The name "choose_kernel_location" isn't specific enough, and doesn't
describe the primary thing it does: choosing a random location. This
patch renames it to "choose_random_location", and clarifies the what
routines are contained in the kaslr.c source file.

Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar <mi...@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keesc...@chromium.org>
---
 arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
 arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c  |  2 +-
 arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h  |  4 ++--
 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 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)
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
index 0d69e809673a..ad8c01ac2885 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ asmlinkage __visible void *extract_kernel(void *rmode, 
memptr heap,
         * the entire decompressed kernel plus relocation table, or the
         * entire decompressed kernel plus .bss and .brk sections.
         */
-       output = choose_kernel_location(input_data, input_len, output,
+       output = choose_random_location(input_data, input_len, output,
                                        output_len > run_size ? output_len
                                                              : run_size);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h
index 1f750a516580..9887e0d4aaeb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ int cmdline_find_option_bool(const char *option);
 
 #if CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE
 /* kaslr.c */
-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);
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ unsigned char *choose_kernel_location(unsigned char *input,
 bool has_cpuflag(int flag);
 #else
 static inline
-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)
-- 
2.6.3

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