[PATCH v2 1/2] riscv/purgatory: return bool from verify_sha256_digest
Thorsten Blum
thorsten.blum at linux.dev
Sat May 9 00:38:50 PDT 2026
Change the function's return type from int to bool and return the result
of memcmp() directly to simplify the code. While at it, cast ->start to
'const u8 *' to better match the expected type.
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum at linux.dev>
---
Changes in v2:
- Return true on success and false on failure (Eric)
- v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20260412194113.228703-4-thorsten.blum@linux.dev/
---
arch/riscv/purgatory/purgatory.c | 11 +++++------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/riscv/purgatory/purgatory.c b/arch/riscv/purgatory/purgatory.c
index bbd5cfa4d741..745deeb6e3a5 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/purgatory/purgatory.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/purgatory/purgatory.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ u8 purgatory_sha256_digest[SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE] __section(".kexec-purgatory");
struct kexec_sha_region purgatory_sha_regions[KEXEC_SEGMENT_MAX] __section(".kexec-purgatory");
-static int verify_sha256_digest(void)
+static bool verify_sha256_digest(void)
{
struct kexec_sha_region *ptr, *end;
struct sha256_ctx sctx;
@@ -26,11 +26,10 @@ static int verify_sha256_digest(void)
sha256_init(&sctx);
end = purgatory_sha_regions + ARRAY_SIZE(purgatory_sha_regions);
for (ptr = purgatory_sha_regions; ptr < end; ptr++)
- sha256_update(&sctx, (uint8_t *)(ptr->start), ptr->len);
+ sha256_update(&sctx, (const u8 *)(ptr->start), ptr->len);
sha256_final(&sctx, digest);
- if (memcmp(digest, purgatory_sha256_digest, sizeof(digest)) != 0)
- return 1;
- return 0;
+
+ return memcmp(digest, purgatory_sha256_digest, sizeof(digest)) == 0;
}
/* workaround for a warning with -Wmissing-prototypes */
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ void purgatory(void);
void purgatory(void)
{
- if (verify_sha256_digest())
+ if (!verify_sha256_digest())
for (;;)
/* loop forever */
;
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