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Some PAPR system parameter values are formatted by firmware as
nul-terminated strings (e.g. LPAR name, shared processor attributes).
But the values returned for other parameters, such as processor module
info and TLB block invalidate characteristics, are binary data with
parameter-specific layouts. So char[] isn't the appropriate type for
the general case. Use u8/__u8.
Signed-off-by: Nathan Lynch <nathanl@linux.ibm.com>
Fixes: 905b9e4878 ("powerpc/pseries/papr-sysparm: Expose character device to user space")
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://msgid.link/20240202-papr-sysparm-ioblock-data-use-u8-v1-1-f5c6c89f65ec@linux.ibm.com
Linux kernel
============
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.