Re: [PATCH][v8] PM / hibernate: Verify the consistent of e820 memory map by md5 value

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Mon Aug 29 2016 - 10:42:47 EST


On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 09:15:00AM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Sounds about as easy as hot unplugging arbitrary memory address. IOW
> "not easy".

Regardless, forcibly panicking the system more is still the wrong
approach IMO.

Instead, I'd try to issue a big fat warning that BIOS corrupts E820 and
that the user should disable hibernation on that box and never ever
enable it again.

After that, the kernel should *disable* hibernation for the current boot
so any further hibernation runs don't even happen. Maybe even taint
itself.

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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