linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv5 06/12] x86/boot/compressed: Handle unaccepted memory

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Date:   Fri, 29 Apr 2022 10:10:58 -0300
From:   Wander Lairson Costa <wander@...hat.com>
To:     "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan 
        <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Varad Gautam <varad.gautam@...e.com>,
        Dario Faggioli <dfaggioli@...e.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@....com>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-coco@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv5 06/12] x86/boot/compressed: Handle unaccepted memory

On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 06:39:28AM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> The firmware will pre-accept the memory used to run the stub. But, the
> stub is responsible for accepting the memory into which it decompresses
> the main kernel. Accept memory just before decompression starts.
> 
> The stub is also responsible for choosing a physical address in which to
> place the decompressed kernel image. The KASLR mechanism will randomize
> this physical address. Since the unaccepted memory region is relatively
> small, KASLR would be quite ineffective if it only used the pre-accepted
> area (EFI_CONVENTIONAL_MEMORY). Ensure that KASLR randomizes among the
> entire physical address space by also including EFI_UNACCEPTED_MEMOR

nit: s/EFI_UNACCEPTED_MEMOR/EFI_UNACCEPTED_MEMORY./

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