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Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] x86/KASLR/64: Determine kernel text mapping size at runtime

From Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] x86/KASLR/64: Determine kernel text mapping size at runtime
Date 2016-12-10 13:40 +0100
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On Sat, Dec 10, 2016 at 08:27:57PM +0800, Baoquan He wrote:
> Whether CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE is yes or not, with 'nokaslr' specified,
> Kernel text mapping size should be 512M, just the same as no kaslr code
> compiled in.

"should be" still doesn't really explain what the problem is. What's
wrong with it remaining 1G?

IOW, something like "The problem is X and the issues it causes are Y.
That's why we need to do Z."

Now please replace X,Y and Z with the real content.

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[PATCH v2 0/2] Determine kernel text mapping size at runtime for x86_64 Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com> - 2016-12-09 15:50 +0100
  [PATCH v2 2/2] x86/KASLR/64: Determine kernel text mapping size at runtime Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com> - 2016-12-09 15:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] x86/KASLR/64: Determine kernel text mapping size  at runtime Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> - 2016-12-10 11:40 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] x86/KASLR/64: Determine kernel text mapping size  at runtime Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com> - 2016-12-10 13:30 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] x86/KASLR/64: Determine kernel text mapping size  at runtime Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> - 2016-12-10 13:40 +0100
          Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] x86/KASLR/64: Determine kernel text mapping size  at runtime Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com> - 2016-12-10 14:50 +0100
            Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] x86/KASLR/64: Determine kernel text mapping size  at runtime Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> - 2016-12-10 17:30 +0100
              Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] x86/KASLR/64: Determine kernel text mapping size  at runtime Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com> - 2016-12-11 12:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] x86/KASLR/64: Determine kernel text mapping size  at runtime Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> - 2016-12-11 13:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] x86/KASLR/64: Determine kernel text mapping size  at runtime Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com> - 2016-12-12 03:40 +0100
  [PATCH v2 1/2] x86/64: Make kernel text mapping always take one whole page table in early boot code Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com> - 2016-12-09 15:50 +0100

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