Ping: [PATCH] x86/tboot: adjust UUID check

[Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

On 19.05.2021 17:49, Jan Beulich wrote:
> Replace a bogus cast, move the static variable into the only function
> using it, and add __initconst. While there, also remove a pointless NULL
> check.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
> 
> --- a/xen/arch/x86/tboot.c
> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/tboot.c
> @@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ static vmac_t domain_mac;     /* MAC for
>  static vmac_t xenheap_mac;    /* MAC for xen heap during S3 */
>  static vmac_t frametable_mac; /* MAC for frame table during S3 */
>  
> -static const uuid_t tboot_shared_uuid = TBOOT_SHARED_UUID;
> -
>  /* used by tboot_protect_mem_regions() and/or tboot_parse_dmar_table() */
>  static uint64_t __initdata txt_heap_base, __initdata txt_heap_size;
>  static uint64_t __initdata sinit_base, __initdata sinit_size;
> @@ -93,6 +91,7 @@ static void __init tboot_copy_memory(uns
>  void __init tboot_probe(void)
>  {
>      tboot_shared_t *tboot_shared;
> +    static const uuid_t __initconst tboot_shared_uuid = TBOOT_SHARED_UUID;
>  
>      /* Look for valid page-aligned address for shared page. */
>      if ( !opt_tboot_pa || (opt_tboot_pa & ~PAGE_MASK) )
> @@ -101,9 +100,7 @@ void __init tboot_probe(void)
>      /* Map and check for tboot UUID. */
>      set_fixmap(FIX_TBOOT_SHARED_BASE, opt_tboot_pa);
>      tboot_shared = fix_to_virt(FIX_TBOOT_SHARED_BASE);
> -    if ( tboot_shared == NULL )
> -        return;
> -    if ( memcmp(&tboot_shared_uuid, (uuid_t *)tboot_shared, sizeof(uuid_t)) )
> +    if ( memcmp(&tboot_shared_uuid, &tboot_shared->uuid, sizeof(uuid_t)) )
>          return;
>  
>      /* new tboot_shared (w/ GAS support, integrity, etc.) is not backwards
>