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From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>, Arvind Sankar <nivedita@alum.mit.edu>
Cc: Sergey Shatunov <me@prok.pw>,
	hpa@zytor.com,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	mingo@redhat.com, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	x86@kernel.org, linux-efi <linux-efi@vger.kernel.org>,
	initramfs@vger.kernel.org,
	Donovan Tremura <neurognostic@protonmail.ch>,
	Harald Hoyer <harald@hoyer.xyz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/boot/compressed/64: Remove .bss/.pgtable from bzImage
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2020 19:21:02 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200406172102.GF2520@zn.tnic> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMj1kXG+34-bK1XuxX5VopkRt1SV1ewUAEmif+aQj5cJQ=9vbA@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Apr 06, 2020 at 03:29:18PM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> > What do you think of the other problem -- that's actually worse to fix,
> > as it won't just be when kaslr is disabled, the startup_64 code will do
> > relocation to the end of init_size and clobber the initrd before getting
> > to the kaslr code, so it will break as soon as the firmware loads the
> > "unified kernel image" at a 2Mb-aligned address. The only thing I can
> > think of is to just unconditionally call efi_relocate_kernel if we were
> > entered via handover_entry?
> >
> 
> Yes, that seems to be the most robust approach.

The commit in question is this one:

d5cdf4cfeac9 ("efi/x86: Don't relocate the kernel unless necessary")

I presume?

I'm guessing it can simply be reverted as it doesn't fix a bug but it is
just an optimization... provided I'm not missing something, of course.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Borislav Petkov <bp-Gina5bIWoIWzQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>
To: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>,
	Arvind Sankar <nivedita-FrUbXkNCsVf2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Sergey Shatunov <me-fHUSW+XspFU@public.gmane.org>,
	hpa-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List
	<linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
	mingo-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx-hfZtesqFncYOwBW4kG4KsQ@public.gmane.org>,
	x86-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org,
	linux-efi <linux-efi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
	initramfs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	Donovan Tremura
	<neurognostic-g/b1ySJe57IkP3XJZ0H8fw@public.gmane.org>,
	Harald Hoyer <harald-PnQE6hpDOpmlVyrhU4qvOw@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/boot/compressed/64: Remove .bss/.pgtable from bzImage
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2020 19:21:02 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200406172102.GF2520@zn.tnic> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMj1kXG+34-bK1XuxX5VopkRt1SV1ewUAEmif+aQj5cJQ=9vbA-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>

On Mon, Apr 06, 2020 at 03:29:18PM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> > What do you think of the other problem -- that's actually worse to fix,
> > as it won't just be when kaslr is disabled, the startup_64 code will do
> > relocation to the end of init_size and clobber the initrd before getting
> > to the kaslr code, so it will break as soon as the firmware loads the
> > "unified kernel image" at a 2Mb-aligned address. The only thing I can
> > think of is to just unconditionally call efi_relocate_kernel if we were
> > entered via handover_entry?
> >
> 
> Yes, that seems to be the most robust approach.

The commit in question is this one:

d5cdf4cfeac9 ("efi/x86: Don't relocate the kernel unless necessary")

I presume?

I'm guessing it can simply be reverted as it doesn't fix a bug but it is
just an optimization... provided I'm not missing something, of course.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette

  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-04-06 17:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 130+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-01-09 15:02 [PATCH 1/2] x86/boot/compressed/64: Remove .bss/.pgtable from bzImage Arvind Sankar
2020-01-09 15:02 ` [PATCH 2/2] x86/boot/compressed: Remove unnecessary sections " Arvind Sankar
2020-02-06 11:44   ` Kees Cook
2020-02-19 16:55   ` [tip: x86/boot] " tip-bot2 for Arvind Sankar
2020-02-22  5:08   ` [PATCH 2/2] " Nathan Chancellor
2020-02-22  6:55     ` Borislav Petkov
2020-02-22  7:02       ` Nathan Chancellor
2020-02-22  7:21         ` Fangrui Song
2020-02-22  7:42           ` Nathan Chancellor
2020-02-22 15:37             ` Arvind Sankar
2020-02-22 16:44               ` Arvind Sankar
2020-02-22 17:18                 ` [PATCH] x86/boot/compressed: Fix compressed kernel linking with lld Arvind Sankar
2020-02-22 18:14                   ` Nathan Chancellor
2020-02-22 18:58                     ` Fangrui Song
2020-02-22 20:17                       ` Arvind Sankar
2020-02-22 21:01                         ` Fangrui Song
2020-02-22 23:33                           ` Nick Desaulniers
2020-02-22 23:57                             ` Arvind Sankar
2020-02-23 19:37                               ` [PATCH 0/2] Stop generating .eh_frame sections Arvind Sankar
2020-02-24  4:15                                 ` Nathan Chancellor
2020-02-24 20:49                                 ` Nick Desaulniers
2020-02-24 21:53                                   ` Arvind Sankar
2020-02-24 22:01                                     ` Nick Desaulniers
2020-02-23 19:37                               ` [PATCH 1/2] arch/x86: Use -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables to suppress " Arvind Sankar
2020-02-24 20:33                                 ` Nick Desaulniers
2020-02-24 21:05                                   ` Arvind Sankar
2020-02-24 21:12                                     ` Fangrui Song
2020-02-24 21:17                                       ` Nick Desaulniers
2020-02-24 21:22                                         ` Nick Desaulniers
2020-02-23 19:37                               ` [PATCH 2/2] arch/x86: Drop unneeded linker script discard of .eh_frame Arvind Sankar
2020-02-24 20:45                                 ` Nick Desaulniers
2020-02-24 21:33                                   ` Arvind Sankar
2020-02-24 21:58                                     ` Nick Desaulniers
2020-02-24 23:21                                       ` [PATCH v2 0/2] Stop generating .eh_frame sections Arvind Sankar
2020-02-24 23:21                                       ` [PATCH v2 1/2] arch/x86: Use -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables to suppress " Arvind Sankar
2020-02-24 23:28                                         ` Nathan Chancellor
2020-02-24 23:30                                         ` Nick Desaulniers
2020-02-25  4:10                                         ` Kees Cook
2020-02-25 16:53                                         ` [tip: x86/boot] x86/*/Makefile: " tip-bot2 for Arvind Sankar
2020-02-24 23:21                                       ` [PATCH v2 2/2] arch/x86: Drop unneeded linker script discard of .eh_frame Arvind Sankar
2020-02-24 23:28                                         ` Nathan Chancellor
2020-02-24 23:33                                         ` Nick Desaulniers
2020-02-25  4:11                                         ` Kees Cook
2020-02-25 16:53                                         ` [tip: x86/boot] x86/vmlinux: " tip-bot2 for Arvind Sankar
2020-02-23 22:00                           ` [PATCH] x86/boot/compressed: Fix compressed kernel linking with lld Kees Cook
2020-02-24  6:06                             ` Fangrui Song
2020-02-22 17:29                 ` [PATCH 2/2] x86/boot/compressed: Remove unnecessary sections from bzImage Borislav Petkov
2020-02-22 17:53                   ` Arvind Sankar
2020-02-22  7:42           ` Borislav Petkov
2020-02-22 16:22             ` Arvind Sankar
2020-02-22 23:20               ` Nick Desaulniers
2020-02-24 13:28                 ` Michael Matz
2020-02-24 20:51                   ` Nick Desaulniers
2020-02-24 21:28                     ` Fangrui Song
2020-02-24 21:48                       ` Arvind Sankar
2020-02-24 22:17                         ` Fangrui Song
2020-02-24 22:43                           ` Arvind Sankar
2020-02-24 22:50                             ` Fangrui Song
2020-02-24 23:08                               ` Arvind Sankar
2020-02-25  5:35                 ` --orphan-handling=warn (was Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/boot/compressed: Remove unnecessary sections) " Kees Cook
2020-02-25 16:42                   ` --orphan-handling=warn Arvind Sankar
2020-02-25 18:29                   ` --orphan-handling=warn Arvind Sankar
2020-02-25 19:42                     ` --orphan-handling=warn Kees Cook
2020-02-25 20:37                       ` --orphan-handling=warn Nick Desaulniers
2020-02-25 22:02                         ` --orphan-handling=warn Kees Cook
2020-02-26  1:56                           ` --orphan-handling=warn Fangrui Song
2020-02-26  5:35                             ` --orphan-handling=warn Kees Cook
2020-02-26 19:11                               ` --orphan-handling=warn Kristen Carlson Accardi
2020-02-26 19:26                                 ` --orphan-handling=warn Nick Desaulniers
2020-02-24 11:37   ` [tip: x86/boot] x86/boot/compressed: Remove .eh_frame section from bzImage tip-bot2 for Arvind Sankar
2020-02-24 16:41     ` Arvind Sankar
2020-02-24 17:16       ` Borislav Petkov
2020-02-24 17:28         ` Arvind Sankar
2020-02-05 16:29 ` [PATCH 1/2] x86/boot/compressed/64: Remove .bss/.pgtable " Arvind Sankar
2020-02-18 18:03   ` Arvind Sankar
2020-02-19 12:09     ` Borislav Petkov
2020-02-19 17:57       ` Arvind Sankar
2020-02-19 18:22         ` Borislav Petkov
2020-02-19 19:06           ` Arvind Sankar
2020-02-06 11:18 ` Kees Cook
2020-02-19 16:55 ` [tip: x86/boot] " tip-bot2 for Arvind Sankar
2020-04-05 15:42 ` [PATCH 1/2] " Sergey Shatunov
2020-04-05 23:18   ` Arvind Sankar
2020-04-06  0:00     ` Sergey Shatunov
2020-04-06  3:51       ` Arvind Sankar
2020-04-06  3:51         ` Arvind Sankar
2020-04-06  7:32         ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-04-06  8:47           ` Borislav Petkov
2020-04-06  9:11             ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-04-06  9:11               ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-04-06 11:20               ` Borislav Petkov
2020-04-06 11:20                 ` Borislav Petkov
2020-04-06 13:22                 ` Arvind Sankar
2020-04-06 13:29                   ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-04-06 13:29                     ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-04-06 16:01                     ` Arvind Sankar
2020-04-06 16:01                       ` Arvind Sankar
2020-04-06 16:22                       ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-04-06 16:22                         ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-04-06 16:52                         ` Arvind Sankar
2020-04-06 16:52                           ` Arvind Sankar
2020-04-06 16:59                           ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-04-06 18:06                             ` [PATCH 1/2] efi/x86: Move efi stub globals from .bss to .data Arvind Sankar
2020-04-06 18:06                               ` Arvind Sankar
2020-04-06 18:06                               ` [PATCH 2/2] efi/x86: Always relocate the kernel for EFI handover entry Arvind Sankar
2020-04-14  8:20                                 ` [tip: efi/urgent] " tip-bot2 for Arvind Sankar
2020-04-06 18:29                               ` [PATCH 1/2] efi/x86: Move efi stub globals from .bss to .data Ard Biesheuvel
2020-04-06 18:29                                 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-04-08  7:43                               ` Dave Young
2020-04-08  7:43                                 ` Dave Young
2020-04-08  7:49                                 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-04-08  7:49                                   ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-04-09 14:39                                   ` Arvind Sankar
2020-04-09 14:47                                     ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-04-09 16:35                                       ` Arvind Sankar
2020-04-09 16:35                                         ` Arvind Sankar
2020-04-10 14:47                                         ` Arvind Sankar
2020-04-10 14:47                                           ` Arvind Sankar
2020-04-10 15:26                                           ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-04-14 14:57                                             ` Daniel Kiper
2020-04-14 14:57                                               ` Daniel Kiper
2020-04-10 11:26                               ` Thomas Meyer
2020-04-10 14:38                                 ` Arvind Sankar
2020-04-11  8:50                                   ` Thomas Meyer
2020-04-14  8:20                               ` [tip: efi/urgent] " tip-bot2 for Arvind Sankar
2020-04-06 17:21                     ` Borislav Petkov [this message]
2020-04-06 17:21                       ` [PATCH 1/2] x86/boot/compressed/64: Remove .bss/.pgtable from bzImage Borislav Petkov
2020-04-06  8:44     ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-04-06 12:36       ` Sergey Shatunov
2020-04-06 13:20         ` Ard Biesheuvel

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