linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] x86, boot: PUD VA support for physical mapping (x86

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Date:	Tue, 3 May 2016 08:46:27 -0700
From:	Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...gle.com>
To:	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
	Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>,
	Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
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	Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@....com>,
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	Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>, Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>,
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	Greg Thelen <gthelen@...gle.com>,
	kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] x86, boot: PUD VA support for physical mapping (x86_64)

On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 2:58 PM, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> On 05/02/2016 02:41 PM, Thomas Garnier wrote:
>> Minor change that allows early boot physical mapping of PUD level virtual
>> addresses. This change prepares usage of different virtual addresses for
>> KASLR memory randomization. It has no impact on default usage.
> ...
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
>> index 89d9747..6adfbce 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
>> @@ -526,10 +526,10 @@ phys_pud_init(pud_t *pud_page, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
>>  {
>>       unsigned long pages = 0, next;
>>       unsigned long last_map_addr = end;
>> -     int i = pud_index(addr);
>> +     int i = pud_index((unsigned long)__va(addr));
>>
>>       for (; i < PTRS_PER_PUD; i++, addr = next) {
>> -             pud_t *pud = pud_page + pud_index(addr);
>> +             pud_t *pud = pud_page + pud_index((unsigned long)__va(addr));
>>               pmd_t *pmd;
>>               pgprot_t prot = PAGE_KERNEL;
>
> pud_index() is supposed to take a virtual address.  We were passing a
> physical address in here, and it all just worked because PAGE_OFFSET is
> PUD-aligned.  Now that you are moving PAGE_OFFSET around a bit and not
> PUD-aligning it, this breaks.  Right?
>
> Could you spell this out a bit more the changelog?

Sure, will do on next iteration.

Thanks,
Thomas