linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] riscv: mm: Update mmap_rnd_bits

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Message-ID: <202309291452.66ED9B4D83@keescook>
Date:   Fri, 29 Sep 2023 14:54:06 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
Cc:     Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, llvm@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] riscv: mm: Update mmap_rnd_bits_max

On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 09:11:58PM +0000, Sami Tolvanen wrote:
> ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MAX is based on Sv39, which leaves a few
> potential bits of mmap randomness on the table if we end up enabling
> 4/5-level paging. Update mmap_rnd_bits_max to take the final address
> space size into account. This increases mmap_rnd_bits_max from 24 to
> 33 with Sv48/57.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>

I like this. Is RISCV the only arch where the paging level can be chosen
at boot time?

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

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Kees Cook