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From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: Chao Fan <fanc.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de,
	mingo@redhat.com, hpa@zytor.com, keescook@chromium.org,
	bhe@redhat.com, msys.mizuma@gmail.com,
	indou.takao@jp.fujitsu.com, caoj.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v14 1/5] x86/boot: Introduce get_acpi_rsdp() to parse RSDP in cmdline from KEXEC
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 12:28:48 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20181218112848.GC7485@zn.tnic> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20181218012704.GB31775@localhost.localdomain>

On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 09:27:04AM +0800, Chao Fan wrote:
> The basic conflict is the kernel avoiding KASLR-randomizing into
> hot-removable memory areas.

And this should be in a prominent place in your commit message to give
an idea *why* you're doing this in the first place.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

Good mailing practices for 400: avoid top-posting and trim the reply.

  reply	other threads:[~2018-12-18 11:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-12-14  9:30 [PATCH v14 0/5] x86/boot/KASLR: Parse ACPI table and limit KASLR to choosing immovable memory Chao Fan
2018-12-14  9:30 ` [PATCH v14 1/5] x86/boot: Introduce get_acpi_rsdp() to parse RSDP in cmdline from KEXEC Chao Fan
2018-12-17 17:25   ` Ingo Molnar
2018-12-17 18:31     ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-12-17 18:48       ` Ingo Molnar
2018-12-18  1:27     ` Chao Fan
2018-12-18 11:28       ` Borislav Petkov [this message]
2018-12-19  1:18         ` Chao Fan
2018-12-14  9:30 ` [PATCH v14 2/5] x86/boot: Introduce efi_get_rsdp_addr() to find RSDP from EFI table Chao Fan
2018-12-17 17:30   ` Ingo Molnar
2018-12-17 17:36     ` Ingo Molnar
2018-12-25  7:43       ` Chao Fan
2018-12-17 18:32     ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-12-17 18:49       ` Ingo Molnar
2018-12-18  1:45     ` Chao Fan
2018-12-14  9:30 ` [PATCH v14 3/5] x86/boot: Introduce bios_get_rsdp_addr() to search RSDP in memory Chao Fan
2018-12-17 17:38   ` Ingo Molnar
2018-12-18  2:28     ` Chao Fan
2018-12-14  9:30 ` [PATCH v14 4/5] x86/boot: Parse SRAT address from RSDP and store immovable memory Chao Fan
2018-12-17 17:41   ` Ingo Molnar
2018-12-18  3:17     ` Chao Fan
2018-12-14  9:30 ` [PATCH v14 5/5] x86/boot/KASLR: Limit KASLR to extracting kernel in " Chao Fan
2018-12-17 17:43   ` Ingo Molnar
2018-12-18  2:49     ` Chao Fan

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