Re: [tip: x86/build] x86/boot: Add back some padding for the CRC-32 checksum

[Borislav Petkov]

On Wed, Mar 12, 2025 at 12:09:34PM -0000, tip-bot2 for Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> The following commit has been merged into the x86/build branch of tip:
> 
> Commit-ID:     e471a86a8c523eccdfd1c4745ed7ac7cbdcc1f3f
> Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/e471a86a8c523eccdfd1c4745ed7ac7cbdcc1f3f
> Author:        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> AuthorDate:    Wed, 12 Mar 2025 09:12:05 +01:00
> Committer:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CommitterDate: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 13:04:52 +01:00
> 
> x86/boot: Add back some padding for the CRC-32 checksum
> 
> Even though no uses of the bzImage CRC-32 checksum are known, ensure
> that the last 4 bytes of the image are unused zero bytes, so that the
> checksum can be generated post-build if needed.

Sounds like it is not needed and sounds like we should whack this thing no?

Or are we doing a grace period and then whack it when that grace period
expires?

Thx.

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    Boris.

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