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SubjectRe: [PATCH v5 05/21] x86, boot: Calculate decompression size during boot not build
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On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 1:12 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> wrote:
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> * Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:
>
>> From: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>
>>
>> Currently z_extract_offset is calculated in boot/compressed/mkpiggy.c.
>
> What is the high level meaning of z_extract_offset? I cannot tell without reading
> the code - and the point of changelogs is for them to be readable without having
> to read the code.

I'll clarify it in the changelog. (FWIW, it's the offset into the
extraction buffer where it's safe to put the data-to-be-extracted).

> The rest of the changelog is pretty good.

Thanks!

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Chrome OS & Brillo Security

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