linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arm64: kaslr: print PHYS_OFFSET in dump_kernel

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Message-ID: <1544748756.29110.2.camel@mtkswgap22>
Date:   Fri, 14 Dec 2018 08:52:36 +0800
From:   Miles Chen <miles.chen@...iatek.com>
To:     Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
CC:     Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "moderated list:ARM/Mediatek SoC support" 
        <linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org>, <wsd_upstream@...iatek.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64: kaslr: print PHYS_OFFSET in dump_kernel_offset()

On Thu, 2018-12-13 at 19:15 +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Dec 2018 at 19:12, Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com> wrote:
> >
> > [+Ard because I'll basically go with his preference on this one]
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 06:56:49PM +0800, Miles Chen wrote:
> > > When debug with kaslr, it is sometimes necessary to have PHYS_OFFSET to
> > > perform linear virtual address to physical address translation.
> > > Sometimes we're debugging with only few information such as a kernel log
> > > and a symbol file, print PHYS_OFFSET in dump_kernel_offset() for that case.
> > >
> > > Tested by:
> > > echo c > /proc/sysrq-trigger
> > > [   11.996161] SMP: stopping secondary CPUs
> > > [   11.996732] Kernel Offset: 0x2522200000 from 0xffffff8008000000
> > > [   11.996881] PHYS_OFFSET: 0xffffffeb40000000
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Miles Chen <miles.chen@...iatek.com>
> > > Tested-by: Miles Chen <miles.chen@...iatek.com>
> 
> Fine with me, but I would like to see an ack from Miles Chen :-)

Can I ack my own patch?

Acked-by:Miles Chen <miles.chen@...iatek.com>
> 
> > > ---
> > >  arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c | 1 +
> > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
> > > index f4fc1e0544b7..4b0e1231625c 100644
> > > --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
> > > +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
> > > @@ -388,6 +388,7 @@ static int dump_kernel_offset(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long v,
> > >       if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE) && offset > 0) {
> > >               pr_emerg("Kernel Offset: 0x%lx from 0x%lx\n",
> > >                        offset, KIMAGE_VADDR);
> > > +             pr_emerg("PHYS_OFFSET: 0x%llx\n", PHYS_OFFSET);
> > >       } else {
> > >               pr_emerg("Kernel Offset: disabled\n");
> > >       }
> > > --
> > > 2.18.0
> > >