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Re: [PATCH v4 1/6] xen/arm: Skip initializing the BSS section when it is empty


  • To: Ayan Kumar Halder <ayan.kumar.halder@xxxxxxx>
  • From: Luca Fancellu <Luca.Fancellu@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 14:45:05 +0000
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  • Thread-topic: [PATCH v4 1/6] xen/arm: Skip initializing the BSS section when it is empty

Hi Ayan,

> On 28 Oct 2024, at 12:45, Ayan Kumar Halder <ayan.kumar.halder@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> If the BSS section is empty, then the function should return.
> If one does not check whether the BSS section is empty or not, then there is a
> risk of writing 0s outside of BSS section (which may contain critical data).
> 
> Fixes: dac84b66cc9a ("xen: arm64: initial build + config changes, start of 
> day code")
> Signed-off-by: Ayan Kumar Halder <ayan.kumar.halder@xxxxxxx>
>

Looks good to me

Reviewed-by: Luca Fancellu <luca.fancellu@xxxxxxx>



 


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