Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 15 Apr 2016 10:09:56 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v5 04/21] x86, boot: Move compressed kernel to end of decompression buffer |
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* Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:
> From: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org> > > This change makes later calculations about where the kernel is located > easier to reason about. To better understand this change, we must first > clarify what VO and ZO are. They were introduced in commits by hpa: > > 77d1a49 x86, boot: make symbols from the main vmlinux available > 37ba7ab x86, boot: make kernel_alignment adjustable; new bzImage fields > > Specifically: > > VO: > - uncompressed kernel image > - size: VO__end - VO__text ("VO_INIT_SIZE" define) > > ZO: > - bootable compressed kernel image (boot/compressed/vmlinux) > - head text + compressed kernel (VO and relocs table) + decompressor code > - size: ZO__end - ZO_startup_32 ("ZO_INIT_SIZE" define, though see below) > > The INIT_SIZE definition is used to find the larger of the two image sizes: > > #define ZO_INIT_SIZE (ZO__end - ZO_startup_32 + ZO_z_extract_offset) > #define VO_INIT_SIZE (VO__end - VO__text) > #if ZO_INIT_SIZE > VO_INIT_SIZE > #define INIT_SIZE ZO_INIT_SIZE > #else > #define INIT_SIZE VO_INIT_SIZE > #endif
Please also harmonize all the prefixes, i.e. use VO__/ZO__ everywhere (rename things where necessary), instead of this mixed up VO_/ZO_/VO__/ZO__ mess.
Thanks,
Ingo
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