linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arm64: Stop printing the virtual memory layout

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Date:   Mon, 15 Jan 2018 18:18:39 +0000
From:   Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64: Stop printing the virtual memory layout

On Tue, Jan 09, 2018 at 03:02:12PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 1:04 PM, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 11:28 AM, Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com> wrote:
> >> Printing kernel addresses should be done in limited circumstances, mostly
> >> for debugging purposes. Printing out the virtual memory layout at every
> >> kernel bootup doesn't really fall into this category so delete the prints.
> >> There are other ways to get the same information.
> >
> > In looking at this patch, I wonder: is there anything listed here that
> > is _missing_ from CONFIG_PTDUMP? I would expect all of these to
> > already be listed there, but I thought I'd ask...
> >
> > Regardless:
> >
> > Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> >
> > -Kees
> >
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>
> 
> Did this patch get picked up? I don't see it in -next.

I queued it now, should appear soon.

Thanks.

-- 
Catalin