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

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Date:   Sun, 14 Oct 2018 20:50:35 -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 Sun, Oct 14, 2018 at 12:05:41AM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 13, 2018 at 05:45:51PM -0400, Masayoshi Mizuma wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Or you would like to pass some info from the compressed kernel to kernel
> proper?
> 
> For example, something like the passing in add_e820ext() and the consumtion
> in parse_setup_data():
> 
>                 switch (data_type) {
>                 case SETUP_E820_EXT:
>                         e820__memory_setup_extended(pa_data, data_len);
> 
> So info you need for your padding gets collected in
> arch/x86/boot/compressed/acpitb.c and you consume it in
> kernel_randomize_memory()?
> 
> Would that work?

It's nice idea! Thank you so much!

- Masa