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SubjectRe: [RFC 1/2] export unpack_to_rootfs
On Tue, Feb 05, 2013 at 02:34:49PM +0200, Dmitry Kasatkin wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@intel.com>
> ---
> init/do_mounts.h | 2 ++
> init/initramfs.c | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/init/do_mounts.h b/init/do_mounts.h
> index f5b978a..11829eb 100644
> --- a/init/do_mounts.h
> +++ b/init/do_mounts.h
> @@ -74,3 +74,5 @@ void md_run_setup(void);
> static inline void md_run_setup(void) {}
>
> #endif
> +
> +char * __init unpack_to_rootfs(char *buf, unsigned len);
> diff --git a/init/initramfs.c b/init/initramfs.c
> index 84c6bf1..e32bc06 100644
> --- a/init/initramfs.c
> +++ b/init/initramfs.c
> @@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ static unsigned my_inptr; /* index of next byte to be processed in inbuf */
>
> #include <linux/decompress/generic.h>
>
> -static char * __init unpack_to_rootfs(char *buf, unsigned len)
> +char * __init unpack_to_rootfs(char *buf, unsigned len)
> {
> int written, res;
> decompress_fn decompress;

Doing this unconditionally seems to be inviting rootkit authors to use a
new and shiny tool. I also don't think it's the best way to do this,
but I'll comment on the other patch to explain why.

--
Peter


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