linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] x86/mm/KASLR: Fix the wrong size of memory sections

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Date:   Fri, 12 Apr 2019 15:02:57 +0800
From:   Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...nel.org, bp@...en8.de,
        hpa@...or.com, kirill@...temov.name, keescook@...omium.org,
        peterz@...radead.org, thgarnie@...gle.com,
        herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, mike.travis@....com,
        frank.ramsay@....com, yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] x86/mm/KASLR: Fix the wrong size of memory
 sections

On 04/12/19 at 02:55pm, Baoquan He wrote:
> v1->v2:
>   Rewrite log of the two patches. No functionality change.
				   ~~ Sorry, I meant no new code change.
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> v1 background:
> The fixes for these two bugs were carried in the earlier patchset, patch
> 4/6 and patch 5/6:
> 
> [PATCH v4 0/6] Several patches to fix code bugs, improve documents and clean up
> http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190314094645.4883-1-bhe@redhat.com
> 
> Later, Thomas suggested posting bug fixing patches separately from those
> clean up patches. So send both of them in a separate patchset.
> 
> For another bug fix patch 6/6, it happened on SGI UV system. Mike and
> Frank have sent a machine with cards to our lab and loaned to me, I am
> still debugging and discussing with Mike about the verification.
> 
> Baoquan He (2):
>   x86/mm/KASLR: Fix the size of the direct mapping section
>   x86/mm/KASLR: Fix the size of vmemmap section
> 
>  arch/x86/mm/kaslr.c | 13 +++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.17.2
>