linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: fix init_memory

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]

Message-ID: <20080628110728.GA19352@elte.hu>
Date:	Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:07:28 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: fix init_memory_mapping over boundary v2


* Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com> wrote:

> > i just re-tested it - doing "git merge tip/x86/unify-setup" in the 
> > tip/master branch triggers the failure with that config on a wide 
> > range of 32-bit boxes.
> 
> please check attached v3..., that is less intrusive.
> 
> some end boundary is only page alignment, instead of 2M alignment,
> 
> v2: make init_memory_mapping more solid: start could be any value other than 0
> v3: fix NON PAE by handling left over in kernel_physical_mapping

ok, this one seems to be working better.

	Ingo
--
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/