[PATCH v3] x86/kaslr: Remove two redundant if checks
From: Thorsten Blum
Date: Sun Aug 02 2026 - 05:36:54 EST
The loop in slots_fetch_random() either returns the slot address or
exits with i == slot_area_index, making the if check redundant. Drop it.
Commit 8391c73c96f2 ("x86/KASLR: Randomize virtual address separately")
added the *output != random_addr check because add_identity_map() was
only needed when the physical address changed. Commit 8570978ea030
("x86/boot/compressed/64: Don't pre-map memory in KASLR code") removed
that call. Unconditionally assign random_addr and remove the if check.
No functional change.
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v3:
- Name commit 8391c73c96f2 that added the check (Boris)
- Keep the comment (Boris)
- v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260731073933.685882-3-thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx/
Changes in v2:
- Explain why the check in choose_random_location() is redundant (Boris)
- Reword subject
- v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260714205752.133163-2-thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx/
---
arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c | 6 ++----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c
index 8e4bf5365ac6..bb35f76cd3cf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c
@@ -544,8 +544,7 @@ static u64 slots_fetch_random(void)
return slot_areas[i].addr + ((u64)slot * CONFIG_PHYSICAL_ALIGN);
}
- if (i == slot_area_index)
- debug_putstr("slots_fetch_random() failed!?\n");
+ debug_putstr("slots_fetch_random() failed!?\n");
return 0;
}
@@ -897,8 +896,7 @@ void choose_random_location(unsigned long input,
warn("Physical KASLR disabled: no suitable memory region!");
} else {
/* Update the new physical address location. */
- if (*output != random_addr)
- *output = random_addr;
+ *output = random_addr;
}