linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] MIPS executable stack protection

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Date:	Sat, 4 Oct 2014 09:27:59 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Leonid Yegoshin <Leonid.Yegoshin@...tec.com>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	linux-mips <linux-mips@...ux-mips.org>,
	Zubair Kakakhel <Zubair.Kakakhel@...tec.com>,
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	"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...ux-mips.org>,
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	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"lars.persson@...s.com" <lars.persson@...s.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] MIPS executable stack protection

On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 9:17 AM, Leonid Yegoshin
<Leonid.Yegoshin@...tec.com> wrote:
> Linus, it works on CPU with hardware page table walker - MIPS P5600 aka Apache.
>
> I was involved in architecture development of HTW and took care of it.

Ok, as long as it works architecturally, per-thread TLB fills are fine by me.

             Linus
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