Re: [PATCH V14 7/7] cxl/port: Introduce cxl_cdat_valid()

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On Fri, 15 Jul 2022 19:26:01 -0700
Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> ira.weiny@ wrote:
> > From: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > The CDAT data is protected by a checksum and should be the proper
> > length.
> > 
> > Introduce cxl_cdat_valid() to validate the data.  While at it check and
> > store the sequence number.  
> 
> I am going to drop this one. Userspace can determine validity when it
> parses it. When the kernel grows a CDAT parser it will rely on the
> standard validation of ACPI-table-like structures from a future
> __acpi_table_parse_entries() derivative for this purpose.

OK, for now I guess.



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