Re: [PATCH v2] slab: Decouple slab_debug and no_hash_pointers

[Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>]

On Thu 2025-06-05 13:15:32, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 16, 2025 at 02:06:21PM +0200, Petr Mladek wrote:
> > On Tue 2025-04-15 10:02:33, Kees Cook wrote:
> > > Some system owners use slab_debug=FPZ (or similar) as a hardening option,
> > > but do not want to be forced into having kernel addresses exposed due
> > > to the implicit "no_hash_pointers" boot param setting.[1]
> > > 
> > > Introduce the "hash_pointers" boot param, which defaults to "auto"
> > > (the current behavior), but also includes "always" (forcing on hashing
> > > even when "slab_debug=..." is defined), and "never". The existing
> > > "no_hash_pointers" boot param becomes an alias for "hash_pointers=never".
> > > 
> > > This makes it possible to boot with "slab_debug=FPZ hash_pointers=always".
> > > 
> > > Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/368 [1]
> > > Fixes: 792702911f58 ("slub: force on no_hash_pointers when slub_debug is enabled")
> > > Co-developed-by: Sergio Perez Gonzalez <sperezglz@gmail.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Sergio Perez Gonzalez <sperezglz@gmail.com>
> > > Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
> > > Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
> > > Reviewed-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
> > 
> > Tested-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
> > 
> > I am going to wait few more days for a potential feedback.
> > I'll queue it for 6.16 unless anyone complains.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Is this still planned for 6.16? I just noticed it wasn't in -next, and
> we're almost to the end of the merge window...

I am terribly sorry. I have forgot this patch...

I have just pushed it into printk/linux.git, branch
for-6.17-hash_pointers.

Also I updated the documentation, aka applied the diff
from https://lore.kernel.org/r/202504181307.254F81843@keescook
See
https://web.git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/printk/linux.git/commit/?h=for-6.17-hash_pointers&id=de1c831a7898f164c1c2703c6b2b9e4fb4bebefc

As the branch name suggests, I am going to push it for 6.17.
If it is too late for you then please let me know.

Best Regards,
Petr