Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:39:16 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCH] x86: make IDT read-only |
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On 04/09/2013 11:31 AM, Kees Cook wrote: >>> ... >>> 0xffff880001e00000-0xffff88001fe00000 480M RW PSE GLB NX pmd >>> >> >> That is the 1:1 memory map area... > > Meaning what? > > -Kees >
That's the area in which we just map 1:1 to memory. Anything allocated with e.g. kmalloc() ends up with those addresses.
-hpa
-- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
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