Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 07 Feb 2014 11:07:06 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [GIT PULL] x86/kaslr for v3.14 |
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On 02/07/2014 06:49 AM, Vivek Goyal wrote: > > As a workaround, Dave is currently using "nokaslr" command line parameter > for second kernel. He is still facing issues where makedumpfile segment > faults. He is looking into it further. >
Now, let's state this: kaslr for kdump is almost certainly useless (the amount of reserved memory is not enough to provide any meaningful randomization, so any randomization needs to happen during the memory reservation phase.) So disabling kaslr in the kdump kernel is entirely appropriate.
-hpa
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