Public bug reported:
[Impact]
init_on_alloc and init_on_free kernel parameters cannot be used on ppc64el.
[Test case]
Boot the system with and without init_on_alloc and init_on_free kernel
parameters, both with 0 and 1 as values.
[Fix]
Upstream commit 04013513cc84c401c7de9023ff3eda7863fc4add ("mm, page_alloc: do
not rely on the order of page_poison and init_on_alloc/free parameters") defers
setting the static branches to mm_init, which is after jump_label_init has been
called, while on ppc64el, parse_early_param is called before that, leading to
the crash very early at boot.
[Potential regression]
Boot can be broken, or init_on_alloc/init_on_free may not be properly
functioning during early boot or even after that, allowing kernel data leak to
happen in the presence of bugs.
** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Invalid
** Affects: linux (Ubuntu Focal)
Importance: Low
Assignee: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo (cascardo)
Status: Confirmed
** Affects: linux (Ubuntu Groovy)
Importance: Low
Assignee: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo (cascardo)
Status: Confirmed
** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Focal)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Groovy)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Invalid
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Focal)
Status: New => Confirmed
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Groovy)
Status: New => Confirmed
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Groovy)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo (cascardo)
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Focal)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo (cascardo)
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Groovy)
Importance: Undecided => Low
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Focal)
Importance: Undecided => Low
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Title:
using init_on_alloc or init_on_free kernel parameters on ppc64el
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