Re: [PATCH v2] s390/ipl: fix virtual vs physical address confusion

From: Alexander Gordeev
Date: Wed Aug 16 2023 - 13:08:06 EST


On Wed, Aug 16, 2023 at 12:13:24PM -0400, Mimi Zohar wrote:
...
> I'm trying to understand if there is a difference between the other
> archs and s390; and whether a similar change is needed for the other
> archs. Loading certificates on the other archs call kmalloc to
> allocate memory for the certs. Is the memory being allocated on x390
> using kmalloc?

No. The memory is allocated in the decompressor and passed to
the uncompressed kernel. I do not think anything needs to be
done for other archs.

> --
> thanks,
>
> Mimi

Thanks!