Re: [PATCHv2] x86/boot/KASLR: skip the specified crashkernel reserved region

From: Pingfan Liu
Date: Fri Mar 22 2019 - 03:43:52 EST


On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 8:25 AM Baoquan He <bhe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Please change subject as:
>
> "x86/boot/KASLR: skip the specified crashkernel region"
>
OK.

> Don't see why reserved is needed here.
>
> On 03/13/19 at 12:19pm, Pingfan Liu wrote:
> > crashkernel=x@y option may fail to reserve the required memory region if
> > KASLR puts kernel into the region. To avoid this uncertainty, making KASLR
> > skip the required region.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Pingfan Liu <kernelfans@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Baoquan He <bhe@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Nicolas Pitre <nico@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Pingfan Liu <kernelfans@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Chao Fan <fanc.fnst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > ---
> > v1 -> v2: fix some trival format
> >
> > arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> > 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c
> > index 9ed9709..e185318 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c
> > @@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ enum mem_avoid_index {
> > MEM_AVOID_BOOTPARAMS,
> > MEM_AVOID_MEMMAP_BEGIN,
> > MEM_AVOID_MEMMAP_END = MEM_AVOID_MEMMAP_BEGIN + MAX_MEMMAP_REGIONS - 1,
> > + MEM_AVOID_CRASHKERNEL,
> > MEM_AVOID_MAX,
> > };
> >
> > @@ -240,6 +241,25 @@ static void parse_gb_huge_pages(char *param, char *val)
> > }
> > }
> >
> > +/* parse crashkernel=x@y option */
> > +static void mem_avoid_crashkernel_simple(char *option)
>
> Chao ever mentioned this, I want to ask again, why does it has to be
> xxx_simple()?
>
Seems that I had replied Chao's question in another email. The naming
follows the function parse_crashkernel_simple(), as the notes above
the definition
/*
* That function parses "simple" (old) crashkernel command lines like
*
* crashkernel=size[@offset]
*
* It returns 0 on success and -EINVAL on failure.
*/
static int __init parse_crashkernel_simple(char *cmdline,

Do you have alternative suggestion?

> Except of these, patch looks good to me. It's a nice catch, and only
> need a simple fix based on the current code.
>
Thank you for the kindly review.

Regards,
Pingfan

> Thanks
> Baoquan
>
> > +{
> > + unsigned long long crash_size, crash_base;
> > + char *cur = option;
> > +
> > + crash_size = memparse(option, &cur);
> > + if (option == cur)
> > + return;
> > +
> > + if (*cur == '@') {
> > + option = cur + 1;
> > + crash_base = memparse(option, &cur);
> > + if (option == cur)
> > + return;
> > + mem_avoid[MEM_AVOID_CRASHKERNEL].start = crash_base;
> > + mem_avoid[MEM_AVOID_CRASHKERNEL].size = crash_size;
> > + }
> > +}
> >
> > static void handle_mem_options(void)
> > {
> > @@ -250,7 +270,7 @@ static void handle_mem_options(void)
> > u64 mem_size;
> >
> > if (!strstr(args, "memmap=") && !strstr(args, "mem=") &&
> > - !strstr(args, "hugepages"))
> > + !strstr(args, "hugepages") && !strstr(args, "crashkernel="))
> > return;
> >
> > tmp_cmdline = malloc(len + 1);
> > @@ -286,6 +306,8 @@ static void handle_mem_options(void)
> > goto out;
> >
> > mem_limit = mem_size;
> > + } else if (strstr(param, "crashkernel")) {
> > + mem_avoid_crashkernel_simple(val);
> > }
> > }
> >
> > @@ -414,7 +436,7 @@ static void mem_avoid_init(unsigned long input, unsigned long input_size,
> >
> > /* We don't need to set a mapping for setup_data. */
> >
> > - /* Mark the memmap regions we need to avoid */
> > + /* Mark the regions we need to avoid */
> > handle_mem_options();
> >
> > #ifdef CONFIG_X86_VERBOSE_BOOTUP
> > --
> > 2.7.4
> >