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Message-ID: <20160809165416.GC19374@nazgul.tnic>
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2016 18:54:16 +0200
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
To: Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...gle.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>,
Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>,
"Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@...el.com>, Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
Mark Salter <msalter@...hat.com>,
Aleksey Makarov <aleksey.makarov@...aro.org>,
Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>, Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@...com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] x86/KASLR: Increase BRK pages for KASLR memory
randomization
On Tue, Aug 09, 2016 at 09:35:54AM -0700, Thomas Garnier wrote:
> Default implementation expects 6 pages maximum are needed for low page
> allocations. If KASLR memory randomization is enabled, the worse case
> of e820 layout would require 12 pages (no large pages). It is due to the
> PUD level randomization and the variable e820 memory layout.
>
> This bug was found while doing extensive testing of KASLR memory
> randomization on different type of hardware.
>
> Fixes: 021182e52fe0 ("Enable KASLR for physical mapping memory regions")
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...gle.com>
> ---
> Based on next-20160805
> ---
> arch/x86/mm/init.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init.c b/arch/x86/mm/init.c
> index 6209289..796e7af 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/mm/init.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/mm/init.c
> @@ -122,8 +122,18 @@ __ref void *alloc_low_pages(unsigned int num)
> return __va(pfn << PAGE_SHIFT);
> }
>
> -/* need 3 4k for initial PMD_SIZE, 3 4k for 0-ISA_END_ADDRESS */
> -#define INIT_PGT_BUF_SIZE (6 * PAGE_SIZE)
> +/*
> + * By default need 3 4k for initial PMD_SIZE, 3 4k for 0-ISA_END_ADDRESS.
> + * With KASLR memory randomization, depending on the machine e860 memory layout
> + * and the PUD alignement. We may need twice more pages when KASLR memoy
> + * randomization is enabled.
Can you please integrate all review feedback before you send your next
versions?
There's no "e860" thing and
s/memoy/memory/ and
s/alignement/alignment/
IOW, just integrate a spellchecker into your workflow.
Thanks.
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Boris.
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