linux-kernel - Re: Hibernation Redesign

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Sun, 08 Jul 2007 23:22:20 -0700
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Jeremy Maitin-Shepard <jbms@....edu>
CC:	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>, Al Boldi <a1426z@...ab.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: Hibernation Redesign

Jeremy Maitin-Shepard wrote:
> It would indeed be a pain for the new kernel to be loaded and have to
> use discontiguous memory.  The trick is, though, that this is not
> necessary.  Immediately before jumping to the new kernel, the first X
> bytes (where X is the amount of memory the new kernel will get,
> typically 16MB or 64MB) of physical memory are backed up into the
> arbitrary discontiguous pages that are made available.  This will not
> take very long, because copying even 64MB of memory is extremely fast.
> Then the new kernel is free to use the first X bytes of contiguous
> physical memory.  Problem solved.
>   

You could also use the paravirt_ops pte hooks to create a mapping from 
linear "physical" addresses to actual machine pages.  This is what a Xen 
kernel needs to do, and all the infrastructure will be in place shortly.

    J
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/