[File] [PATCH] ARM/ARM64 Kernel magic patterns

[Christos Zoulas]

Committed, thanks!

christos

> On Apr 24, 2020, at 12:47 PM, Jonathan Duncan <jonathanduncan at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hello,
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> Included are three patches:
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> 1) Resolves a minor issue with how the current magic file patterns for ARM kernels detects big endian zImages.
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> 2) Adds a new pattern for ARM64 kernel images.
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> 3) The third adds a pattern for ARM uncompressed Images. Although these are rarer they are still valid kernel build artefacts.
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> Note: In the third patch there is no defined header or magic value for uncompressed ARM kernel Images, so the pattern is
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> matching against a characteristic opcode pattern that has been present for many years. I'm not sure what the policy for such
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> "fuzzy" patterns is. The current pattern matches 40 bits found in a 320 bit window at the start of the file. I'm not sure if this is
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> precise enough. If this is not acceptable please disregard this third patch.
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> Thanks,
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> Jonathan Duncan
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> <0001-Refine-ARM-uncompressed-Kernel-pattern-endianness.patch><0001-Add-a-pattern-to-identify-ARM64-AARCH64-kernel-image.patch><0001-Refine-ARM-uncompressed-Kernel-pattern-endianness.patch>--
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