linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 05/20] ARM: LPAE: Introduce L_PTE_NOEXEC and L_PTE

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Date:	Wed, 17 Nov 2010 17:32:49 +0000
From:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Cc:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 05/20] ARM: LPAE: Introduce L_PTE_NOEXEC and
	L_PTE_NOWRITE

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 05:30:33PM +0000, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-11-17 at 17:24 +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 05:22:12PM +0000, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> > > Ah, good point, that was the mask.
> > >
> > > So for dmacoherent we make sure that L_PTE_EXEC is cleared. I suspect
> > > we should now make sure that L_PTE_NOEXEC is set. For the other two,
> > > just leave them as they are.
> > 
> > Already done:
> > 
> >  #define pgprot_dmacoherent(prot) \
> > -       __pgprot_modify(prot, L_PTE_MT_MASK|L_PTE_EXEC, L_PTE_MT_BUFFERABLE)
> > +       __pgprot_modify(prot, L_PTE_MT_MASK, L_PTE_MT_BUFFERABLE|L_PTE_XN)
> > ...
> >  #define pgprot_dmacoherent(prot) \
> > -       __pgprot_modify(prot, L_PTE_MT_MASK|L_PTE_EXEC, L_PTE_MT_UNCACHED)
> > +       __pgprot_modify(prot, L_PTE_MT_MASK, L_PTE_MT_UNCACHED|L_PTE_XN)
> 
> Are you already doing such changes? Just to avoid duplicating effort
> (and use common naming scheme).

I did say that I had patches for all the issues I raised so far...  They're
just in the process of being posted (if lists.infradead.org this time can
cope with one patch every 20 secs...)
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