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Re: [PATCHv2] arm64: Fix R/O permissions in mark_rodata_ro

Started byLaura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com>
First post2015-11-17 00:00 +0100
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  Re: [PATCHv2] arm64: Fix R/O permissions in mark_rodata_ro Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com> - 2015-11-17 00:00 +0100
    Re: [PATCHv2] arm64: Fix R/O permissions in mark_rodata_ro Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> - 2015-11-17 11:00 +0100

#1270676 — Re: [PATCHv2] arm64: Fix R/O permissions in mark_rodata_ro

FromLaura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com>
Date2015-11-17 00:00 +0100
SubjectRe: [PATCHv2] arm64: Fix R/O permissions in mark_rodata_ro
Message-ID<qvAUG-4Yp-21@gated-at.bofh.it>
On 11/14/2015 11:38 PM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> On 12 November 2015 at 21:21, Laura Abbott <labbott@fedoraproject.org> wrote:
>> The permissions in mark_rodata_ro trigger a build error
>> with STRICT_MM_TYPECHECKS. Fix this by introducing
>> PAGE_KERNEL_ROX for the same reasons as PAGE_KERNEL_RO.
>
> Forgive the bikeshedding but perhaps PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC_RO is more consistent?
>

powerpc was using PAGE_KERNEL_ROX so I went with that. Blame powerpc ;)
  
>>  From Ard:
>>
>> "PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC has PTE_WRITE set as well, making the range
>> writeable under the ARMv8.1 DBM feature, that manages the
>> dirty bit in hardware (writing to a page with the PTE_RDONLY
>> and PTE_WRITE bits both set will clear the PTE_RDONLY bit in that case)"
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott <labbott@fedoraproject.org>
>
> Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
>

Thanks,
Laura

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FromArd Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Date2015-11-17 11:00 +0100
Message-ID<qvLdo-3kN-23@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1270676
On 16 November 2015 at 23:50, Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com> wrote:
> On 11/14/2015 11:38 PM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
>>
>> On 12 November 2015 at 21:21, Laura Abbott <labbott@fedoraproject.org>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> The permissions in mark_rodata_ro trigger a build error
>>> with STRICT_MM_TYPECHECKS. Fix this by introducing
>>> PAGE_KERNEL_ROX for the same reasons as PAGE_KERNEL_RO.
>>
>>
>> Forgive the bikeshedding but perhaps PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC_RO is more
>> consistent?
>>
>
> powerpc was using PAGE_KERNEL_ROX so I went with that. Blame powerpc ;)
>

OK, in that case, let's keep PAGE_KERNEL_ROX

>>>
>>>  From Ard:
>>>
>>> "PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC has PTE_WRITE set as well, making the range
>>> writeable under the ARMv8.1 DBM feature, that manages the
>>> dirty bit in hardware (writing to a page with the PTE_RDONLY
>>> and PTE_WRITE bits both set will clear the PTE_RDONLY bit in that case)"
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott <labbott@fedoraproject.org>
>>
>>
>> Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
>>
>
> Thanks,
> Laura
>
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