Re: [PATCH 15/70] x86/boot/compressed/64: Always switch to own page-table

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Mon Apr 06 2020 - 07:57:05 EST


On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 10:13:12AM +0100, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> From: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@xxxxxxx>
>
> When booted through startup_64 the kernel keeps running on the EFI
> page-table until the KASLR code sets up its own page-table. Without
> KASLR the pre-decompression boot code never switches off the EFI
> page-table. Change that by unconditionally switching to our own
> page-table once the kernel is relocated.
>
> This makes sure we can make changes to the mapping when necessary, for

Pls use passive voice in your commit message: no "we" or "I", etc, and
describe your changes in imperative mood.

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