Re: [PATCH] arm64: mm: account for hotplug memory when randomizing the linear region

From: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
To: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>, Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
	Steve Capper <steve.capper@arm.com>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>, Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>,
	gshan@redhat.com, Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com>,
	Steven Price <steven.price@arm.com>,
	David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64: mm: account for hotplug memory when randomizing the linear region
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2020 09:25:58 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201112092558.GC29613@gaia> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a330440d-803b-5aa2-0092-a18317819850@arm.com>

Hi Anshuman,

On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 09:18:56AM +0530, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> On 11/11/20 12:44 AM, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> > On Wed, 14 Oct 2020 10:18:57 +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> >> As a hardening measure, we currently randomize the placement of
> >> physical memory inside the linear region when KASLR is in effect.
> >> Since the random offset at which to place the available physical
> >> memory inside the linear region is chosen early at boot, it is
> >> based on the memblock description of memory, which does not cover
> >> hotplug memory. The consequence of this is that the randomization
> >> offset may be chosen such that any hotplugged memory located above
> >> memblock_end_of_DRAM() that appears later is pushed off the end of
> >> the linear region, where it cannot be accessed.
> >>
> >> [...]
> > 
> > Applied to arm64 (for-next/mem-hotplug), thanks!
> > 
> > [1/1] arm64: mm: account for hotplug memory when randomizing the linear region
> >       https://git.kernel.org/arm64/c/97d6786e0669
> 
> Got delayed and never made here in time, sorry about that. Nonetheless,
> I have got something working with respect to the generic mechanism that
> David Hildenbrand had asked for earlier.
> 
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-arm-kernel/patch/1600332402-30123-1-git-send-email-anshuman.khandual@arm.com/

There was a lot of discussion around this patch but I haven't seen any
new version posted.

> I am wondering if we could instead consider merging the above patch with
> a small change that Ard had pointed out earlier [1], I will send out a
> revision if required.

If your patch fixes the randomisation issue that Ard addressed, I'm
happy to replace that with your patch. But please post a new version and
get some acks in place from the parties involved in the discussion.

Thanks.

-- 
Catalin