Re: [PATCH 1/3] vmalloc: Add __vmalloc_node_try_addr function

[Kees Cook]

On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 3:16 PM, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 06/20/2018 03:09 PM, Rick Edgecombe wrote:
>> +void *__vmalloc_node_try_addr(unsigned long addr, unsigned long size,
>> +                     gfp_t gfp_mask, pgprot_t prot, unsigned long vm_flags,
>> +                     int node, const void *caller)
>> +{
>
> so this isn't optional, eh?  You are going to force it on people because?

RANDOMIZE_BASE isn't optional either. :) This improves the module
address entropy with (what seems to be) no down-side, so yeah, I think
it should be non-optional. :)

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Pixel Security