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Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2024 19:09:17 +0200
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 01/14] x86/sev: Rename snp_init() in the
 boot/compressed/sev.c file
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On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 05:26:20PM -0500, Tom Lendacky wrote:
> The snp_init() in boot/compressed/sev.c is local to that file and is not
> called from outside of the file. Change the name so that it is not tied
> to the function definition in arch/x86/include/asm/sev.h.

That part I don't understand: I can rename the function without making
it static and it builds fine, so where is it "tied" to the function
definition in kernel proper?

Don't get me wrong - leaking kernel proper symbols into the decompressor
has been a pet peeve of mine for a while now but this is not the case
here, is it?

And yes, the patch is fine - I'm just asking...

Thx.

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    Boris.

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