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

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Date:   Wed, 7 Nov 2018 09:21:45 +0800
From:   Chao Fan <fanc.fnst@...fujitsu.com>
To:     Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>
CC:     Masayoshi Mizuma <msys.mizuma@...il.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, 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 Tue, Nov 06, 2018 at 10:07:31PM +0800, Baoquan He wrote:
>On 11/06/18 at 01:10pm, Borislav Petkov wrote:
>> > I have another idea to solve this issue. Adding a SRAT parsing code
>> > to arch/x86/mm/kaslr.c. It is useful for both EFI and BIOS and
>> > also we don't need a new kernel parameter...
>> > Dose the idea make sense?
>> 
>> The more automatic stuff we do and we don't have to involve the user,
>> the better.
>> 
>> However, lemme look at Chao's current patchset first - we should not go
>> nuts by putting SRAT parsing everywhere :)
>
>arch/x86/mm/ident_map.c is a good example, it's shared between
>arch/x86/boot/compressed and arch/x86/mm/init_64.c

Thanks to Baoquan, I think we can try this idea.
How about you, Masa?

Thanks,
Chao Fan

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