linux-hardening - RE: [POC][RFC][PATCH 0/2] pstore/mm/x86: Add wildcard memmap to map pstore consistently

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Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2024 23:52:27 +0000
From: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
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Subject: RE: [POC][RFC][PATCH 0/2] pstore/mm/x86: Add wildcard memmap to map
 pstore consistently

> Do ECC servers wipe their RAM by default? I know that if you build with
> CONFIG_RESET_ATTACK_MITIGATION=y on an EFI system that supports the
> MemoryOverwriteRequestControl EFI variable you'll get a RAM wipe...

I know that after I've been running RAS tests that inject ECC errors into thousands of
pages, those errors all disappear after a reboot.

I think some BIOS have options to speed up boot by skipping memory initialization.
I don't know if anyone makes that the default mode.

-Tony