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Date:   Tue, 11 Feb 2020 17:17:39 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To:     Arvind Sankar <nivedita@alum.mit.edu>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] x86/boot/compressed/64: Use 32-bit move for
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On Tue, Jan 07, 2020 at 02:44:36PM -0500, Arvind Sankar wrote:
> z_output_len is a 32-bit quantity,

It took me a while to figure out why that is, with Michael's help.
Please write in the commit message why it is a 32-bit quantity so that
it is clear to readers.

Thx.

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    Boris.

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