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Date: Mon, 2 May 2016 15:00:51 -0700
From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
To: Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...gle.com>, "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
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Cc: x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
 gthelen@...gle.com, kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] x86, boot: Implement ASLR for kernel memory
 sections (x86_64)

On 05/02/2016 02:41 PM, Thomas Garnier wrote:
> -#define __PAGE_OFFSET           _AC(0xffff880000000000, UL)
> +#define __PAGE_OFFSET_BASE      _AC(0xffff880000000000, UL)
> +#ifdef CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_MEMORY
> +#define __PAGE_OFFSET           page_offset_base
> +#else
> +#define __PAGE_OFFSET           __PAGE_OFFSET_BASE
> +#endif /* CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_MEMORY */

Do you have any data about the performance impact of this change?  It's
not necessary to have it to merge something like this, I'm just curious
how bad it is.

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