Re: [RFC PATCH] x86/boot/compressed: Disable physical KASLR when memmap= appears

From: Borislav Petkov

Date: Tue Nov 11 2025 - 16:03:17 EST


On Tue, Nov 11, 2025 at 05:52:58PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> Yes, better, although we should still clarify that only physical
> randomization is affected.

Right.

I'm thinking we could take this fix for a spin next cycle to see who would cry
out and why - ala "hey, you broke my super important memmap= use case with
KASLR..." and then see what we'd end up committing...

Thx.

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