Re: [PATCH 3.12 25/91] x86/setup: Extend low identity map to cover whole kernel range

From	Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@canonical.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH 3.12 25/91] x86/setup: Extend low identity map to cover whole kernel range
Date	2016-01-08 14:40 +0100
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On Fri, Jan 08, 2016 at 11:56:34AM +0000, Matt Fleming wrote:
> On Wed, 06 Jan, at 02:22:37PM, Luis Henriques wrote:
> > [ Adding Greg and Kamal ]
> > 
> > On Wed, Jan 06, 2016 at 01:31:55PM +0000, Matt Fleming wrote:
> > > On Wed, 06 Jan, at 11:24:55AM, Luis Henriques wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Jan 06, 2016 at 11:00:31AM +0000, Matt Fleming wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, 06 Jan, at 11:47:20AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Without testing the problematic scenario explicitly (32-bit UEFI
> > > > > > kernel), I think this patch and 26/91 should not be backported to
> > > > > > kernels that do not have 23a0d4e8fa6d.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I tend to agree.
> > > > 
> > > > I can see these 2 commits in kernels as old as 3.10 (which definitely do
> > > > not include 23a0d4e8fa6d).  Does this mean these should be reverted from
> > > > stable kernels that already include these patches?  Or would you rather
> > > > recommend to backport 23a0d4e8fa6d?
> > > 
> > > That depends on your appetite for risk ;-)
> > >
> > 
> > Heh, I guess stable kernels aren't really about appetite for risk :-)
> > 
> > > 23a0d4e8fa6d does fix a legitimate bug, albeit one that no one seems
> > > to have ever hit. Personally, I'd go for backporting 23a0d4e8fa6d.
> > 
> > This commit doesn't seem to be too bad to backport.  I'm attaching 2
> > backports:
> > 
> >  - one is for the 3.16 stable kernel,
> >  - the other can be applied to 3.10, 3.12 and 3.13
> > 
> > (For the other kernels, I believe 23a0d4e8fa6d will be a clean
> > cherry-pick.)
> 
> FWIW they look OK to me.

Awesome, thanks!  I'll queue it for the next 3.16 release.

Cheers,
--
Luís

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[PATCH 3.12 00/91] 3.12.52-stable review Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 18:50 +0100
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    [PATCH 3.12 68/91] sctp: use the same clock as if sock source timestamps were on Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:00 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 73/91] net: fix IP early demux races Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:00 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 62/91] USB: cp210x: Remove CP2110 ID from compatibility list Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:00 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 81/91] ahci: add new Intel device IDs Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:00 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 75/91] skbuff: Fix offset error in skb_reorder_vlan_header Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:00 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 71/91] net: add validation for the socket syscall protocol argument Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:00 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 63/91] USB: add quirk for devices with broken LPM Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:00 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 57/91] nfs4: start callback_ident at idr 1 Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:00 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 58/91] nfs: if we have no valid attrs, then don't declare the attribute cache valid Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:00 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 74/91] vlan: Fix untag operations of stacked vlans with REORDER_HEADER off Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:00 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 48/91] netfilter: ipt_rpfilter: remove the nh_scope test in rpfilter_lookup_reverse Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:00 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 86/91] i2c: i801: add Intel Lewisburg device IDs Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:00 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 61/91] USB: serial: Another Infineon flash loader USB ID Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:00 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 51/91] ip6mr: call del_timer_sync() in ip6mr_free_table() Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:00 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 60/91] USB: cdc_acm: Ignore Infineon Flash Loader utility Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:00 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 77/91] bluetooth: Validate socket address length in sco_sock_bind(). Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:00 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 65/91] usb: Use the USB_SS_MULT() macro to decode burst multiplier for log message Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:00 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 69/91] sctp: update the netstamp_needed counter when copying sockets Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:00 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 72/91] sh_eth: fix kernel oops in skb_put() Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:00 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 64/91] USB: whci-hcd: add check for dma mapping error Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:00 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 76/91] pptp: verify sockaddr_len in pptp_bind() and pptp_connect() Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:00 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 91/91] HID: dragonrise: fix HID Descriptor for 0x0006 PID Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:00 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 87/91] cdrom: Random writing support for BD-RE media Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:00 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 70/91] ipv6: sctp: clone options to avoid use after free Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:00 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 59/91] ocfs2: fix umask ignored issue Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:00 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 67/91] atl1c: Improve driver not to do order 4 GFP_ATOMIC allocation Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:00 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 85/91] i2c: i801: Add support for Intel Broxton Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:00 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 82/91] target/stat: print full t10_wwn.model buffer Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:00 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 90/91] gpio/omap: raw read and write endian fix Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:00 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 36/91] can: sja1000: clear interrupts on start Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:10 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 29/91] mac80211: fix driver RSSI event calculations Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:10 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 38/91] usblp: do not set TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE before lock Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:10 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 47/91] module: Call module notifier on failure after complete_formation() Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:10 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 27/91] x86/cpu: Call verify_cpu() after having entered long mode too Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:10 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 32/91] staging: rtl8712: Add device ID for Sitecom WLA2100 Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:10 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 41/91] USB: serial: option: add support for Novatel MiFi USB620L Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:10 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 56/91] firewire: ohci: fix JMicron JMB38x IT context discovery Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:10 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 46/91] tty: fix stall caused by missing memory barrier in drivers/tty/n_tty.c Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:10 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 37/91] arm64: Fix compat register mappings Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:10 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 30/91] net: mvneta: Fix CPU_MAP registers initialisation Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:10 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 26/91] x86/setup: Fix low identity map for >= 2GB kernel range Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:10 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 53/91] Btrfs: fix race leading to BUG_ON when running delalloc for nodatacow Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:10 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 55/91] ext4, jbd2: ensure entering into panic after recording an error in superblock Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:10 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 66/91] gre6: allow to update all parameters via rtnl Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:10 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 43/91] ALSA: usb-audio: add packet size quirk for the Medeli DD305 Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:10 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 54/91] ext4: fix potential use after free in __ext4_journal_stop Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:10 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 24/91] ARM: common: edma: Fix channel parameter for irq callbacks Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:10 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 14/91] net: ipmr: fix static mfc/dev leaks on table destruction Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:10 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 39/91] usb: musb: core: fix order of arguments to ulpi write callback Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:10 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 45/91] ALSA: usb-audio: work around CH345 input SysEx corruption Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:10 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 40/91] USB: ti_usb_3410_5052: Add Honeywell HGI80 ID Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:10 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 31/91] mwifiex: fix mwifiex_rdeeprom_read() Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:10 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 52/91] Btrfs: fix race leading to incorrect item deletion when dropping extents Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:10 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 33/91] Bluetooth: hidp: fix device disconnect on idle timeout Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:10 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 25/91] x86/setup: Extend low identity map to cover whole kernel range Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:10 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 3.12 25/91] x86/setup: Extend low identity map to cover  whole kernel range Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 2016-01-06 11:50 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 3.12 25/91] x86/setup: Extend low identity map to cover  whole kernel range Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk> - 2016-01-06 12:10 +0100
          Re: [PATCH 3.12 25/91] x86/setup: Extend low identity map to cover  whole kernel range Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@canonical.com> - 2016-01-06 12:30 +0100
            Re: [PATCH 3.12 25/91] x86/setup: Extend low identity map to cover  whole kernel range Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk> - 2016-01-06 14:40 +0100
              Re: [PATCH 3.12 25/91] x86/setup: Extend low identity map to cover  whole kernel range Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@canonical.com> - 2016-01-06 15:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 3.12 25/91] x86/setup: Extend low identity map to cover  whole kernel range Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk> - 2016-01-08 13:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 3.12 25/91] x86/setup: Extend low identity map to cover  whole kernel range Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@canonical.com> - 2016-01-08 14:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 3.12 25/91] x86/setup: Extend low identity map to cover  whole kernel range Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-09 08:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 3.12 25/91] x86/setup: Extend low identity map to cover  whole kernel range Kamal Mostafa <kamal@canonical.com> - 2016-01-14 22:00 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 34/91] Bluetooth: ath3k: Add new AR3012 0930:021c id Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:10 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 44/91] ALSA: usb-audio: prevent CH345 multiport output SysEx corruption Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:10 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 35/91] Bluetooth: ath3k: Add support of AR3012 0cf3:817b device Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:10 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 28/91] x86/cpu: Fix SMAP check in PVOPS environments Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:10 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 49/91] netfilter: ip6t_SYNPROXY: fix NULL pointer dereference Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:10 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 42/91] USB: option: add XS Stick W100-2 from 4G Systems Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:10 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 10/91] net: qmi_wwan: add XS Stick W100-2 from 4G Systems Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:20 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 11/91] tcp: md5: fix lockdep annotation Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:20 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 19/91] net/neighbour: fix crash at dumping device-agnostic proxy entries Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:20 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 23/91] ARM: 8427/1: dma-mapping: add support for offset parameter in dma_mmap() Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:20 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 07/91] packet: infer protocol from ethernet header if unset Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:20 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 21/91] Bluetooth: ath3k: Add support of 04ca:300d AR3012 device Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:20 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 08/91] sctp: translate host order to network order when setting a hmacid Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:20 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 22/91] ARM: 8426/1: dma-mapping: add missing range check in dma_mmap() Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:20 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 05/91] unix: avoid use-after-free in ep_remove_wait_queue Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:20 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 02/91] MIPS: KVM: Fix ASID restoration logic Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:20 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 20/91] ipv6: sctp: implement sctp_v6_destroy_sock() Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:20 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 13/91] net, scm: fix PaX detected msg_controllen overflow in scm_detach_fds Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:20 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 18/91] ipv6: add complete rcu protection around np->opt Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:20 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 12/91] tcp: initialize tp->copied_seq in case of cross SYN connection Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:20 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 04/91] MIPS: KVM: Uninit VCPU in vcpu_create error path Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:20 +0100
    [PATCH 3.12 06/91] packet: do skb_probe_transport_header when we actually have data Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-05 19:20 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 3.12 00/91] 3.12.52-stable review Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> - 2016-01-05 21:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 3.12 00/91] 3.12.52-stable review Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> - 2016-01-09 09:50 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 3.12 00/91] 3.12.52-stable review Shuah Khan <shuahkh@osg.samsung.com> - 2016-01-05 22:20 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 3.12 00/91] 3.12.52-stable review Nikolay Borisov <kernel@kyup.com> - 2016-01-06 08:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 3.12 00/91] 3.12.52-stable review Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-01-06 09:20 +0100

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