Re: [PATCH] arm64: kaslr: print PHYS_OFFSET in dump_kernel_offset()

From: Will Deacon
Date: Thu Dec 13 2018 - 13:12:56 EST


[+Ard because I'll basically go with his preference on this one]

On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 06:56:49PM +0800, Miles Chen wrote:
> When debug with kaslr, it is sometimes necessary to have PHYS_OFFSET to
> perform linear virtual address to physical address translation.
> Sometimes we're debugging with only few information such as a kernel log
> and a symbol file, print PHYS_OFFSET in dump_kernel_offset() for that case.
>
> Tested by:
> echo c > /proc/sysrq-trigger
> [ 11.996161] SMP: stopping secondary CPUs
> [ 11.996732] Kernel Offset: 0x2522200000 from 0xffffff8008000000
> [ 11.996881] PHYS_OFFSET: 0xffffffeb40000000
>
> Signed-off-by: Miles Chen <miles.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Miles Chen <miles.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
> index f4fc1e0544b7..4b0e1231625c 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
> @@ -388,6 +388,7 @@ static int dump_kernel_offset(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long v,
> if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE) && offset > 0) {
> pr_emerg("Kernel Offset: 0x%lx from 0x%lx\n",
> offset, KIMAGE_VADDR);
> + pr_emerg("PHYS_OFFSET: 0x%llx\n", PHYS_OFFSET);
> } else {
> pr_emerg("Kernel Offset: disabled\n");
> }
> --
> 2.18.0
>