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* [PATCH] x86/kexec: Initialize the value of ident mapping offset
@ 2020-11-06  3:30 Hewenliang
  2020-11-06 15:22 ` Borislav Petkov
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Hewenliang @ 2020-11-06  3:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: tglx, mingo, bp, hpa, osandov, rppt, lijiang, linux-kernel
  Cc: hewenliang4, hushiyuan

From: hewenliang <hewenliang4@huawei.com>

It is necessary to initialize the value of ident mapping offset.
This can not only avoid using dirty data, but also improve the
code readability when we using the variable of offset.

Signed-off-by: hewenliang <hewenliang4@huawei.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c
index a29a44a98e5b..101cbce893e4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ static int init_pgtable(struct kimage *image, unsigned long start_pgtable)
 		.alloc_pgt_page	= alloc_pgt_page,
 		.context	= image,
 		.page_flag	= __PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE_EXEC,
+		.offset		= 0,
 		.kernpg_flag	= _KERNPG_TABLE_NOENC,
 	};
 	unsigned long mstart, mend;
-- 
2.19.1


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* Re: [PATCH] x86/kexec: Initialize the value of ident mapping offset
  2020-11-06  3:30 [PATCH] x86/kexec: Initialize the value of ident mapping offset Hewenliang
@ 2020-11-06 15:22 ` Borislav Petkov
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Borislav Petkov @ 2020-11-06 15:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Hewenliang
  Cc: tglx, mingo, hpa, osandov, rppt, lijiang, linux-kernel, hushiyuan

On Thu, Nov 05, 2020 at 10:30:05PM -0500, Hewenliang wrote:
> From: hewenliang <hewenliang4@huawei.com>
> 
> It is necessary to initialize the value of ident mapping offset.

Why is it necessary?

> This can not only avoid using dirty data,

What happens to designated initializers when some of the members are not
explicitly mentioned?

Hint:

$ make arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.s

and look at that file before your patch.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette

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