linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 0/3] x86/boot/KASLR: Parse ACPI table and limit kaslr in immovable memory

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Date:   Sat, 13 Oct 2018 17:45:51 -0400
From:   Masayoshi Mizuma <msys.mizuma@...il.com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     Chao Fan <fanc.fnst@...fujitsu.com>, Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
        mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com, keescook@...omium.org,
        rjw@...ysocki.net, lenb@...nel.org, ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org,
        indou.takao@...fujitsu.com, caoj.fnst@...fujitsu.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 0/3] x86/boot/KASLR: Parse ACPI table and limit kaslr
 in immovable memory

On Sat, Oct 13, 2018 at 10:34:29PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 13, 2018 at 04:19:59PM -0400, Masayoshi Mizuma wrote:
> > Baoquan and Chao, thank you for your comments!
> > 
> > Boris, the patches has been merged to linux-next.
> 
> First of all, please do not top-post.
> 
> Even if they're in linux-next, that doesn't mean they should go upstream
> while there are still issues to be hammered out.

Got it, thanks.

> 
> In this particular case, if Chao Fan's patchset shapes up in a decent
> form to be upstreamed, we don't need the cmdline parameter anymore, do
> we?
> 
> Because we'll have the SRAT parsing and proper KASLR limits ready and
> working automatically, I'd say.

Yes, but I think we need to arrange the Chao's SRAT parsing to be used
from kernel_randomize_memory() because Chao's approach needs the SRAT
parsing before extract kernel and the padding size calculation needs
the parsing in start_kernel(), so they are living in different life
cycle and space.

Thanks,
Masa