linux-kernel - Re: [kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCH] ARM: mm: add testcases for RODATA

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Date:   Wed, 18 Jan 2017 23:45:28 +0000
From:   Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To:     Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>
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Subject: Re: [kernel-hardening] Re: [PATCH] ARM: mm: add testcases for RODATA

On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 03:38:52PM -0800, Laura Abbott wrote:
> On 01/18/2017 02:36 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > I don't see why this needs to be in cacheflush.h - it doesn't seem to
> > have anything to do with cache flushing, and placing it in here means
> > that if you change the state of CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA_TEST, most likely
> > the entire kernel gets rebuilt.  Please put it in a separate header
> > file.
> 
> cacheflush.h seems to be where all the set_memory_* functions have
> ended up. I was just looking at cleaning that up unless someone
> beats me to it.

+1

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