linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/6] x86, KASLR: Remove unneeded boot

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Date:	Mon, 18 Apr 2016 09:42:11 -0700
From:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com>,
	Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
	"H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@...il.com>,
	Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/6] x86, KASLR: Remove unneeded boot_params argument

From: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>

Since the boot_params can be found using the real_mode global variable,
there is no need to pass around a pointer to it. This slightly simplifies
the choose_kernel_location function and its callers.

Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
[kees: rewrote changelog, tracked file rename]
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
---
 arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c | 5 ++---
 arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c  | 2 +-
 arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h  | 6 ++----
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c
index 6a9b96b4624d..622aa881c6ab 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c
@@ -295,8 +295,7 @@ static unsigned long find_random_addr(unsigned long minimum,
 	return slots_fetch_random();
 }
 
-unsigned char *choose_kernel_location(struct boot_params *boot_params,
-				      unsigned char *input,
+unsigned char *choose_kernel_location(unsigned char *input,
 				      unsigned long input_size,
 				      unsigned char *output,
 				      unsigned long output_size)
@@ -316,7 +315,7 @@ unsigned char *choose_kernel_location(struct boot_params *boot_params,
 	}
 #endif
 
-	boot_params->hdr.loadflags |= KASLR_FLAG;
+	real_mode->hdr.loadflags |= KASLR_FLAG;
 
 	/* Record the various known unsafe memory ranges. */
 	mem_avoid_init((unsigned long)input, input_size,
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
index 79dac1758e7c..f35ad9eb1bf1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ asmlinkage __visible void *decompress_kernel(void *rmode, memptr heap,
 	 * the entire decompressed kernel plus relocation table, or the
 	 * entire decompressed kernel plus .bss and .brk sections.
 	 */
-	output = choose_kernel_location(real_mode, input_data, input_len, output,
+	output = choose_kernel_location(input_data, input_len, output,
 					output_len > run_size ? output_len
 							      : run_size);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h
index a8c4e087e14d..22346d5a2fa0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h
@@ -67,8 +67,7 @@ int cmdline_find_option_bool(const char *option);
 
 #if CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE
 /* kaslr.c */
-unsigned char *choose_kernel_location(struct boot_params *boot_params,
-				      unsigned char *input,
+unsigned char *choose_kernel_location(unsigned char *input,
 				      unsigned long input_size,
 				      unsigned char *output,
 				      unsigned long output_size);
@@ -76,8 +75,7 @@ unsigned char *choose_kernel_location(struct boot_params *boot_params,
 bool has_cpuflag(int flag);
 #else
 static inline
-unsigned char *choose_kernel_location(struct boot_params *boot_params,
-				      unsigned char *input,
+unsigned char *choose_kernel_location(unsigned char *input,
 				      unsigned long input_size,
 				      unsigned char *output,
 				      unsigned long output_size)
-- 
2.6.3