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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c index a51ec841c9b9..9e03190d00ad 100644 --- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c @@ -1,3 +1,14 @@ +/* + * kaslr.c + * + * This contains the routines needed to generate a reasonable level of + * entropy to choose a randomized kernel base address offset in support + * of Kernel Address Space Layout Randomization (KASLR). Additionally + * handles walking the physical memory maps (and tracking memory regions + * to avoid) in order to select a physical memory location that can + * contain the entire properly aligned running kernel image. + * + */ #include "misc.h" #include <asm/msr.h> @@ -295,7 +306,7 @@ static unsigned long find_random_addr(unsigned long minimum, return slots_fetch_random(); } -unsigned char *choose_kernel_location(unsigned char *input, +unsigned char *choose_random_location(unsigned char *input, unsigned long input_size, unsigned char *output, unsigned long output_size) |