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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 32/36] x86/boot/compressed: Reorganize zero-size
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On Sat, Aug 01, 2020 at 01:12:25PM -0400, Arvind Sankar wrote:
> Actually, moving it to the end also requires marking it INFO or
> stripping it out when creating the bzImage. Otherwise we get back to
> that old problem of materializing .bss/.pgtable in the bzImage.

Yeah -- I wonder what the best way to make sure we avoid causing the
.bss appearing again...

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Kees Cook