Re: [PATCH] x86/power/64: Do not refer to __PAGE_OFFSET from assembly code

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Friday, August 05, 2016 12:37:13 PM Pavel Machek wrote:
> On Wed 2016-08-03 01:19:26, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > When CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_MEMORY is set on x86-64, __PAGE_OFFSET becomes
> > a variable and using it as a symbol in the image memory restoration
> > assembly code under core_restore_code is not correct any more.
> 
> On a related note... we should really have page_offset variable in
> such case, and use that -- having __FOO_BAR not being a constant is
> ugly/confusing/dangerous.
> 
> > To avoid that problem, modify set_up_temporary_mappings() to compute
> > the physical address of the temporary page tables and store it in
> > temp_level4_pgt, so that the value of that variable is ready to be
> > written into CR3.  Then, the assembly code doesn't have to worry
> > about converting that value into a physical address and things work
> > regardless of whether or not CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_MEMORY is set.
> > 
> > Reported-and-tested-by: Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx>
> 
> Is similar patch needed for i386?

Yes, it is, in general, for i386 hibernation to work with ASLR.

But it doesn't work with it for other reasons ATM, AFAICS.

Unfortunately, I won't really have the time to take care of this any time
soon.

Thanks,
Rafael