linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arm: Use kernel mm when updating section permissions

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Date:	Fri, 6 Nov 2015 15:05:23 -0800
From:	Kevin Hilman <khilman@...nel.org>
To:	Kevin Hilman <khilman@...nel.org>
Cc:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, info@...nelci.org,
	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Laura Abbott <labbott@...oraproject.org>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>, Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>,
	Shuah Khan <shuahkh@....samsung.com>,
	Tyler Baker <tyler.baker@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm: Use kernel mm when updating section permissions

On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 2:37 PM, Kevin Hilman <khilman@...nel.org> wrote:
> Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> writes:
>
>> On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 1:06 PM, Kevin Hilman <khilman@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>> Well, all the stuff I wrote tests for in lkdtm expect the kernel to
>> entirely Oops, and examining the Oops from outside is needed to verify
>> it was the correct type of Oops. I don't think testing via lkdtm can
>> be done from kselftest sensibly.
>
> Well, at least on arm32, it's definitely oops'ing, but it's not a full
> panic, so the oops could be grabbed from dmesg.
>
> FWIW, below is a log from and arm32 board running mainline v4.3 that
> runs through all the non-panic/lockup tests one after the other without
> a reboot.

... however, a run on arm64 and it locks up after the OVERFLOW test,
so I think you're right that we need an "outside observer" to reliably
determine pass/fail on these.  We'll start looking at that.

Kevin
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