On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 5:29 AM Kirill A. Shutemov <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 5-level paging LDT remap area is placed in the middle of > KASLR randomization region and it can overlap with direct mapping, > vmalloc or vmap area. > > Let's move LDT just before direct mapping which makes it safe for KASLR. > This also allows us to unify layout between 4- and 5-level paging. > > We don't touch 4 pgd slot gap just before the direct mapping reserved > for a hypervisor, but move direct mapping by one slot instead. > > The LDT mapping is per-mm, so we cannot move it into P4D page table next > to CPU_ENTRY_AREA without complicating PGD table allocation for 5-level > paging.
Reviewed-by: Andy Lutomirski <[email protected]> (assuming it passes tests with 4-level and 5-level. my test setup is current busted, and i'm bisecting it.)
