[PATCH v13 01/12] swiotlb: Refactor swiotlb init functions
Christoph Hellwig
hch at lst.de
Tue Jun 22 06:19:46 AEST 2021
On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 10:59:20AM -0700, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> Just as a clarification: I was referring to the zeroing of "mem" in
> swiotlb_late_init_with_tbl and swiotlb_init_with_tbl. While it looks
> like Tom and Christoph are talking about the zeroing of "tlb".
Indeed.
>
> The zeroing of "mem" is required as some fields of struct io_tlb_mem
> need to be initialized to zero. While the zeroing of "tlb" is not
> required except from the point of view of not leaking sensitive data as
> Christoph mentioned.
>
> Either way, Claire's v14 patch 01/12 looks fine to me.
Agreed.
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