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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, "x86@kernel.org" <x86@kernel.org>,
	Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>,
	Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@trendmicro.com.cn>,
	"linux-doc@vger.kernel.org" <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-pm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] make kASLR vs hibernation boot-time selectable
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2014 09:41:19 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <539C7B2F.9070800@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <13135927.OjVm86GPrt@vostro.rjw.lan>

On 06/13/2014 05:39 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>  
> -#define RESTORE_MAGIC	0x0123456789ABCDEFUL
> +#define RESTORE_MAGIC	0x0123456789ABCDF0UL
>  

<bikeshed>

Please don't pick numbers like this for magic numbers... *everyone else
does, too.*  In general, picking a random number is a good starting
point; for extra bonus make sure it has at least one invalid UTF-8
sequence in it (so it cannot be confused with either ASCII or UTF-8 text.)

</bikeshed>

	-hpa


  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-06-14 16:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-06-12 19:46 [PATCH 0/2] make kASLR vs hibernation boot-time selectable Kees Cook
2014-06-12 19:46 ` [PATCH 1/2] hibernate: create one-way disable mode Kees Cook
2014-06-12 20:12   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2014-06-12 19:46 ` [PATCH 2/2] x86, kaslr: boot-time selectable with hibernation Kees Cook
2014-06-12 19:48 ` [PATCH 0/2] make kASLR vs hibernation boot-time selectable H. Peter Anvin
2014-06-12 20:13   ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2014-06-12 20:27   ` Kees Cook
2014-06-12 20:29     ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-06-12 20:58       ` Kees Cook
2014-06-13 10:51         ` Pavel Machek
2014-06-13 17:32           ` Kees Cook
2014-06-13 17:36             ` H. Peter Anvin
2014-06-13 20:26             ` Pavel Machek
2014-06-13 22:14             ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2014-06-13 22:07               ` Kees Cook
2014-06-13 22:54                 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2014-06-13 22:59                   ` Kees Cook
2014-06-14  0:14                     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2014-06-14  0:08                       ` Kees Cook
2014-06-14  0:39                         ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2014-06-14  7:37                           ` Kees Cook
2014-06-15 23:16                             ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2014-06-14 16:41                           ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2014-06-15 23:04                             ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2014-06-14  2:31                       ` H. Peter Anvin

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