On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 09:35:54AM -0400, Dave Anderson wrote:
----- Original Message -----
> > >
> > > Now that PHYS_OFFSET is defined as "memstart_addr", we can get
the value
> > > if we can access this symbol (on a live system).
> >
> > When PHYS_OFFSET/memstart_addr is bumped up from the actual base of physical
> > memory, is the physical memory below it no longer used/accessible?
>
> Yes, it is! That is what Ard has managed to do in his series of
> KASLR-related patches.
How is it accessed via a kernel virtual address? Or is only accessible when
mapped into a vmalloc() or user-space address?
Through a linear(unity) mapping above PAGE_OFFSET.
-Takahiro AKASHI
Dave
--
Crash-utility mailing list
Crash-utility(a)redhat.com
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/crash-utility