linux-hardening - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 1/9] pstore: move pstore creator id, section type and record struct to common header

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Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2023 10:13:20 -0700
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: Shuai Xue <xueshuai@...ux.alibaba.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 1/9] pstore: move pstore creator id, section type
 and record struct to common header

On Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 03:44:18PM +0800, Shuai Xue wrote:
> Move pstore creator id, section type and record struct to the common
> header, so that it can be use by MCE and GHES driver.

I would prefer this was not in the pstore header -- this is a backend
detail that should stay in backend headers.

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook