Re: [PATCH v17 07/10] powerpc: Move arch independent ima kexec functions to drivers/of/kexec.c

[Thiago Jung Bauermann]

Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <nramas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> The functions defined in "arch/powerpc/kexec/ima.c" handle setting up
> and freeing the resources required to carry over the IMA measurement
> list from the current kernel to the next kernel across kexec system call.
> These functions do not have architecture specific code, but are
> currently limited to powerpc.
>
> Move remove_ima_buffer() and setup_ima_buffer() calls into
> of_kexec_alloc_and_setup_fdt() defined in "drivers/of/kexec.c".
>
> Move the remaining architecture independent functions from
> "arch/powerpc/kexec/ima.c" to "drivers/of/kexec.c".
> Delete "arch/powerpc/kexec/ima.c" and "arch/powerpc/include/asm/ima.h".
> Remove references to the deleted files and functions in powerpc and
> in ima.
>
> Co-developed-by: Prakhar Srivastava <prsriva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Prakhar Srivastava <prsriva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <nramas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/include/asm/ima.h    |  27 ----
>  arch/powerpc/include/asm/kexec.h  |   3 -
>  arch/powerpc/kexec/Makefile       |   7 -
>  arch/powerpc/kexec/file_load.c    |  25 ----
>  arch/powerpc/kexec/file_load_64.c |   4 -
>  arch/powerpc/kexec/ima.c          | 202 -------------------------
>  drivers/of/kexec.c                | 239 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/of.h                |   2 +
>  security/integrity/ima/ima.h      |   4 -
>  9 files changed, 241 insertions(+), 272 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100644 arch/powerpc/include/asm/ima.h
>  delete mode 100644 arch/powerpc/kexec/ima.c

Reviewed-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Thiago Jung Bauermann
IBM Linux Technology Center