffer() and delete_fdt_mem_rsv() that handle
>> carrying forward the IMA measurement logs on kexec for powerpc do not
>> have architecture specific code, but they are currently defined for
>> powerpc only.
> 
> ^ ... logs on kexec, do not have architecture specific code, but are
> currently limited to powerpc.
Will make this change.

> 
>>
>> remove_ima_buffer() and delete_fdt_mem_rsv() are used to remove
>> the IMA log entry from the device tree and free the memory reserved
>> for the log. These functions need to be defined even if the current
>> kernel does not support carrying forward IMA log across kexec since
>> the previous kernel could have supported that and therefore the current
>> kernel needs to free the allocation.
> 
> The first paragraph describes these function as "handle carrying
> forward the IMA measurement logs on kexec", while this paragraph says
> "are used to remove the IMA log entry".  Consider listing all of the
> functions being moved in the first paragrah, then "handle carrying
> forward" could be expanded to "carrying ... and removing".
Sure.

> 
>>
>> Rename remove_ima_buffer() to remove_ima_kexec_buffer().
>> Define remove_ima_kexec_buffer() and delete_fdt_mem_rsv() in
>> drivers/of/fdt.c. A later patch in this series will use these functions
>> to free the allocation, if any, made by the previous kernel for ARM64.
> 
> - ^Define -> Move
> - Three functions are being moved, but only two are listed.
> "do_get_kexec_buffer" is not mentioned.
> - Don't refer to a later patch, but explain the purpose here.  For
> example, "Move ... , making them accessible to other archs."
Sure.

> 
>>
>> Define FDT_PROP_IMA_KEXEC_BUFFER for the chosen node, namely
>> "linux,ima-kexec-buffer", that is added to the DTB to hold
>> the address and the size of the memory reserved to carry
>> the IMA measurement log.
> 
> The above two paragraphs describe renaming a function and defining a
> chosen node.  These two preparatory changes should be made,
> independently of each other, prior to this patch.  This patch should be
> limited to moving code, with the subject line truncated to "move arch
> independent code to drivers/of".
> 

Just to be clear -

Split this patch into 3 parts as listed below:

PATCH #1: Rename remove_ima_buffer() to remove_ima_kexec_buffer()
PATCH #2: Define the chosen node
PATCH #3: Move the functions to drivers/of/fdt.c

Sure - I'll make the above changes and update patch descriptions 
accordingly.

thanks,
  -lakshmi