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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 00/26] arm64: refactor boot flow and add support for WXN
From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb () kernel ! org>
Date: 2022-06-24 14:40:18
Message-ID: CAMj1kXFMG5dNwB9hSPe81KvsJdBgpyj2OqoBSh=kdafsQSW4MQ () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Fri, 24 Jun 2022 at 15:20, Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Ard,
>
> On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 04:45:24PM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> > [ TL;DR this series does the following:
> > - move variable definitions and assignments out of early asm code
> > where possible, and get rid of explicit cache maintenance;
> > - convert initial ID map so it covers the entire loaded image as well
> > as the DT blob;
> > - create the kernel mapping only once instead of twice (for KASLR),
> > and do it with the MMU and caches on;
> > - avoid mappings that are both writable and executable entirely;
> > - avoid parsing the DT while the kernel text and rodata are still
> > mapped writable;
> > - allow WXN to be enabled (with an opt-out) so writable mappings are
> > never executable. ]
>
> I really like this series -- it removes quite a few ugly warts from our
> boot assembly that we've collected over the years and, while functional,
> they have never been particularly satisfactory. Thank you for putting it
> together.
>
> I've left a handful of minor comments on some of the patches and if you
> can address those then I'd like to queue the first 21 patches ASAP to
> give them some more exposure before the next merge window.
>
I'll spin a v5 with just those patches, and we can revisit the
remaining work at a later time.
> The remaining patches are the WXN pieces, which I'd like to give others
> a chance to chime in on first.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Will
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