Re: [PATCH v7 1/9] x86/KASLR: Initialize mapping_info every time

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Tue May 10 2016 - 07:22:09 EST


On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 07:58:54AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> Ok, could you guys please update the code and the changelog as well,
> and also rename that horribly named prepare_level4() function?

Oh, and while at it, call that new function at the beginning of
choose_random_location() before the first call to add_identity_map()
through mem_avoid_init() and make the code flow even clearer this way
instead of doing funky checks like

if (!level4p)
prepare_level4();

Thanks.

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