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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 0/1] x86/boot: save fields explicitly, zero out everything else
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On 7/30/19 10:46 PM, john.hubbard@gmail.com wrote:
> From: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>
>
> Hi,
>
> This uses the "save each field explicitly" approach that we discussed
> during the first review [1]. As in [1], this is motivated by a desire
> to clear the compiler warnings when building with gcc 9.
>
> This is difficult to properly test. I've done a basic boot test, but
> if there are actually errors in which items get zeroed or not, I don't
> have a good test to uncover that.


Also, if anyone has advice about any extra testing I could run on this,
please send it my way.

thanks,
--
John Hubbard
NVIDIA

>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.21.1907260036500.1791@nanos.tec.linutronix.de
>
> John Hubbard (1):
> x86/boot: save fields explicitly, zero out everything else
>
> arch/x86/include/asm/bootparam_utils.h | 62 +++++++++++++++++++-------
> 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>

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