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[PATCH v9 0/2] x86/boot/KASLR: Restrict kernel to be randomized in mirror regions

From Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject [PATCH v9 0/2] x86/boot/KASLR: Restrict kernel to be randomized in mirror regions
Date 2017-08-14 17:00 +0200
Message-ID <uep0t-5p7-1@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
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Patch 1/2 is added to add efi_early_memdesc_ptr helper to wrap the open
code which gets the start of efi memmap descriptor and also explain why
it need be done like that, Ingo suggested it.

And also replace several places of the open code with efi_early_memdesc_ptr
helper.

And also use efi_early_memdesc_ptr in process_efi_entries() which handle efi
mirror issue during KASLR.


Change:
v8->v9:
    Matt suggested that an 'early' should be included in the name of
    the helper to make its name as efi_early_memdesc_ptr. That can help
    denote the helper should only be used in early bootup stage, after
    that for_each_efi_memory_*() API is suggested.

v7->v8:
    Add efi_memdesc_ptr helper to wrap the open code which gets the
    start of map descriptor according to Ingo's suggestion.

v6->v7:
  Ingo pointed out several incorrect line break issues and unclear
  description of patch log. Correct them and rewrite patch log.

  And also rewrite the EFI warning message that if EFI memmap is above
  4G in 32bit system since 32bit system can not handle data above 4G at
  kernel decompression stage. This is suggested by Ingo too.

v5->v6:
  Code style issue fix according to Kees's comment.

  This is based on tip/x86/boot, patch 1,2,3/4 in v5 post has
  been put into tip/x86/boot now.

Baoquan He (2):
  efi: Introduce efi_early_memdesc_ptr to get pointer to memmap
    descriptor
  x86/boot/KASLR: Restrict kernel to be randomized in mirror regions

 arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c               |  2 +-
 arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c               | 68 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-helper.c |  4 +-
 include/linux/efi.h                            | 21 ++++++++
 4 files changed, 90 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

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[PATCH v9 0/2] x86/boot/KASLR: Restrict kernel to be randomized in mirror regions Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com> - 2017-08-14 17:00 +0200
  [PATCH v9 1/2] efi: Introduce efi_early_memdesc_ptr to get pointer to memmap descriptor Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com> - 2017-08-14 17:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v9 1/2] efi: Introduce efi_early_memdesc_ptr to get  pointer to memmap descriptor Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk> - 2017-08-16 13:40 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v9 1/2] efi: Introduce efi_early_memdesc_ptr to get  pointer to memmap descriptor Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com> - 2017-08-16 15:20 +0200
    [PATCH v10 1/2] efi: Introduce efi_early_memdesc_ptr to get pointer  to memmap descriptor Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com> - 2017-08-16 15:50 +0200
      [tip:x86/boot] efi: Introduce efi_early_memdesc_ptr to get pointer  to memmap descriptor tip-bot for Baoquan He <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2017-08-17 12:30 +0200
  [PATCH v9 2/2] x86/boot/KASLR: Restrict kernel to be randomized in mirror regions Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com> - 2017-08-14 17:00 +0200
    [tip:x86/boot] x86/boot/KASLR: Prefer mirrored memory regions for  the kernel physical address tip-bot for Baoquan He <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2017-08-17 12:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v9 2/2] x86/boot/KASLR: Restrict kernel to be randomized  in mirror regions Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com> - 2017-08-17 15:10 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v9 2/2] x86/boot/KASLR: Restrict kernel to be randomized  in mirror regions Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> - 2017-08-18 17:20 +0200
        Re: [PATCH v9 2/2] x86/boot/KASLR: Restrict kernel to be randomized  in mirror regions Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com> - 2017-08-19 03:30 +0200

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