* Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 15 Sept 2023 at 11:15, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > * Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > The x86 boot image generation tool assign a default value to startup_64 > > > and subsequently parses the actual value from zoffset.h but it never > > > actually uses the value anywhere. So remove this code. > > > > > > This change has no impact on the resulting bzImage binary. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > --- > > > arch/x86/boot/Makefile | 2 +- > > > arch/x86/boot/tools/build.c | 3 --- > > > 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-) > > > > Note that this patch conflicted with a recent upstream cleanup commit: > > > > e78d334a5470 ("x86/boot: Mark global variables as static") > > > > It was trivial to resolve, but please double-check the result once I push > > out the new tip:x86/boot tree. > > > > Ehm, I suspect something is going on with your workflow - did you > apply my patches out of order perhaps? (/me notes that you seem to > have omitted patches #7 Indeed: patch #7 was not in my inbox - nor is it in my lkml folder: 664225 Sep 12 Ard Biesheuvel | ├─>[PATCH v2 04/15] x86/boot: Remove the 'bugger off' message 664226 Sep 12 Ard Biesheuvel | ├─>[PATCH v2 05/15] x86/boot: Omit compression buffer from PE/COFF image memory footprint 664227 Sep 12 Ard Biesheuvel | ├─>[PATCH v2 06/15] x86/boot: Drop redundant code setting the root device 664228 Sep 12 Ard Biesheuvel | ├─>[PATCH v2 08/15] x86/boot: Drop references to startup_64 664229 Sep 12 Ard Biesheuvel | ├─>[PATCH v2 10/15] x86/boot: Define setup size in linker script 664230 Sep 12 Ard Biesheuvel | ├─>[PATCH v2 12/15] x86/boot: Construct PE/COFF .text section from assembler 664231 Sep 12 Ard Biesheuvel | ├─>[PATCH v2 13/15] x86/boot: Drop PE/COFF .reloc section 664232 Sep 12 Ard Biesheuvel | ├─>[PATCH v2 14/15] x86/boot: Split off PE/COFF .data section :-/ Very weird - could it have gotten lost in the sending process, on your side? Thanks, Ingo