From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
"Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.10.y 3/7] bootconfig: Share the checksum function with tools
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 15:07:31 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260916190735.1968203-3-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260916190735.1968203-1-sashal@kernel.org>
From: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
[ Upstream commit 99f4f5d62338cab9dcf45735344541574daedd20 ]
Move the checksum calculation function into the header for sharing it
with tools/bootconfig.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/162262197470.264090.16325743685807878807.stgit@devnote2
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Stable-dep-of: 462d0b066b61 ("tools/bootconfig: Fix integer overflow and truncation in size checks")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
include/linux/bootconfig.h | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
init/main.c | 12 +-----------
tools/bootconfig/main.c | 15 ++-------------
3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/bootconfig.h b/include/linux/bootconfig.h
index 2c5f0b2484caa..47d2116883b15 100644
--- a/include/linux/bootconfig.h
+++ b/include/linux/bootconfig.h
@@ -16,6 +16,26 @@
#define BOOTCONFIG_ALIGN (1 << BOOTCONFIG_ALIGN_SHIFT)
#define BOOTCONFIG_ALIGN_MASK (BOOTCONFIG_ALIGN - 1)
+/**
+ * xbc_calc_checksum() - Calculate checksum of bootconfig
+ * @data: Bootconfig data.
+ * @size: The size of the bootconfig data.
+ *
+ * Calculate the checksum value of the bootconfig data.
+ * The checksum will be used with the BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC and the size for
+ * embedding the bootconfig in the initrd image.
+ */
+static inline __init u32 xbc_calc_checksum(void *data, u32 size)
+{
+ unsigned char *p = data;
+ u32 ret = 0;
+
+ while (size--)
+ ret += *p++;
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
/* XBC tree node */
struct xbc_node {
u16 next;
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index d23d1a8d5393f..fdddffa54361c 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -346,16 +346,6 @@ static char * __init xbc_make_cmdline(const char *key)
return new_cmdline;
}
-static u32 boot_config_checksum(unsigned char *p, u32 size)
-{
- u32 ret = 0;
-
- while (size--)
- ret += *p++;
-
- return ret;
-}
-
static int __init bootconfig_params(char *param, char *val,
const char *unused, void *arg)
{
@@ -399,7 +389,7 @@ static void __init setup_boot_config(const char *cmdline)
return;
}
- if (boot_config_checksum((unsigned char *)data, size) != csum) {
+ if (xbc_calc_checksum(data, size) != csum) {
pr_err("bootconfig checksum failed\n");
return;
}
diff --git a/tools/bootconfig/main.c b/tools/bootconfig/main.c
index b276fb75065e4..6b212e9835e07 100644
--- a/tools/bootconfig/main.c
+++ b/tools/bootconfig/main.c
@@ -97,17 +97,6 @@ static void xbc_show_list(void)
}
}
-/* Simple real checksum */
-static int checksum(unsigned char *buf, int len)
-{
- int i, sum = 0;
-
- for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
- sum += buf[i];
-
- return sum;
-}
-
#define PAGE_SIZE 4096
static int load_xbc_fd(int fd, char **buf, int size)
@@ -206,7 +195,7 @@ static int load_xbc_from_initrd(int fd, char **buf)
return ret;
/* Wrong Checksum */
- rcsum = checksum((unsigned char *)*buf, size);
+ rcsum = xbc_calc_checksum(*buf, size);
if (csum != rcsum) {
pr_err("checksum error: %u != %u\n", csum, rcsum);
return -EINVAL;
@@ -355,7 +344,7 @@ static int apply_xbc(const char *path, const char *xbc_path)
return ret;
}
size = strlen(buf) + 1;
- csum = checksum((unsigned char *)buf, size);
+ csum = xbc_calc_checksum(buf, size);
/* Backup the bootconfig data */
data = calloc(size + BOOTCONFIG_ALIGN +
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-16 19:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-16 14:16 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] tools/bootconfig: Fix integer overflow and truncation in size" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree gregkh
2026-09-16 19:07 ` [PATCH 5.10.y 1/7] tools/bootconfig: Simplify expression Sasha Levin
2026-09-16 19:07 ` [PATCH 5.10.y 2/7] bootconfig: Change array value to use child node Sasha Levin
2026-09-16 19:07 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
2026-09-16 19:07 ` [PATCH 5.10.y 4/7] tools/bootconfig: Print all error message in stderr Sasha Levin
2026-09-16 19:07 ` [PATCH 5.10.y 5/7] bootconfig: Replace u16 and u32 with uint16_t and uint32_t Sasha Levin
2026-09-16 19:07 ` [PATCH 5.10.y 6/7] tools/bootconfig: Cleanup bootconfig footer size calculations Sasha Levin
2026-09-16 19:07 ` [PATCH 5.10.y 7/7] tools/bootconfig: Fix integer overflow and truncation in size checks Sasha Levin
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