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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 16:20:56 +0000
From: Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>
To: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com, will.deacon@....com,
catalin.marinas@....com, mark.rutland@....com,
leif.lindholm@...aro.org, keescook@...omium.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stuart.yoder@...escale.com,
bhupesh.sharma@...escale.com, arnd@...db.de, marc.zyngier@....com,
christoffer.dall@...aro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 20/21] efi: stub: use high allocation for converted
command line
On Mon, 11 Jan, at 02:19:14PM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> Before we can move the command line processing before the allocation
> of the kernel, which is required for detecting the 'nokaslr' option
> which controls that allocation, move the converted command line higher
> up in memory, to prevent it from interfering with the kernel itself.
>
> Since x86 needs the address to fit in 32 bits, use UINT_MAX as the upper
> bound there. Otherwise, use ULONG_MAX (i.e., no limit)
>
> Cc: Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>
> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
> ---
> arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h | 2 ++
> drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-helper.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
> 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Reviewed-by: Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>
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