linux-kernel - [PATCH] arm64/mm: Poison initmem while freeing with free_reserved

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Date:   Fri,  4 Oct 2019 09:53:58 +0530
From:   Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>
To:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:     Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] arm64/mm: Poison initmem while freeing with free_reserved_area()

Platform implementation for free_initmem() should poison the memory while
freeing it up. Hence pass across POISON_FREE_INITMEM while calling into
free_reserved_area(). The same is being followed in the generic fallback
for free_initmem() and some other platforms overriding it.

Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>
---
 arch/arm64/mm/init.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
index 45c00a54909c..ea7d38011e83 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ void free_initmem(void)
 {
 	free_reserved_area(lm_alias(__init_begin),
 			   lm_alias(__init_end),
-			   0, "unused kernel");
+			   POISON_FREE_INITMEM, "unused kernel");
 	/*
 	 * Unmap the __init region but leave the VM area in place. This
 	 * prevents the region from being reused for kernel modules, which
-- 
2.20.1