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Currently, plpks_read_var() allocates a buffer to pass to the H_PKS_READ_OBJECT hcall, then allocates another buffer into which the data is copied, and returns that buffer to the caller. This is a bit over the top - while we probably still want to allocate a separate buffer to pass to the hypervisor in the hcall, we can let the caller allocate the final buffer and specify the size. Don't allocate var->data in plpks_read_var(), instead expect the caller to allocate it. If the caller needs to discover the size, it can set var->data to NULL and var->datalen will be populated. Update header file to document this. Suggested-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Donnellan <ajd@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Russell Currey <ruscur@russell.cc> Reviewed-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230210080401.345462-20-ajd@linux.ibm.com
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.