linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] x86: Introduce a new constant KERNEL_MAPPING

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Date:   Tue, 14 Feb 2017 18:32:17 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
To:     Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
        keescook@...omium.org, yinghai@...nel.org, anderson@...hat.com,
        luto@...nel.org, thgarnie@...gle.com, kuleshovmail@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] x86: Introduce a new constant KERNEL_MAPPING_SIZE

On Thu, Feb 02, 2017 at 08:54:35PM +0800, Baoquan He wrote:
> In x86, KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE is used to limit the size of kernel image in
> running space, but also represents the size of kernel image mapping area.
> This looks good when kernel virtual address is invariable inside 512M
> area and kernel image size is not bigger than 512M.
> 
> Along with the adding of kaslr, in x86_64 the area of kernel mapping is
> extended up another 512M. It becomes improper to let KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE
> alone still play two roles now.
> 
> So introduce a new constant KERNEL_MAPPING_SIZE to represent the size of
> kernel mapping area. Let KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE be as its name is saying. In
> x86_32 though kernel image size is the same as kernel mapping size, for
> generic handling in kaslr.c KERNEL_MAPPING_SIZE is also introduced.
> 
> In this patch, just add KERNEL_MAPPING_SIZE and replace KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE
> with it in the relevant places. No functional change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c        | 10 +++++-----
>  arch/x86/include/asm/page_32_types.h    |  6 ++++++
>  arch/x86/include/asm/page_64_types.h    | 12 +++++++++---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64_types.h |  2 +-
>  arch/x86/kernel/head64.c                |  4 ++--
>  arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S               |  2 +-
>  arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c      |  2 +-
>  arch/x86/mm/init_64.c                   |  2 +-
>  arch/x86/mm/physaddr.c                  |  6 +++---
>  9 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

...

> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/page_64_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/page_64_types.h
> index 9215e05..24c9098 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/page_64_types.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/page_64_types.h
> @@ -50,16 +50,22 @@
>  #define __VIRTUAL_MASK_SHIFT	47
>  
>  /*
> - * Kernel image size is limited to 1GiB due to the fixmap living in the
> + * Kernel image size is limited to 512 MB. The kernel code+data+bss

This is not what it said there before. With your change you have:

- 0
.
.
.
- 512 - KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE
.
.
.
- 1024 - KERNEL_MAPPING_SIZE

and KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE is not limited to 512Mb but it is "Use 512Mib by
default". And we do enforce that in various places like in the linker
script assertions but there's some headroom open in the upper 512Mib if
needed.

KERNEL_MAPPING_SIZE OTOH is the one limited to 1G due to the fixmap L2
PGT...

> + * must not be bigger than that.
> + */
> +#define KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE	(512 * 1024 * 1024)
> +
> +/*
> + * Kernel mapping size is limited to 1GiB due to the fixmap living in the
>   * next 1GiB (see level2_kernel_pgt in arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S). Use
>   * 512MiB by default, leaving 1.5GiB for modules once the page tables
>   * are fully set up. If kernel ASLR is configured, it can extend the
>   * kernel page table mapping, reducing the size of the modules area.
>   */
>  #if defined(CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE)
> -#define KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE	(1024 * 1024 * 1024)
> +#define KERNEL_MAPPING_SIZE	(1024 * 1024 * 1024)
>  #else
> -#define KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE	(512 * 1024 * 1024)
> +#define KERNEL_MAPPING_SIZE	(512 * 1024 * 1024)
>  #endif

... and since you're adding that define now, fixup the comments in this
patch too, to explain what they mean.

Also, I'd like for the text to say that both defines are dependent in
the sense that IMAGE_SIZE <= MAPPING_SIZE so that people know what's
going on and which is which.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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