Hi Lakshmi, On Fri, 2020-10-30 at 10:44 -0700, Lakshmi Ramasubramanian wrote: > The functions ima_get_kexec_buffer() and ima_free_kexec_buffer(), > that handle carrying forward the IMA measurement logs on kexec for > powerpc do not have architecture specific code, but they are currently > defined for powerpc only. > > Move ima_get_kexec_buffer() and ima_free_kexec_buffer() to IMA > subsystem. A later patch in this series will use these functions for > carrying forward the IMA measurement log for ARM64. > > With the above refactoring arch/powerpc/kexec/ima.c contains only > functions used when CONFIG_IMA_KEXEC is enabled. Update Makefile > in arch/powerpc/kexec to include arch/powerpc/kexec/ima.c only > when CONFIG_IMA_KEXEC is enabled. > > Co-developed-by: Prakhar Srivastava <prsriva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Prakhar Srivastava <prsriva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <nramas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Similar comments to 1/4. - Last line of first paragraph can be rephrased like " ... on kexec, do not contain architecture specific code, but are currently limited to powerpc." - This patch should be limited to moving existing functions. Truncate the Subject line to "Move arch independent IMA kexec functions to ima_kexec.c." - Don't refer to a later patch, but explain the purpose here. For example, "Move ... , making them accessible to other archs." - The definition of "FDT_PROP_IMA_KEXEC_BUFFER" should be made as a separate, prepartory patch, prior to the existing 1/4. The resulting code being moved in this patch (and similarly for 1/4) will be exactly the same as the code being deleted. thanks, Mimi