On Wed, Aug 27, 2025 at 12:57:53PM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote: > On Mon, Aug 25, 2025 at 07:25:50AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > > From: Kees Cook <kees@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Add "debug" option for "cfi=" bootparam to get details on early CFI > > initialization steps. Standardize CFI pr_info() lines to use "CFI:" > > prefix. Standardize "CFI: Using ..." to always report which CFI mode is > > being used, regardless of CONFIG_FINEIBT. Document all the "cfi=" options. > > > > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > I am not sure if the x86 maintainers are "patch count adverse" but it > feels like this would be a little easier to review as four separate > patches. Every sentence in the commit message is basically its own > change. > > 1. The initial documentation for cfi= and its current values. > 2. Standardization of pr_info() calls to use "CFI:" > 3. Adding "CFI: Using" to __apply_fineibt() > 4. Adding cfi=debug > > Patch four would become much simpler to understand, especially with > Peter's suggested change. Yeah, that's entirely fair. :) I will split this up. -- Kees Cook
