linux-kernel - [tip:x86/smap] x86-32, mm: The WP test should be done on a kernel page

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Date:	Fri, 21 Sep 2012 12:58:25 -0700
From:	"tip-bot for H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...nel.org,
	tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...ux.intel.com
Subject: [tip:x86/smap] x86-32, mm:
  The WP test should be done on a kernel page

Commit-ID:  8bd753be7a96443dd5111cb07ed5907a3787c978
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/8bd753be7a96443dd5111cb07ed5907a3787c978
Author:     H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
AuthorDate: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 12:43:06 -0700
Committer:  H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
CommitDate: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 12:45:25 -0700

x86-32, mm: The WP test should be done on a kernel page

PAGE_READONLY includes user permission, but this is a page used
exclusively by the kernel; use PAGE_KERNEL_RO instead.

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1348256595-29119-3-git-send-email-hpa@linux.intel.com
---
 arch/x86/mm/init_32.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
index 575d86f..e537b35 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ static void __init test_wp_bit(void)
   "Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode...");
 
 	/* Any page-aligned address will do, the test is non-destructive */
-	__set_fixmap(FIX_WP_TEST, __pa(&swapper_pg_dir), PAGE_READONLY);
+	__set_fixmap(FIX_WP_TEST, __pa(&swapper_pg_dir), PAGE_KERNEL_RO);
 	boot_cpu_data.wp_works_ok = do_test_wp_bit();
 	clear_fixmap(FIX_WP_TEST);
 
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