Re: [PATCH 0/2] make kASLR vs hibernation boot-time selectable

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Saturday, June 14, 2014 09:41:19 AM H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 06/13/2014 05:39 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> >  
> > -#define RESTORE_MAGIC	0x0123456789ABCDEFUL
> > +#define RESTORE_MAGIC	0x0123456789ABCDF0UL
> >  
> 
> <bikeshed>
> 
> Please don't pick numbers like this for magic numbers... *everyone else
> does, too.*  In general, picking a random number is a good starting
> point; for extra bonus make sure it has at least one invalid UTF-8
> sequence in it (so it cannot be confused with either ASCII or UTF-8 text.)
> 
> </bikeshed>

OK, when we find out how to make hibernation work with the address space
randomization.

Rafael

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