[U-Boot] [U-Boot, v2, 4/5] gpt: part: Definition and declaration of GPT verification functions

Przemyslaw Marczak p.marczak at samsung.com
Wed Nov 25 10:06:28 CET 2015


Hi Tom,

On 11/24/2015 07:56 PM, Tom Rini wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 10:56:41AM +0100, Przemyslaw Marczak wrote:
>> Hello Tom,
>>
>> On 11/23/2015 11:44 PM, Tom Rini wrote:
>>> On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 08:06:16AM +0100, Lukasz Majewski wrote:
>>>
>>>> This commit provides definition and declaration of GPT verification
>>>> functions - namely gpt_verify_headers() and gpt_verify_partitions().
>>>> The former is used to only check CRC32 of GPT's header and PTEs.
>>>> The latter examines each partition entry and compare attributes such as:
>>>> name, start offset and size with ones provided at '$partitions' env
>>>> variable.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Lukasz Majewski <l.majewski at majess.pl>
>>>> Reviewed-by: Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com>
>>>> Reviewed-by: Przemyslaw Marczak <p.marczak at samsung.com>
>>>
>>> Applied to u-boot/master, thanks!
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>> Why merged so quickly?
>>
>> I tested this patchset on my device and posted about the issues. [1]
>>
>> This should be reworked, since the verify assumptions are too simple
>> and doesn't fully match the GPT header creation.
>> So this command will fail for some cases of write/verify sequence,
>> depending on what the $partitions includes.
>>
>> [1] https://www.mail-archive.com/u-boot@lists.denx.de/msg193216.html
>
> Mainly because I skimmed things too quickly, sorry.  Also in the future
> (and this applies to anyone that's a custodian, and people can also
> manage their own patches if they login) please update patches you're
> asking for changes on in patchwork, it really does help me keep an eye
> on things.  Thanks!
>

OK, that's a good point.

Best regards,
-- 
Przemyslaw Marczak
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics
p.marczak at samsung.com


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