linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v11 7/9] arm64/kasan: add and use kasan_map

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Message-ID: <20171013161809.GE4746@arm.com>
Date:   Fri, 13 Oct 2017 17:18:09 +0100
From:   Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
To:     Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@...cle.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        x86@...nel.org, kasan-dev@...glegroups.com, borntraeger@...ibm.com,
        heiko.carstens@...ibm.com, davem@...emloft.net,
        willy@...radead.org, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, catalin.marinas@....com,
        sam@...nborg.org, mgorman@...hsingularity.net,
        Steve Sistare <steven.sistare@...cle.com>,
        daniel.m.jordan@...cle.com, bob.picco@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 7/9] arm64/kasan: add and use kasan_map_populate()

On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 12:00:27PM -0400, Pavel Tatashin wrote:
> BTW, don't we need the same aligments inside for_each_memblock() loop?

Hmm, yes actually, given that we shift them right for the shadow address.

> How about change kasan_map_populate() to accept regular VA start, end
> address, and convert them internally after aligning to PAGE_SIZE?

That's what my original patch did, but it doesn't help on its own because
kasan_populate_zero_shadow would need the same change.

Will