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From: Hamza Mahfooz <hamzamahfooz@linux.microsoft.com>
To: x86@kernel.org
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>,
	Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>, Rong Xu <xur@google.com>,
	Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Hamza Mahfooz <hamzamahfooz@linux.microsoft.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4] x86/mm/64: free the gap between BSS_MAIN and BSS_DECRYPTED
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 07:20:10 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260720112010.1095917-1-hamzamahfooz@linux.microsoft.com> (raw)

This region is unused and takes up, up to 2 MiB
of memory if AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT is enabled. So, free it in
mem_encrypt_free_decrypted_mem().

Signed-off-by: Hamza Mahfooz <hamzamahfooz@linux.microsoft.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/mem_encrypt.h | 3 ++-
 arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S      | 2 ++
 arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt_amd.c      | 6 ++++++
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/mem_encrypt.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/mem_encrypt.h
index ea6494628cb0..c9722be2808f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/mem_encrypt.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/mem_encrypt.h
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ void add_encrypt_protection_map(void);
 #define __sme_pa(x)		(__pa(x) | sme_me_mask)
 #define __sme_pa_nodebug(x)	(__pa_nodebug(x) | sme_me_mask)
 
-extern char __start_bss_decrypted[], __end_bss_decrypted[], __start_bss_decrypted_unused[];
+extern char __start_bss_decrypted_gap[], __start_bss_decrypted[],
+	__end_bss_decrypted[], __start_bss_decrypted_unused[];
 
 #endif	/* __ASSEMBLER__ */
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 4711a35e706c..179578a08da1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ const_cpu_current_top_of_stack = cpu_current_top_of_stack;
  * decrypted to avoid exposing more than we wish.
  */
 #define BSS_DECRYPTED						\
+	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);					\
+	__start_bss_decrypted_gap = .;				\
 	. = ALIGN(PMD_SIZE);					\
 	__start_bss_decrypted = .;				\
 	__pi___start_bss_decrypted = .;				\
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt_amd.c b/arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt_amd.c
index 2f8c32173972..8d518571ae5c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt_amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt_amd.c
@@ -566,4 +566,10 @@ void __init mem_encrypt_free_decrypted_mem(void)
 	}
 
 	free_init_pages("unused decrypted", vaddr, vaddr_end);
+
+	vaddr = PFN_ALIGN(__start_bss_decrypted_gap);
+	vaddr_end = PFN_ALIGN(__start_bss_decrypted);
+
+	free_kernel_image_pages("unused kernel image (bss_decrypted gap)",
+				(void *)vaddr, (void *)vaddr_end);
 }
-- 
2.55.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-07-20 11:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-20 11:20 Hamza Mahfooz [this message]
2026-07-20 12:10 ` Dave Hansen
2026-07-20 16:02   ` Hamza Mahfooz

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