From: David Woodhouse <dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> There's no need for this to wait until the actual machine_kexec() invocation; a subsequent change will mark the control page ROX so all writes should be completed earlier. Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c index 123e9544506b..60632a5a2a13 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c @@ -297,6 +297,8 @@ static void load_segments(void) int machine_kexec_prepare(struct kimage *image) { void *control_page = page_address(image->control_code_page) + PAGE_SIZE; + unsigned long reloc_start = (unsigned long)__relocate_kernel_start; + unsigned long reloc_end = (unsigned long)__relocate_kernel_end; unsigned long start_pgtable; int result; @@ -308,6 +310,8 @@ int machine_kexec_prepare(struct kimage *image) if (result) return result; + __memcpy(control_page, __relocate_kernel_start, reloc_end - reloc_start); + set_memory_x((unsigned long)control_page, 1); return 0; @@ -334,7 +338,6 @@ void machine_kexec(struct kimage *image) unsigned int preserve_context, unsigned int host_mem_enc_active); unsigned long reloc_start = (unsigned long)__relocate_kernel_start; - unsigned long reloc_end = (unsigned long)__relocate_kernel_end; unsigned long page_list[PAGES_NR]; unsigned int host_mem_enc_active; int save_ftrace_enabled; @@ -372,7 +375,6 @@ void machine_kexec(struct kimage *image) } control_page = page_address(image->control_code_page) + PAGE_SIZE; - __memcpy(control_page, __relocate_kernel_start, reloc_end - reloc_start); page_list[PA_CONTROL_PAGE] = virt_to_phys(control_page); page_list[VA_CONTROL_PAGE] = (unsigned long)control_page; -- 2.47.0