linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] ARM: Proper prefetch abort handling on ARMv6 and ARMv7

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Message-ID: <20090921163531.GE30821@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:35:31 +0100
From:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
To:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
Cc:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Bityutskiy Artem <Artem.Bityutskiy@...ia.com>,
	Koskinen Aaro <aaro.koskinen@...ia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] ARM: Proper prefetch abort handling on ARMv6
	and ARMv7

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 09:24:09PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> Currently, on ARMv6 and ARMv7, if an application tries to execute
> code (or garbage) on non-executable page it hangs. It caused by
> incorrect prefetch abort handling. Now every prefetch abort
> processes as a translation fault.

Please ensure that your patches apply on top of this set of patches:

http://ftp.arm.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/arm/kernel/git-cur/arm.diff

Thanks.
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