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SubjectRe: [kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCH v6 03/11] mm, x86: Add support for eXclusive Page Frame Ownership (XPFO)
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On 11/14/2017 04:33 PM, Tycho Andersen wrote:
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>> void set_bh_page(struct buffer_head *bh,
>> ...
>> bh->b_data = page_address(page) + offset;
> Ah, yes. I guess there will be many bugs like this :). Anyway, I'll
> try to cook up a patch.

It won't catch all the bugs, but it might be handy to have a debugging
mode that records the location of the last user of page_address() and
friends. That way, when we trip over an unmapped page, we have an
easier time finding the offender.

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