4 Jan
2018
4 Jan
'18
7:38 p.m.
On Thu, Jan 04, 2018 at 01:28:59PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
On Wed, 3 Jan 2018, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
Our memory map code is utter shite. This kind of bug should not be possible without a giant warning at boot that something is screwed up.
You're right it's utter shite and the KASLR folks who added this insanity of making vaddr_end depend on a gazillion of config options and not documenting it in mm.txt or elsewhere where it's obvious to find should really sit back and think hard about their half baken 'security' features.
Just look at the insanity of comment above the vaddr_end ifdef maze.
Benjamin, can you test the patch below please?
Seems to work!
Thanks, --Benjamin Gilbert