Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] x86/boot/64: Explicitly map boot_params and command line

From: Arvind Sankar
Date: Fri Oct 16 2020 - 13:21:04 EST


On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 07:07:42PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 12:47:55PM -0400, Arvind Sankar wrote:
> > Just for clarity, by cleanups you mean patches 2 and 3? i.e. you want to
> > see 1, 4, 2, 3?
>
> It is important for:
>
> [PATCH v2 4/5] x86/boot/64: Explicitly map boot_params and command line
>
> to come first so that it goes in now.

This patch depends on 1 to initialize boot_params before
initialize_identity_maps() is called. You want me to rework it to avoid
that?

>
> The rest:
>
> [PATCH v2 1/5] x86/boot: Initialize boot_params in startup code
> [PATCH v2 2/5] x86/boot: Split out command-line related declarations
> [PATCH v2 3/5] x86/boot/64: Show original faulting address in case of error
>
> can come in any order and when ready.
>
> Thx.
>
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> Boris.
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