Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] ACPI / NUMA: Add warning message if the padding size for KASLR is not enough

From: Masayoshi Mizuma
Date: Thu Sep 27 2018 - 22:21:17 EST


On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 11:14:25PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 04:31:45PM -0400, Masayoshi Mizuma wrote:
> > From: Masayoshi Mizuma <m.mizuma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Add warning message if the padding size for KASLR,
> > rand_mem_physical_padding, is not enough. The message also
> > says the suitable padding size.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Masayoshi Mizuma <m.mizuma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h | 2 ++
> > drivers/acpi/numa.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
> > 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
> > index ae13bc9..65a5bf8 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
> > +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
> > @@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ static inline unsigned long kaslr_offset(void)
> > return (unsigned long)&_text - __START_KERNEL;
> > }
> >
> > +extern int rand_mem_physical_padding;
> > +
> > /*
> > * Do NOT EVER look at the BIOS memory size location.
> > * It does not work on many machines.
> > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/numa.c b/drivers/acpi/numa.c
> > index 8516760..9c3cc3c 100644
> > --- a/drivers/acpi/numa.c
> > +++ b/drivers/acpi/numa.c
> > @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
> > #include <linux/numa.h>
> > #include <linux/nodemask.h>
> > #include <linux/topology.h>
> > +#include <asm/setup.h>
> >
> > static nodemask_t nodes_found_map = NODE_MASK_NONE;
> >
> > @@ -435,6 +436,8 @@ acpi_table_parse_srat(enum acpi_srat_type id,
> > int __init acpi_numa_init(void)
> > {
> > int cnt = 0;
> > + u32 max_phys_addr_tb;
> > + u64 max_phys_addr;
> >
> > if (acpi_disabled)
> > return -EINVAL;
> > @@ -463,6 +466,17 @@ int __init acpi_numa_init(void)
> >
> > cnt = acpi_table_parse_srat(ACPI_SRAT_TYPE_MEMORY_AFFINITY,
> > acpi_parse_memory_affinity, 0);
> > +
> > + if (parsed_numa_memblks && kaslr_enabled()) {
> > + max_phys_addr = PFN_PHYS(max_possible_pfn);
> > + max_phys_addr_tb = (roundup(max_phys_addr, 1ULL << 40)) >> 40;
> > +
> > + if (max_phys_addr_tb > rand_mem_physical_padding)
> > + pr_warn("Set 'rand_mem_physical_padding=%d' "
> > + "as the kernel parameter. "
> > + "Otherwise, memory hotadd may be failed.\n",
> > + max_phys_addr_tb);
>
> Please integrate scripts/checkpatch.pl into your patch creation
> workflow. Some of the warnings/errors *actually* make sense:
>
> WARNING: quoted string split across lines
> #75: FILE: drivers/acpi/numa.c:476:
> + pr_warn("Set 'rand_mem_physical_padding=%d' "
> + "as the kernel parameter. "
>
> WARNING: quoted string split across lines
> #76: FILE: drivers/acpi/numa.c:477:
> + "as the kernel parameter. "
> + "Otherwise, memory hotadd may be failed.\n",
>
> total: 0 errors, 2 warnings, 40 lines checked
>
> Also, that sentence needs polishing:
>
> pr_warn("Set 'rand_mem_physical_padding=%d' to avoid memory hotadd failure.\n",

Thank you for pointing it out.
I'll fix it.

Thnaks,
Masa

>
>
> --
> Regards/Gruss,
> Boris.
>
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