linux-kernel - Re: module: When modifying a module's text ignore modules which are going away too

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20161123110049.1c458298@gandalf.local.home>
Date:   Wed, 23 Nov 2016 11:00:49 -0500
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Jessica Yu <jeyu@...hat.com>
Cc:     Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        rusty@...tcorp.com.au
Subject: Re: module: When modifying a module's text ignore modules which are
 going away too

On Wed, 9 Nov 2016 05:40:58 -0500
Jessica Yu <jeyu@...hat.com> wrote:

> +++ Aaron Tomlin [07/11/16 11:46 +0000]:
> >Hi Jessica,
> >
> >Any thoughts?  
> 
> Hi Aaron,
> 
> Thanks for your patience as I slowly work through a large swath of emails :-)
> 
> Anyway, this looks fine to me. A going module's text should be (or
> soon will be) rw anyway, so checking for going modules in the ro
> case should be enough.
> 
> Rusty, if you give your ack for the second patch, I can apply both
> patches to my modules-next branch. I'll also incorporate Steven's
> suggestion for a comment explaining why going modules shouldn't be
> converted to ro in this context.
> 

Hi Jessica,

Have you pulled these in? I haven't noticed them in linux-next.

-- Steve