On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Andrew Honig <ahonig@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 11:52 AM, Dave Anderson <anderson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Right, it would be nice if the KERNELOFFSET vmcoreinfo item had gone into >> the kernel at the same time as kALSR. I see that it's not in Linus' tree >> yet -- has it been accepted into any other tree waiting to be pulled? >> >> Anyway, for that reason, I like the idea of the --kaslr=auto option, and >> maybe setting a flag somewhere, say in st->flags. And when the KERNELOFFSET >> item does eventually show up, the same flag could be set during the initial >> scan of the dumpfile header, obviating the need for --kaslr. >> >> Which reminds me -- the "SYMBOL(_stext)" check that you make in is_netdump() >> also has to be done in is_diskdump() as well. Currently makedumpfile does >> not work with kaslr dumpfiles, but they will eventually get it working. >> > > Sounds good to me, I'll do that. I'll check with kees on the > KERNELOFFSET patch status. I CC'd you guys on a ping for that patch. I think Peter Anvin has been busy so he didn't pick it up yet. If it doesn't get traction soon, I can see if other x86 folks will take it. -Kees -- Kees Cook Chrome OS Security -- Crash-utility mailing list Crash-utility@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/crash-utility
