Re: [PATCH v1 3/3] Add the extra_latent_entropy kernel parameter

2016-05-24 Thread Emese Revfy
On Tue, 24 May 2016 10:09:16 -0700 Kees Cook wrote: > On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 3:17 PM, Emese Revfy wrote: > > @@ -1235,6 +1236,15 @@ static void __free_pages_ok(struct page *page, > > unsigned int order) > > } > > > > #ifdef CONFIG_GCC_PLUGIN_LATENT_ENTROPY > > +bool __meminitdata extra_laten

Re: [PATCH v1 3/3] Add the extra_latent_entropy kernel parameter

2016-05-24 Thread Kees Cook
On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 3:17 PM, Emese Revfy wrote: > When extra_latent_entropy is passed on the kernel command line, > entropy will be extracted from up to the first 4GB of RAM while the > runtime memory allocator is being initialized. > > Based on work created by the PaX Team. > > Signed-off-by:

[PATCH v1 3/3] Add the extra_latent_entropy kernel parameter

2016-05-23 Thread Emese Revfy
When extra_latent_entropy is passed on the kernel command line, entropy will be extracted from up to the first 4GB of RAM while the runtime memory allocator is being initialized. Based on work created by the PaX Team. Signed-off-by: Emese Revfy --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 5 +