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Re: [PATCH 5/5] x86/boot: Drop the mbi and mod pointers in __start_xen()


  • To: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>, Xen-devel <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: "Daniel P. Smith" <dpsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 11:13:18 -0400
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On 10/24/24 10:26, Andrew Cooper wrote:
We can't drop them fully yet, but we can limit their scope to almost nothing,
which serves the same purpose.

This removes the ability to accidentally reintroduce buggy uses of
__va(mbi->mods_addr).

No functional change.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
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CC: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>
CC: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Daniel P. Smith <dpsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Smith <dpsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>



 


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