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From: Matt Fleming <matt-mF/unelCI9GS6iBeEJttW/XRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
To: Colin Ian King <colin.king-Z7WLFzj8eWMS+FvcfC7Uqw@public.gmane.org>
Cc: "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx-hfZtesqFncYOwBW4kG4KsQ@public.gmane.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
	x86-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org,
	linux-efi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/efi: initialize status to ensure garbage is not returned on small size
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 12:50:41 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160801115041.GD3636@codeblueprint.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ada10a97-f3d3-91af-51b8-6d2f973c95a1-Z7WLFzj8eWMS+FvcfC7Uqw@public.gmane.org>

On Wed, 27 Jul, at 03:50:16PM, Colin Ian King wrote:
> 
> I'd rather put extra guarding in rather than getting some potential
> garbage return from the stack, but I am playing it rather conservatively
> here.

I think that's sensible, I just wanted to confirm your rationale.

Thanks, applied.

      parent reply	other threads:[~2016-08-01 11:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-07-20 10:11 [PATCH] x86/efi: initialize status to ensure garbage is not returned on small size Colin King
2016-07-27 14:38 ` Matt Fleming
     [not found]   ` <20160727143813.GG31759-mF/unelCI9GS6iBeEJttW/XRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
2016-07-27 14:50     ` Colin Ian King
     [not found]       ` <ada10a97-f3d3-91af-51b8-6d2f973c95a1-Z7WLFzj8eWMS+FvcfC7Uqw@public.gmane.org>
2016-08-01 11:50         ` Matt Fleming [this message]

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