Re: [PATCH v4 3/6] riscv: Move DTB_EARLY_BASE_VA to the kernel address space

From: Björn Töpel
Date: Fri Feb 17 2023 - 10:00:38 EST


Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> The early virtual address should lie in the kernel address space for
> inline kasan instrumentation to succeed, otherwise kasan tries to
> dereference an address that does not exist in the address space (since
> kasan only maps *kernel* address space, not the userspace).
>
> Simply use the very first address of the kernel address space for the
> early fdt mapping.
>
> It allowed an Ubuntu kernel to boot successfully with inline
> instrumentation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Björn Töpel <bjorn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>