slab: Decouple slab_debug and no_hash_pointers
Some system owners use slab_debug=FPZ (or similar) as a hardening option, but do not want to be forced into having kernel addresses exposed due to the implicit "no_hash_pointers" boot param setting.[1] Introduce the "hash_pointers" boot param, which defaults to "auto" (the current behavior), but also includes "always" (forcing on hashing even when "slab_debug=..." is defined), and "never". The existing "no_hash_pointers" boot param becomes an alias for "hash_pointers=never". This makes it possible to boot with "slab_debug=FPZ hash_pointers=always". Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/368 [1] Fixes: 79270291 ("slub: force on no_hash_pointers when slub_debug is enabled") Co-developed-by:Sergio Perez Gonzalez <sperezglz@gmail.com> Signed-off-by:
Sergio Perez Gonzalez <sperezglz@gmail.com> Acked-by:
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Acked-by:
David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Reviewed-by:
Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com> Signed-off-by:
Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org> Reviewed-by:
Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com> Acked-by:
Rafael Aquini <raquini@redhat.com> Tested-by:
Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> Reviewed-by:
Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250415170232.it.467-kees@kernel.org [kees@kernel.org: Add note about hash_pointers into slab_debug kernel parameter documentation.] Signed-off-by:
Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
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