On 04/18/2018 05:11 PM, Kees Cook wrote: > On Fri, Apr 6, 2018 at 1:55 PM, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> +/* >> + * For some configurations, map all of kernel text into the user page >> + * tables. This reduces TLB misses, especially on non-PCID systems. >> + */ >> +void pti_clone_kernel_text(void) >> +{ >> + unsigned long start = PFN_ALIGN(_text); >> + unsigned long end = ALIGN((unsigned long)_end, PMD_PAGE_SIZE); > I think this is too much set global: _end is after data, bss, and brk, > and all kinds of other stuff that could hold secrets. I think this > should match what mark_rodata_ro() is doing and use > __end_rodata_hpage_align. (And on i386, this should be maybe _etext.) Sounds reasonable to me. This does assume that there are no secrets built into the kernel image, right?