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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2023 14:03:00 -0800
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Yuntao Wang <ytcoode@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org, Baoquan He
 <bhe@redhat.com>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>, Ingo Molnar
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 <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>, Simon
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/kexec: fix incorrect end address passed to
 kernel_ident_mapping_init()
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On Thu, 21 Dec 2023 18:17:02 +0800 Yuntao Wang <ytcoode@gmail.com> wrote:

> kernel_ident_mapping_init() takes an exclusive memory range [pstart, pend)
> where pend is not included in the range, while res represents an inclusive
> memory range [start, end] where end is considered part of the range.
> 
> Therefore, passing res->end directly to kernel_ident_mapping_init() is
> incorrect, the correct end address should be `res->end + 1`.
> 
> ...
>
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c
> @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static int mem_region_callback(struct resource *res, void *arg)
>  	struct init_pgtable_data *data = arg;
>  
>  	return kernel_ident_mapping_init(data->info, data->level4p,
> -					 res->start, res->end);
> +					 res->start, res->end + 1);
>  }

Thanks.  When fixing a bug, please always full describe the
userspace-visible effects of that bug.

In this case I'm assuming "none", due to kernel_ident_mapping_init()'s
upward rounding of the address?