Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 27 Oct 2020 17:31:02 +0300 | From | "Kirill A. Shutemov" <> | Subject | Re: RFC x86/boot/64: BOOT_PGT_SIZE definition for compressed kernel |
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On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 09:16:17AM -0400, Arvind Sankar wrote: > The #PF handler is already there now with the SEV-ES series, but I agree > it would still complicate things. It's simpler to just increase > BOOT_PGT_SIZE and make it unconditional (i.e. bump it to say 32 or 64 > even if !KASLR). It's @nobits anyway so it would not increase the size > of the bzImage, just require a slightly larger memory allocation by the > bootloader.
I guess it's fine. But I'm worried we leave the picture in the same fragile state. We still rely on the magic number.
-- Kirill A. Shutemov
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