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    arm64: mm: account for hotplug memory when randomizing the linear region · 97d6786e
    Ard Biesheuvel authored
    As a hardening measure, we currently randomize the placement of
    physical memory inside the linear region when KASLR is in effect.
    Since the random offset at which to place the available physical
    memory inside the linear region is chosen early at boot, it is
    based on the memblock description of memory, which does not cover
    hotplug memory. The consequence of this is that the randomization
    offset may be chosen such that any hotplugged memory located above
    memblock_end_of_DRAM() that appears later is pushed off the end of
    the linear region, where it cannot be accessed.
    
    So let's limit this randomization of the linear region to ensure
    that this can no longer happen, by using the CPU's addressable PA
    range instead. As it is guaranteed that no hotpluggable memory will
    appear that falls outside of that range, we can safely put this PA
    range sized window anywhere in the linear region.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarArd Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
    Cc: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com>
    Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
    Cc: Steven Price <steven.price@arm.com>
    Cc: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com>
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201014081857.3288-1-ardb@kernel.orgSigned-off-by: default avatarCatalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
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